Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part VIII - Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Chapter 125 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION SELF-INSURANCE
Subchapter A - INDIVIDUAL SELF-INSURANCE
Section 125.21 - Self-insurance loss portfolio transfer policy

(1) The insurance carrier must be a workers' compensation insurer.

(2) The policy must provide statutory coverage limits and state that the insurer is responsible to defend, adjust and handle all open, reopened and incurred but not reported claims against the self-insurer for the period of time covered by the policy.

(3) The policy must be retrospective, providing coverage for a consecutive period of time of self-insurance.

(4) The policy must be noncancelable by either the insurance carrier or the self-insurer for any reason.

(5) The amount of annual compensation paid by the insurance carrier on any claims assumed under the policy must be included as compensation paid on the data reports filed with the Insurance Department.

(6) The insurance carrier must include the premium received on the policy in the amount of net written workers' compensation premium it annually reports to the Insurance Department or to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

(7) The insurance carrier must notify existing claimants with injuries or diseases covered by the policy that it has assumed liability for the payment and handling of their claims.

(8) The insurance carrier must file the policy with a rating organization approved by the Insurance Commissioner and identify it as a special self-insurance loss portfolio transfer policy. The insurance carrier should not report statistical information on claims assumed under the policy to the rating organization.

(9) The insurance carrier must enter an appearance with the appropriate workers' compensation judge, the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board and any appellate court on each pending claim in adjudication against the self-insurer for injuries or disease exposures occurring during the time period covered by the policy.