WCIRB Mulls Inclusion of COVID Claims in Experience Rating

Workers’ compensation claims for COVID-19 are currently excluded from California employers’ experience rating calculation, but that could change next year. When the pandemic started, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau proposed, and the insurance commissioner approved, a plan that would exclude COVID-19 claims from experience modifications, or X-mods. WCIRB Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary Dave Bellusci said during a webinar last week that the bureau initially questioned whether COVID-19 claims are indicative of an employer’s safety practice or...