COVID Variants, Climate Change Will Impact Comp System in Near Future, Experts Say

Evolving COVID-19 variants and the effects of climate change will have huge impacts on California and its workers’ compensation system over the next decade and possibly beyond, a panel of experts said Thursday. And while the pandemic led to thousands of deaths and a crippling economic slowdown, stakeholders can use lessons they’ve learned over the past year to prepare for widespread, long-term challenges that are likely to pop up, the panelists said during the second day of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s annual conference. “I think we are go...