Pennsylvania Statutes Title 77 P.S. Workers' Compensation § 997. Insurer and self insurer; grounds for termination of license or privilege; regulation of adjusters

(a) If any insurer licensed to transact the business of workmen's compensation insurance within this Commonwealth repeatedly or unreasonably fails to pay promptly compensation for which it is liable or fails or refuses to submit any report or to pay any assessment made under this act, the secretary may recommend to the Insurance Commissioner that the license of the company to transact such business be revoked, or suspended setting forth in detail the reasons for his recommendation. The Insurance Commissioner shall thereupon furnish a copy of the secretary's report to the insurer and shall set a date for public hearing, at which both the insurer and the secretary shall be afforded an opportunity to present evidence. If, after the hearing, the commissioner is satisfied that the insurer has failed to live up to his obligations under this act, he shall promptly revoke or suspend its license.

(b) If any employer who is subject to this act as an approved self-insurer repeatedly or unreasonably fails to pay promptly compensation for which it is liable or fails or refuses to submit any report or to pay any assessment made under this act, the secretary may revoke or suspend the privilege granted to the employer to carry its own risk and require it to insure its liability. The secretary shall not take such action against any employer until the employer has been notified in writing of the charges made against it and has been given an opportunity to be heard before the secretary in answer to the charges.

(c) Any person, not an insurer or self-insurer, engaged in the business of adjusting or servicing injury cases for the payment of compensation under this act shall register with the Department of Labor and Industry as a condition of conducting such business and shall furnish such reports of its activities as may be required by rules and regulations of the department. If any person engaged in such business repeatedly or unreasonably fails to provide such services promptly with the result that compensation is not paid promptly, the secretary may revoke or suspend the privilege of conducting such business. The secretary shall not take such action against such person until such person has been notified in writing of the charges made against it by the secretary and has been given an opportunity to be heard before the secretary in answer to the charges. Proceedings for revocation of the privilege of conducting such service or adjustment business shall not relieve any insurer or self-insurer who has engaged in the services of such person from its responsibility under this act or from its liability to revocation under this section.