Liberty Mutual Says WCAB is CA's Problem

A.M. Best, in their BestWire publication, interviewed senior executives of Liberty Mutual Group, who are otherwise upbeat about workers' compensation in the rest of the nation, but they say that the problem with California's system is the unpredictability of outcomes in litigated cases.While medical inflation has outpaced the overall inflation rate, say the executives, the work comp environment is "still good for good companies," they say. Medical costs are not what is causing California its work comp woes.Joseph A. Gilles, president and chief operating officer of Wausau Insurance Cos., a memb...