48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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7 sections with “self-insurance program”

  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    (a) When it is anticipated that 50 percent or more of the self-insurance costs to be incurred at a segment of a contractor's business will be allocable to negotiated Government contracts, and the self-insurance costs at the segment for the …
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    …ce provided by captive insurers (insurers owned by or under control of the contractor) as self-insurance, and charges for it shall comply with the provisions applicable to self-insurance costs in this subsection. However, if the captive ins…
  • FAR 28.305 Overseas workers' compensation and war-hazard insurance.
    …azards (injury, death, capture, or detention). When, by means of an insurance policy or a self-insurance program, the contractor provides the workers' compensation coverage required by the Defense Base Act, the contractor's employees automa…
  • FAR 52.228-7 Insurance—Liability to Third Persons.
    …ntract. (2) The Contractor may, with the approval of the Contracting Officer, maintain a self-insurance program; provided that, with respect to workers' compensation, the Contractor is qualified pursuant to statutory authority. (3) All in…
  • FAR 52.250-1 Indemnification Under Public Law 85-804.
    …dd the following paragraph (i) to the basic clause: (i) The cost of insurance (including self-insurance programs) covering a risk defined in this contract as unusually hazardous or nuclear shall not be reimbursed except to the extent that …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ownership; or (ii) Less than a majority ownership, but over which it exercises control. Self-insurance means the assumption or retention of the risk of loss by the contractor, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. Self-insurance includes …
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ibutions, investments, and distributions. Any other plan is a nonqualified pension plan. Self-insurance charge means a cost which represents the projected average loss under a self-insurance plan. Service life means the period of usefulne…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.