3554 Under a clause in a workers' compensation excess policy excluding benefits in excess of those regularly required if they result from the selfinsured employer's violation of any workers' compensation law, the insurer is not required to reimburse the insured for a 10% penalty the insured was required to pay for unreasonably delaying payment of benefits to an injured employee.CitationGENERAL REINSURANCE v ST JUDE HOSP (WC Penalty) 107 CA4 1097 [See: LabC 5814; Palmer v Truck Ins Exch 21 C4 1109; SCIF v WCAB 18 C4 1209]
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