Title 8, Labor and Industry

Every contract insuring against liability for compensation or insurance policy evidencing the same shall contain a clause to the effect that the insurance carrier shall be directly and primarily liable to the employee and, in the event of death, to said employee's dependents to p…

If any insurance carrier intentionally, knowingly, or willfully violates any of the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title, the commissioner of insurance, on the request of the director, shall suspend or revoke the license or authority of such carrier to do a compensation …

Any insurance carrier operating under the workers' compensation act may apply to the commissioner of insurance for permission to examine any of the books, payrolls, or other documents of any employer insured by such carrier or of any contractor, subcontractor, lessee, sublessee, …

(1) Every insurance carrier authorized to transact business in this state, including Pinnacol Assurance, which insures employers against liability for compensation under the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title, is authorized to charge and collect any amount of money tha…

(1) Any insurance carrier authorized to transact business in this state, including Pinnacol Assurance, which insures employers against liability for compensation under the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title, shall supply information regarding a change in the rate by cl…

[Editor's note: This section is effective January 1, 2027.] (1) (a) Each insurance carrier authorized to transact business in this state, including Pinnacol Assurance, that insures an employer against liability for compensation under articles 40 to 47 of this title 8 upon notific…

Every insurance carrier authorized to transact business in this state, including Pinnacol Assurance, which insures employers against liability for compensation under the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title, shall notify any employer insured by the carrier or Pinnacol As…

(1) (a) Any employer may agree, as a condition of any contract for the insurance of compensation and benefits as provided in articles 40 to 47 of this title or against liability therefor, to pay an amount not to exceed the split point approved by the commissioner of insurance per…

(1) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-3-209 (1)(c) and 10-6-128 (3), C.R.S., for the purpose of offsetting the direct and indirect costs of the administration of the workers' compensation system, every person, partnership, association, and corporation, whether org…

The amount of the premium to be paid by an employer for a contract of insurance of compensation and benefits as provided in articles 40 to 47 of this title or against liability therefor shall be on the basis of the annual expenditure of money by said employer for the services of …

(1) The amount by which an employer's experience rating is modified, if at all, as the result of a motor vehicle accident in which an employee is injured or killed shall be reduced in accordance with this section if: (a) The employee is entitled to benefits under articles 40 to 4…

No provision in a contract for insurance regulated by this article or any contract ancillary to such a contract, including specifically a contract setting up an annuity for indemnity benefits, shall establish a reversionary interest in the insurer for the indemnity benefits. Any …

(1) The executive director has the discretion to grant to any employer who has accepted the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title permission to be its own insurance carrier for the payment of the compensation and benefits provided by said articles. Such permission may be …

(1) The executive director shall establish and collect such fees as the executive director determines are necessary to administer this section, which fees shall not supplant funding for any other function of the department of labor and employment. The fees established pursuant to…

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that a program shall be established by the department of human services and the department of labor and employment to provide for a self-insurance program for the department of human services, which shall apply only to claims arising…

(1) "Public entity", as used in this section, means and includes any county, municipality, school district, and any other type of district or authority organized pursuant to law. (2) A public entity may, after receiving permission pursuant to section 8-44-101 (1)(c), act as its o…

(1) "Employers", as used in this section, means a bona fide trade or professional association or two or more employers which are engaged in the same or similar type of business or are members of the same bona fide trade or professional association. (2) Employers may cooperate wit…

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that benefits awarded under articles 40 to 47 of this title to claimants employed by self-insurers may be unreasonably delayed or not paid at all if receipt of the proceeds of the bond required of the self-insurer is delayed or i…