Glossary

A request from the WCIRB to its members for aggregate financial data; for example, an Expense Call or a Quarterly Calendar/Accident Year Call.

A claim filed by the survivors or dependents of a worker who dies from a job-related incident.

Statistics showing how experience (generally losses) has changed from one historical period to another.

Department of Industrial Relations; a state agency designed to improve working conditions and advance opportunities for profitable employment in California.

Two or more policies insuring the same operations for the same or an overlapping period of time.

Division of Workers' Compensation; part of the DIR, the DWC monitors the administration of workers' compensation claims.