A worker’s compensation carrier that followed a state agency’s faulty guidance on canceling a policy via telecommunications hookup is still on the hook, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Dec. 17.
An electronically filed message to state regulators is not a proper substitute for a certified statement that the required cancellation notice was provided to the insured, and the carrier is still liable for claims made thereafter, the justices said.
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