Study Finds X-Mods Improve Safety

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefReducing the premium threshold for California employers to be eligible for experience rating modifications would improve worker safety and reduce employer costs, according to a Rand Corp. study prepared for the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation.At the same time, carriers would probably not reduce the threshold on their own, and regulators or legislators would have to enact the change, according to Frank Neuhauser, a researcher with the University of California, Berkley, and one of the authors of the study.“Reducing the thre...