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CHAPTER 2. Workers’ Compensation Policies [11630. - 11665.]

Heading of Chapter 2 amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.

§§ 11630–11665 · 28 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 11630–11631 · 2 sections
    • § 11630 As used in this chapter, the term “compensation” means the benefits insured by workers’ compensation insurance.
    • § 11631 As used in this chapter, the term “insurer” includes the State Compensation Insurance Fund.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Policy Provisions §§ 11650–11665 · 26 sections
    • § 11650 Every contract insuring against liability for compensation and every compensation policy is conclusively presumed to contain all of the provisions required by…
    • § 11651 Every such contract or policy shall contain a clause to the effect that the insurer will be directly and primarily liable to any proper claimant for payment of…
    • § 11652 Every such contract or policy shall contain a clause to the effect that, as between the employee and the insurer, notice to or knowledge of the occurrence of…
    • § 11653 Every such contract or policy shall contain a clause to the effect that jurisdiction of the employer will, for the purpose of the law imposing liability for…
    • § 11654 Every such contract or policy shall contain a clause to the effect that the insurer will in all things be bound by and subject to the orders, findings,…
    • § 11655 Such policy shall not contain any provisions relieving the insurer from payment when the employer becomes insolvent or obtains a discharge in bankruptcy, or…
    • § 11656 Such policy shall also provide that the employee has a first lien upon any amount which becomes owing to the employer from the insurer on account of the…
    • § 11656.1 Upon request of the State Department of Social Services, the State Compensation Insurance Fund may issue one workers’ compensation insurance policy insuring…
    • § 11656.5 In order to permit employees of small farms to be brought under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law, employers of agricultural labor who are…
    • § 11656.6 An insurer may issue a workers’ compensation policy insuring an organization or association of employers as a group if the organization or association complies…
    • § 11656.7 Each member of an organization insured under a group policy shall be treated as a single and separate entity as respects rates, classifications and rating…
    • § 11656.8 Nothing in Section 11656.6 or 11656.7 shall be construed to supersede, modify, or otherwise affect in any way the provisions of Section 11656.5.
    • § 11656.9 To encourage and facilitate the participation of agencies, entities or institutions, public or private, in economic opportunity programs authorized under…
    • § 11657 Subject to the provisions of Sections 11659 and 11660, limited workers’ compensation policies may be issued insuring either the whole or any part of the…
    • § 11658 (a) A workers’ compensation insurance policy or endorsement shall not be issued by an insurer to any person in this state unless the insurer files a copy of…
    • § 11658.5 (a) (1) An insurer that intends to use a dispute resolution or arbitration agreement to resolve disputes arising in California out of a workers’ compensation…
    • § 11659 Such approved form of policy, limited pursuant to Section 11657, shall not be otherwise limited except by indorsement thereon in accordance with a form…
    • § 11660 Failure to observe the requirements of Sections 11657 and 11659 shall render a policy issued under Section 11657, and not complying therewith, unlimited.
    • § 11661 An insurer shall not insure against the liability of the employer for the additional compensation recoverable for serious and willful misconduct of the…
    • § 11661.5 An insurer shall not insure an employer against his liability for additional compensation arising out of injuries to illegally employed persons under 16 years…
    • § 11661.6 (a) An insurer shall not insure an employer against his or her obligation to reimburse the insurer for the amount of increase in indemnity payment as provided…
    • § 11662 Whenever any employer is insured against liability for compensation with any insurer, such insurer is subrogated to the rights of the employer to recover…
    • § 11663 As between insurers of general and special employers, one which insures the liability of the general employer is liable for the entire cost of compensation…
    • § 11663.5 (a) Upon receiving a written request from an insured or the agent or broker of record where authorized by the insured, an insurer shall provide a premium and…
    • § 11664 (a) This section applies only to policies of workers’ compensation insurance. (b) A notice of nonrenewal shall be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed…
    • § 11665 (a) An insurer who issues a workers’ compensation insurance policy to a roofing contractor holding a C-39 license from the Contractors’ State License Board…