Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 37, September 14, 2024
Section 125.12 - Payment, handling and adjusting of claims(a) A self-insurer and its claims service company are responsible for the prompt payment of compensation in accordance with the act, the Occupational Disease Act and this part.(b) A self-insurer shall have ample facilities and competent personnel within its organization to service its program of claims handling and adjusting or shall contract with a registered claims service company to provide these services.(c) A self-insurer shall immediately notify the Bureau when it changes arrangements for the handling or adjusting of its claims, including the initiation, modification or termination of self-administration arrangements or the initiation, termination, expiration or modification of services with a registered claims services company. The self-insurer shall file with the Bureau a summary of data on its claims, such as cumulative payments sorted by year of loss, in a format prescribed by the Bureau and provided to the self-insurer within 21 days of its receipt of written notification from the Bureau of its need to do so.The provisions of this §125.12 amended September 10, 2010, effective 9/11/2010, 40 Pa.B. 5147.The provisions of this §125.12 amended under sections 305(a) and 435(a) of the Workers' Compensation Act (77 P. S. §§ 501 and 991(a)) and section 2205 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 565).