Insurance Business America

Workers’ comp’s pricing correction has a patient zero: California

Rising rates and deteriorating accident-year results could make California an early warning for the broader US market ...
Insurance Journal

WCIRB: California Comp Written Premiums ‘Relatively Stable’ Compared to Pandemic

California workers’ compensation written premiums in calendar years 2022 through 2025 were relatively stable compared to the large swings that occurred during the pandemic, a new report shows. The ...
Plastics Today

California looks for relief from its workers' comp headache

Arnold is back. But instead of saving the world, the former action hero is flexing his gubernatorial muscle to overhaul California''s out-of-control workers'' compensation system. During his State of ...
businessinsurance

Calif. comp rates set for biggest hike in more than a decade

California employers could see the largest workers compensation pure premium rate increase in more than a decade after the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s governing ...
Insurance Journal

California Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Highest in More Than 20 Years

The projected combined ratio for California workers’ compensation insurers reached 127% in 2025, the highest in more than 20 years, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating ...
Insurance Business America

Workers’ comp’s profit streak is intact, but the math is changing

Workers’ compensation has posted a combined ratio below 100 for twelve consecutive years among private carriers, according to NCCI. The run of underwriting profits has made it the most reliable ...
JD Supra

2026 Forecast in California Workers’ Compensation

With 2026 under way, California workers’ compensation stakeholders are entering a more restrained legislative and judicial climate as the state transitions into a midterm election cycle. The ...