Virginia Law

"Act" means Chapter 27 (§ 15.2-2700 et seq.) of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia.

"Actuary," for coverages other than group life, accident and health, means a person who is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries qualified in loss reserves and rate making according to professional guides, recommendations, interpretations, and opinions of the Academy, or a member of the Casualty Actuarial Society. For group life, accident and health coverages, "actuary," means a person who is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries qualified in group life, accident and health reserves or a fellow of the Society of Actuaries.

"Administrator" means the individual, partnership, corporation or other entity authorized to serve as a representative of a pool and its members in carrying out the policies of the board and managing the pool's activities.

"Commission" means the State Corporation Commission.

"Contribution" means the amount of payments required of each member in order to fund the pool's obligations under the plan.

"Group self-insurance pool" or "pool" means a pool organized by two or more political subdivisions for the purpose of forming a group self-insurance pool to provide for joint or cooperative action relative to their financial and administrative resources for the purpose of providing to the participating political subdivisions risk management and liability insurance coverage for pool members and employees of pool members for acts or omissions arising out of the scope of their employment, including any or all of the following:

1. Casualty insurance, including workers' compensation under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act (§ 65.2-100 et seq. of the Code of Virginia), employers' liability, general, professional and public officials liability coverage;

2. Property insurance, including marine insurance and inland marine and transportation insurance coverage;

3. Group life, accident and health coverages including hospital, medical, surgical and dental benefits to the employees of member political subdivisions and their dependents;

4. Automobile insurance, including motor vehicle liability insurance coverage and collision and security for motor vehicles owned or operated, as required by Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia, and protection against other liability and loss associated with the ownership and use of motor vehicles;

5. Surety and fidelity insurance coverage; and

6. Umbrella and excess insurance coverages.

"Insolvent" means (i) the condition of a pool that has liabilities in excess of assets or (ii) the inability of a pool to pay its obligations as they become due in the usual course of business.

"Member" means a political subdivision which has entered into a member agreement and thereby becomes a member in a group self-insurance pool.

"Member agreement" means the written agreement executed between each member and the pool which sets forth the conditions of membership in the pool, the obligations, if any, of each member to the other members and the terms, coverages, limits, and deductibles of the plan.

"Members' supervisory board" or "board" means the governing authority of the pool selected by the members to be responsible for fixing contributions to the pool, maintaining reserves, levying and collecting assessments for deficiencies, disposing of surpluses, and administration of the pool in the event of termination or insolvency.

"Plan" means the plan of self-insurance offered by the pool to its members as specifically designated in the member agreement.

"Political subdivision" means any county, city, or town, school board, transportation district commission, or any other local governmental authority or local agency or public service corporation owned, operated or controlled by a locality or local government authority, with power to enter into contractual undertakings.

"Service agent" means any individual, partnership, corporation or other entity that may provide any or all of the insurance services including, but not limited to, claims adjustment, safety engineering, compilation of statistics, the preparation of contribution payments, loss reports, and other required self-insurance reports, and the administration of a claims fund.