Improving the California workers’ compensation system through research, information, education and representation

The California Workers’ Compensation Institute is a private, nonprofit organization of insurers licensed to write workers' compensation in California, as well as public and private self-insured employers, who serve as associate members. CWCI’s primary function is to generate reliable, objective data that can be used to identify and monitor systemwide trends, assist members in assessing their own operations, and to analyze key issues of interest to the workers’ compensation community and public policymakers. Towards that end, the Institute also produces a wide variety of research publications, provides information and technical training to help industry professionals stay abreast of changes, and serves as a forum where members can consider systemwide issues and reach consensus on practical solutions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ICIS Injury Score Card: Spine Disorders with Spinal Cord or Root Involvement	CWCI Case Law Seminar - 2012 Update	California Public Self-Insured Claim Experience, FY 97/98 Through FY 10/11	Summary of NAIC Report on WC Insurer Profitability, 2001-2010
Spine disorders with Spinal Cord or Root Involvement account for less than 1-1/2 percent of all California job injury claims, but nearly 7 percent of all workers' comp paid losses. The latest CWCI Injury Score Card offers detailed data on these high-cost claims.	CWCI 2012 Case Law Update Seminar: Monday, May 14 at The Grand Long Beach Event Center and Wednesday May 16 at the Hotel Nikko, San Francisco	A new CWCI Report to the Industry looks at trends in California public self-insured claims experience using state data to track changes in public self-insured employers' aggregate losses, average amounts paid and incurred per claim and claim volume over the past decade	National Assn of Insurance Commissioners data show that California workers' comp insurers had a 5.2% return on net worth in 2010, up a little over half a percentage point from 2009, but less than 1/3 of the record 16.4% return noted at the 2006 peak. The California market has seen wild swings in the past 10 years, and NAIC reports California workers' comp insurers' return on net worth for the decade averaged 5.6% vs. a 6.1% return for workers' comp insurers nationwide.