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Cancellation of Policy – Workers Comp Coverage

In Sroczynski v. John Milek, decided December 17, 2008 the NJ Supreme Court found that there can be no legally effective policy cancellation where a carrier fails to prove that it strictly complied with all of the requirements for canceling a workers’ compensation insurance policy. The NJ Legislature established clear and unambiguous requirements in the cancellation statute, which include the requirement that a carrier file with the Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau the certified statement required in N.J.S.A. 34:15-81(b). However, the Court also held that only parties that have raised this particular filing issue can be granted relief from improper cancellations – past cancellations that were never challenged on this ground will stand because the policyholders waived their right to challenge them.

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