Any employer subject to this chapter who procures and continuously maintains workers compensation insurance as required by this chapter or who elects to make direct payments of compensation as provided in this section is not liable to respond in damages at common law or by statute for the injury or death of any employee, however […]
The immunity from liability set out in the preceding section shall extend to every officer, manager, agent, representative or employee of such employer when he is acting in furtherance of the employer's business and does not inflict an injury with deliberate intention.
No employer or employee shall exempt himself or herself from the burden or waive the benefits of this chapter by any contract, agreement, rule, or regulation, and any such contract, agreement, rule, or regulation shall be pro tanto void.
All employers who fail to procure and continuously maintain workers compensation insurance as required by this chapter or who fail to obtain permission to self-insure their workers compensation risk as permitted by 23-2-9 of this code shall be liable to their employees (within the meaning of this article) for all damages suffered by reason of […]
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the following types of employers or employers groups may apply for permission to self-insure their workers compensation risk. (1) The types of employers are:
Whenever the authority of an employer to self-insure its obligations under this chapter is terminated and such employer is thereafter in default in the payment of any portion of surcharges or assessments required under this chapter or by rules promulgated thereunder, or in any payment required to be made as benefits provided by this chapter […]
