CWCI Laments Cost Drivers, Prepares for More Reforms

SAN FRANCISCO -- Even Gov. Jerry Brown has his eye on California's always-unwieldy workers' compensation system, as was revealed during the California Workers' Compensation Institute's (CWCI) annual meeting on Thursday, where the master of ceremonies predicted a "grand compromise" that will increase permanent disability benefits but squelch some of the cost drivers that have eliminated many of the savings realized after the 2003 and 2004 reforms.CWCI President Michael Nolan set the tone in opening comments during the institute's 48th annual meeting by noting that Brown had ...