Fraud Assessment Commission to Discuss 2017 Grants

The Fraud Assessment Commission is scheduled to vote on the California insurance commissioner’s recommendations for how to split up fraud-fighting grants among county prosecutors throughout the state during a June 21 meeting in Sacramento. Every year employers pay an assessment that goes into the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Account. About 40% of the money collected is allocated to the Department of Insurance, with 60% going to district attorneys to finance work comp fraud investigations and prosecutions. The commissioner’s review panel makes recommendations on how to divide...