To accurately measure the cost of providing California workers' compensation benefits, the WCIRB performs a number of functions, including collection of premium and loss data on every California workers' compensation insurance policy, examination of policy documents, inspections of insured businesses and test audits of insurer payroll audits and claims classification. The WCIRB plays a significant role in facilitating and ensuring the integrity of workers’ compensation data collection in California.
The WCIRB employs approximately 175 people, and our office is located in Oakland, California. If you are interested in joining our dynamic team, visit our WCIRB Careers page.
How the WCIRB Operates
The WCIRB was organized in 1915 as a California unincorporated, private, nonprofit association. The WCIRB operates under the authority of the California Insurance Code, is licensed by the State of California and is the Insurance Commissioner's designated statistical agent.
The WCIRB is comprised of all companies licensed to transact workers' compensation insurance in California. Over the years, its membership has grown from 16 to over 400 companies. No public money is used to fund its operations. The operations of the WCIRB are funded primarily by its members and led by a Governing Committee comprised of seven private insurers elected by the membership, the State Compensation Insurance Fund and four public members appointed by the Insurance Commissioner.
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The WCIRB’s Strategic Roadmap
As part of our mission, we have two enterprise pillars and five strategic imperatives that drive the WCIRB's operations:
Enterprise Pillars
- Cultivate a safe space where we thrive in active pursuit of our mission
We champion diverse perspectives and abilities, promote curiosity and spirited dialogue, trust in positive intentions, and take active ownership of our work and careers. - Safeguard data and information and responsibly manage organizational assets
We safeguard customer data and information by having robust security, data access management, enterprise risk management, disaster recovery and business continuity plans and a vigorous internal and external audit program. We responsibly manage our assets through strong fiscal controls and oversight.
Strategic Imperatives
- Enable the relevance and integrity of the system as California’s Designated Statistical Agent
We enable the alignment of an employer’s cost to their employees’ exposure to workplace injury by providing accurate advisory pure premium rates, experience modifications and standard classification assignments. - Enhance member success through expanded data and analytics
We enhance member decision making through active collaboration, expanding data sources, and building interactive analytics and benchmarking tools. - Streamline the transaction of insurance through modern exchange of data and information
We improve the efficiency of the workers’ compensation insurance system by modernizing the timely exchange of accurate data and information. - Inform stakeholders of emerging system trends and their impact through innovative research
We conduct high quality and innovative research to develop forward looking insights that inform stakeholders and advance the health of the system. - Enrich customer knowledge through purposeful engagement and education
We build trusted relationships with industry professionals and deliver focused educational services to increase workers’ compensation acumen and capabilities.