3761 To the extent that it is self-insured for workers' compensation, an employer is an insurer, so it may not collect from the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) indemnity to which it would have been entitled from the insolvent insurer of a third party who caused injury to its employee thus requiring it to pay workers' compensation benefits; the self-insured employer may not collect indemnity from an insured of an insolvent insurer, because that would give the insured a claim against CIGA and make the insured an indirect conduit for the self-insured employer's prohibited recovery from CIGA.

ROTH v LA DOOR (Self Insurer) 115 CA4 1249 [See: InsC 1063; Denny's v WCAB 104 CA4 1433, T/AT 2/03; Black Diamond v Superior Court 114 CA4 109, T/AT 1/04; Burrow v Pike 190 CA3 384; Auto Equity Sales v Superior Court 57 C2 450]