176.253 INSURER, EMPLOYER; PERFORMANCE OF ACTS.
Where this chapter requires an employer to perform an act, the insurer of the employer may
perform that act. Where the insurer acts in behalf of the employer, the employer is responsible
for the authorized acts of the insurer and for any delay, failure, or refusal of the insurer to
perform the act.
This section does not relieve the employer from any penalty or forfeiture which this chapter
imposes on the employer.
History: 1953 c 755 s 37; 1986 c 444