2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 23 — Labor and worker's compensation
RS 23:1168 — Ways of securing compensation to employees

§1168. Ways of securing compensation to employees

A. An employer shall secure compensation to his employees in one of the following ways:

(1) By insuring and keeping insured the payment of such compensation with any stock corporation, mutual association, or other concern authorized to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance in this state. When an insurer issues a policy to provide workers' compensation benefits pursuant to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act, the insurer shall file, or cause to be filed, with the director a notice in such form and detail as the director may prescribe by rule and regulation. The notice shall contain the name, address, and principal occupation of the employer, the number, effective date, and expiration date of the policy, and such other information as may be required by the director. The notice shall be filed by the insurer within thirty days after the effective date of the policy.

(2) By entering into an agreement with a group self-insurance fund as provided for in R.S. 23:1191 et seq.

(3) By entering into an agreement with an interlocal risk management agency as provided for in R.S. 33:1341 et seq.

(4) By using any combination of life, accident, health, property, casualty or other insurance policies offered:

(a) By any stock corporation, mutual association or other concern authorized to transact the business of insurance in this state;

(b) By any group of individual, unincorporated alien insurers with assets held in trust for the benefit of its United States policyholders in a sum not less than one hundred million dollars and which is authorized to transact insurance in at least one state; or

(c) By any other insurer which has been approved by the commissioner of insurance, and has capital and surplus, or the equivalent thereof, of at least ten million dollars and its financial condition, as evidenced by its most recent annual statement, conforms substantially to the same standards of solvency which would be required if such insurer were licensed in this state.

(5) By furnishing satisfactory proof to the director of the employer's financial ability to pay such compensation. The director, pursuant to rules adopted by the office for an individual self-insured or own risk carrier, including but not limited to rules relative to security and excess coverage, shall require that an employer:

(a) Deposit with the director securities or a surety bond in an amount determined by the director which would be at least an average of the yearly claims for the last three years.

(b) Provide proof of excess coverage with such terms and conditions as is commensurate with their ability to pay the benefits required by the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act.

B.(1) The director may waive the requirements of Paragraph A(3) of this Section if he finds any company able to pay benefits, and that the requirements of these provisions are unnecessary. He shall establish rules which set standards for such waiver.

(2) The director shall waive the requirements of Paragraph A(3) of this Section if any employer that is a municipality or other political subdivision of the state is able to demonstrate financial responsibility and ability to pay benefits by the filing of annual reports including statements of financial condition and summary loss data detailing past claims experience.

C. Any employer that knowingly provides false information to the director for purposes of becoming self-insured or own risk carrier or a group pool association shall be subject to the perjury laws of this state.

D. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 49, §2, eff. May 16, 2006.

Acts 1988, No. 938, §2, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 28, §1, eff. June 15, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 454, §12, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 81, §1; Acts 1995, No. 349, §1, eff. June 16, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 625, §1; Acts 2001, No. 927, §1, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 455, §1; Acts 2005, No. 257, §2; Acts 2006, No. 49, §2, eff. May 16, 2006; Acts 2010, No. 794, §2.