In any proceedings upon the application of a workman for judgment against workman’s employer upon an award hereinbefore provided and before judgment has been granted, the employer may stay proceedings upon such application by filing with the clerk of the district court a bond to be approved by the judge of the district court undertaking to secure the payment of the compensation as in such award provided, or by filing with such clerk a certificate of a licensed or authorized insurance company or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange or association that the amount of compensation to the workman is insured by it.