Self-insured group knocks down comp costs.(Industry News)

ONTARIO, CALIF. -- Imagine a workers' compensation program from an insurance plan that has 12 employees servicing just 30 contractors. Imagine that the insurance plan can do constant jobsite inspections, safety training and aggressively handle injury claims. And imagine that it's still cheaper than any other workers' comp insurance.

The California Contractors Network Self Insured Group is proving that unsafe contractors are using up most of insurance companies' resources and keeping workers' comp rates high.

California workers' compensation premiums are so h