Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates Set To Increase

Over the past two months, several insurers have told the state they plan to raise workers' compensation insurance rates by 10% to 33.9%. The rate increases are blamed largely on rising medical costs. Meanwhile, the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau today will present its case for increasing a statewide benchmark for insurance rates by 23.7% -- the largest increase in 30 years.

• "Workers' Comp Insurance About To Jump" (Calbreath, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6/8).