WCIRB Launches Coverage Verification Website

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefMarking the result of a six-year legislative effort, the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Thursday launched a website that allows public searches to verify whether an employer is carrying workers' compensation insurance. The website provides the name of an employer, the employer’s address and the name of the insurance company that wrote the employer’s workers’ compensation policy on a specific date within the past five years. Users can search for a business by company name and address or by entering the f...