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20 CFR § 726.202 - Who may underwrite an operator's liability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s726.202"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 726.202 - Who may underwrite an operator's liability."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "726.202"
section_name: "Who may underwrite an operator's liability."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED"
part_number: "726"
part_name: "BLACK LUNG BENEFITS; REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL MINE OPERATOR'S INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901  902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901  28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015)); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 80097, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "726"
---

# 726.202 Who may underwrite an operator's liability.

Each coal mine operator who is not authorized to self-insure shall insure and keep insured the payment of benefits as required by the Act with any stock company or mutual company or association, or with any other person, or fund, including any State fund while such company, association, person, or fund is authorized under the law of any State to insure workmen's compensation.