Commissioner Lara takes action to maintain stable workers' compensation market amid rising costs (Release 024-2026)

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• The Insurance Commissioner adopted a workers' compensation insurance average advisory pure premium rate of $1.65 per $100 of payroll, a 6.6 percent increase from the 2025 approved rate.

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• The release states that the new rate will be effective on September 1, 2026.

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• The release states that the adopted rate is below the 10.4 percent requested rate increase of the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.

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• The release states that the adopted rate is advisory, meaning that insurance companies are not bound by it and are free to set their own rates.

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• The release states that the adopted rate is in line with the analysis and recommendation of Department of Insurance actuaries reviewing the WCIRB filing.

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• The California Insurance Commissioner adopted an average advisory workers compensation pure premium rate of $1.65 per $100 of payroll effective September 1, 2026, a 6.6 percent increase from the 2025 approved rate.

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• The Department states that the adopted rate is advisory, meaning that insurance companies are not bound by it and are free to set their own rates.

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Published: 2026-07-10 Effective: 2026-09-01