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Wellington Partners is an independent workers' comp broker based in Woodland Hills, serving businesses across the San Fernando Valley since 2009. We place workers' comp for Valley contractors, artisans, roofers, restaurants, auto shops, warehouses, and more — shopping your account across many California carriers to find the right coverage at the right rate. Being local means we know the Valley's trades and can meet in person when it matters.
Last updated: July 2026 · Reviewed by Michael Kohanfars, Principal · Wellington Partners Insurance Services (CA Lic #0G89296)
A local, independent broker in Woodland Hills — placing workers' comp for Valley businesses and hard-to-place trades across California.
If you run a business in the San Fernando Valley, you don't need a call center in another state handling your workers' comp — you need a broker who knows your trades, your carriers, and your neighborhood. Wellington Partners has been based in Woodland Hills since 2009, placing workers' compensation for Valley contractors, artisans, and commercial operations of every size. For the full picture of how California workers' comp works, see our complete California guide.
We're headquartered in Woodland Hills and write coverage for businesses throughout the San Fernando Valley — and statewide:
The Valley's economy runs on small and mid-size commercial operators, and we specialize in exactly the classes that are hardest to place:
Workers' comp is not a commodity you buy off a website. The right placement depends on your class codes, your experience modification (X-Mod), and which carriers have appetite for your trade this year. A local independent broker does three things a call center can't: markets your account to multiple California carriers instead of quoting a single company, reviews your loss runs and X-Mod for costly errors, and is reachable by name when a certificate or a claim needs to move today.
The San Fernando Valley is full of specialty-trade contractors — electricians, plumbers, HVAC, painters, concrete, landscaping — and these are the accounts that most often overpay. Misclassified payroll, an un-shopped renewal, or a preventable X-Mod bump can cost thousands. With California phasing in a workers' comp requirement for all licensed contractors under SB 216 (as amended by SB 1455), even solo artisans increasingly need coverage. We handle both ends: full-crew contractors and $0-payroll ghost policies for owner-operators.
We're independent, with no carrier quotas and no production targets steering your placement — coverage decisions are driven by your risk profile, not by what one company wants to write. We place the high-X-Mod and hard-to-place accounts other brokers decline, and we've kept Valley contractors compliant and covered through renewals, audits, and claims for over fifteen years.
Based in Woodland Hills at 6303 Owensmouth Ave. Call (818) 492-4355 or request a free quote below.
We're based in Woodland Hills and know the Valley well, but we're licensed statewide and place workers' comp for California businesses anywhere in the state.
Contractors and artisan trades, roofing, restaurants, auto repair, warehousing, janitorial, trucking, staffing, and other commercial operations — with a focus on hard-to-place and high-X-Mod accounts.
Yes. Being a local Woodland Hills broker means we can meet Valley clients in person when a policy review, audit, or claim warrants it.
Increasingly, yes. Certain trades already must carry it, and under SB 216 (as amended by SB 1455) the requirement extends to all licensed California contractors by January 1, 2028. We write $0-payroll ghost policies for owner-operators.
Send us your current policy and loss runs, or call (818) 492-4355. We'll market your account to multiple California carriers and show you the options — free and with no obligation.
Call (818) 492-4355 or send your current policy — we'll shop your workers' comp across multiple California carriers, free.