United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

FROEB, Chief Judge.

We are asked to determine in this case whether the petitioning insurance carrier must provide coverage for death benefits.

The covered employee, Gary R. Austin, died in an accident on September 7, 1974, while driving a truck for General Transportation, Inc. (referred to as “General”). His widow and six children surviving him thereafter filed a claim pursuant to appropriate provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Arizona.

*474Several weeks before the accident, action was taken by the insurance brokerage company representing General to shift workmen’s compensation…