By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefClaim frequency for insured employers increased by 3.3% in 2012, but showed almost no change for private self-insured employers, according to an analysis of first-report data by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute.Self-insured employers reported a total of 77,557 claims in 2012, just a 0.22% increase from the 77,386 claims recorded in first-report data submitted to the Office of Self-Insurance Plans in 2011. The number of medical-only claims reported by self-insured employers increased 2.34% to 49,492 in 2012, from 48,360 in 2011, OSIP data s...
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