Delaware § 2395 Workers’ Compensation Fund; payments by insurance carriers

Delaware Statutes

§ 2395 — Workers’ Compensation Fund; payments by insurance carriers

Delaware § 2395

Title19

PartWorkers’ Compensation

Subch.Taxes and Charges Upon Insurance Carriers and Self-Insurers; Workers’ Compensation Fund

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 19, § 2395 (2026).

Text

(a)Every insurance carrier insuring employers who are or may be liable under this chapter to pay for compensation for personal injuries to or death of their employees under this chapter shall pay to the Department annually, on or before March 1 and October 1 of each year, a sum not to exceed 1% at each date on all workers’ compensation or employer liability premiums received by the carrier during the calendar year next preceding the due date of such payment.

(b)Such sums shall be deposited in a special account known as “Workers’ Compensation Fund.” Such sums shall not be a part of the General Fund of the State. Any balance remaining in such special account at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.

(c)The amounts paid under this section shall constitute an ele

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(a) Every insurance carrier insuring employers who are or may be liable under this chapter to pay for compensation for personal injuries to or death of their employees under this chapter shall pay to the Department annually, on or before March 1 and October 1 of each year, a sum not to exceed 1% at each date on all workers’ compensation or employer liability premiums received by the carrier during the calendar year next preceding the due date of such payment.

(b) Such sums shall be deposited in a special account known as “Workers’ Compensation Fund.” Such sums shall not be a part of the General Fund of the State. Any balance remaining in such special account at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.

(c) The amounts paid under this section shall constitute an element of loss for the purpose of establishing workers’ compensation premium rates.

(d) Should the Department subsequently determine that the amounts assessed are insufficient to meet the Fund’s obligations during a calendar year, it may assess insurance carriers to cover any anticipated deficiency, based upon the allocations for that calendar year as determined pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(e) Should the Department subsequently determine that the amounts assessed are sufficient to meet the Fund’s obligations during a calendar year, it shall not assess insurance carriers until a deficiency is projected based upon the anticipated expenditures for the next calendar year as determined pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

Legislative History

Code 1915, § 3193j; 29 Del. Laws, c. 233 ; 30 Del. Laws, c. 203, § 3 ; Code 1935, § 6080; 45 Del. Laws, c. 299, § 1 ; 46 Del. Laws, c. 26 ; 19 Del. C. 1953, § 2395; 58 Del. Laws, c. 96, §§ 2, 3 ; 58 Del. Laws, c. 531, § 6 ; 59 Del. Laws, c. 554, §§ 1, 2 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 172, §§ 3, 4 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 71 Del. Laws, c. 84, §§ 3, 9, 21, 22 ; 85 Del. Laws, c. 58, § 1