2005 Minnesota Statutes - 176.253 — Insurer, employer; performance of acts.

     176.253 Insurer, employer; performance of acts.  


    Where this chapter requires an employer to perform an act, 
 the insurer of the employer may perform that act.  Where the 
 insurer acts in behalf of the employer, the employer is 
 responsible for the authorized acts of the insurer and for any 
 delay, failure, or refusal of the insurer to perform the act.  


    This section does not relieve the employer from any penalty 
 or forfeiture which this chapter imposes on the employer.  


    HIST: 1953 c 755 s 37; 1986 c 444