176.194 PROHIBITED PRACTICES. Subdivision 1. Application. This section applies to insurers, self-insurers, group self-insurers, political subdivisions of the state, and the administrator of state employees’ claims. This section also applies to adjusters and third-party administrators who act on behalf of an insurer, self-insurer, group self-insurer, the assigned risk plan, the Minnesota Insurance Guaranty Association, a […]
176.195 REVOCATION OF INSURER’S LICENSE. Subdivision 1. Grounds. Where an insurer, or an agent of an insurer, has been guilty of fraud, misrepresentation, or culpable, persistent, and unreasonable delay in making payments or settlements under this chapter, the commissioner of commerce shall revoke the license of the insurer to write workers’ compensation insurance. Subd. 1a. […]
176.201 DISCRIMINATORY RATES. Subdivision 1. Physically disabled persons. An insurer, or an agent or employee of an insurer, shall not make or charge a rate which discriminates against the employment of a person who is physically disabled through the loss or loss of use of a member whether due to accident or other cause. Subd. […]
176.205 PERSON DEEMED EMPLOYER. Subdivision 1. Fraudulent device to evade responsibility to worker. Subject to subdivision 2, a person who creates or executes any fraudulent scheme, artifice, or device to enable the person to execute work without being responsible to the worker under this chapter, is deemed an “employer” and is subject to the liabilities […]
176.211 ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THIRD PERSONS. Except as provided by this chapter the employer need not pay compensation for injuries due to the acts or omissions of third persons who are at the time neither in the service of the employer nor engaged in the work in which the injury occurs. History: 1953 c […]
176.215 SUBCONTRACTOR’S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER. Subdivision 1. Liability for payment of compensation. Where a subcontractor fails to comply with this chapter, the general contractor, or intermediate contractor, or subcontractor is liable for payment of all compensation due an employee of a subsequent subcontractor who is engaged in work upon the subject matter of […]
