Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Section 125.15 - Workers' compensation liability(a) Notwithstanding the terms of a guarantee and assumption agreement executed under § 125.4(b) (relating to application for affiliates and subsidiaries), a self-insurer or a runoff self-insurer remains liable for workers' compensation on injuries or disease exposures occurring during its period of self-insurance. With application to and permission from the Bureau, liability can be transferred to another employer. Liability also may be transferred through a self-insurance loss portfolio transfer policy.(b) A self-insurer which liquidates or dissolves shall transfer its liability to a third party, subject to the approval of the Bureau, or shall obtain a self-insurance loss portfolio transfer policy covering the liability.(c) If a self-insurer sells or divests a part of itself, self-insurance coverage ends for the separated parts on the date of separation. The self-insurer remains liable for claims incurred against the separated part occurring up to the date of separation unless the Bureau approves a request to transfer the self-insurer's liability to another entity.The provisions of this § 125.15 amended September 10, 2010, effective 9/11/2010, 40 Pa.B. 5147.The provisions of this § 125.15 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).