New Calif. Comp Bill Flawed Says AIA

NU Online News Service, Feb. 18, 1:44 p.m. EST?California's new law increasing workers' compensation benefits still leaves the system "fundamentally flawed" according to an analysis by an insurers' trade group.

The American Insurance Association, based in Washington, D.C., gave its views on the measure signed into law by California Gov. Gray Davis last Friday, which AIA said will raise workers' compensation benefits in the state by $3.5 billion.

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