Vermont Statutes Title 21 Sec. 696
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 21 Sec. 696
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Labor or the Commissioner's designee. See
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Employer: includes any body of persons, corporate or unincorporated, public or private, and the legal representative of a deceased employer, and includes the owner or lessee of premises or other person who is virtually the proprietor or operator of the business there carried on, but who, by reason of there being an independent contractor or for any other reason, is not the direct employer of the workers there employed. See
- Insurance carrier: includes any corporation from which an employer has obtained workers' compensation insurance or guaranty insurance in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See
§ 696. Cancellation of insurance contracts
A policy or contract shall not be cancelled within the time specified in the policy or contract for its expiration, until at least 45 days after a notice of intention to cancel the policy or contract, on a date specified in the notice, has been filed in the office of the Commissioner and provided to the employer. The notice shall be filed with the Commissioner in accordance with rules adopted by the Commissioner and provided to the employer by certified mail. The cancellation shall not affect the liability of an insurance carrier on account of an injury occurring prior to cancellation. (Amended 1989, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; 2007, No. 57, § 3; 2013, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 56.)