An insurer trade organization said it is joining self-insureds, business groups and municipalities in urging California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to reject a bill that would double workers' compensation benefits to injured workers.
"We will ask the governor to veto it," said Nicole Mahrt, a representative for the American Insurance Association.
However, the head of California's largest private-sector workers' comp carrier said he supports enactment of the measure. Stanley Zax, president and chairman of Zenith National Insurance Company in Woodland Hills, Calif., said he would send a letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger asking him to sign SB 815.
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