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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="25-303" title_number="25" title_name="Alternative Market Mechanisms" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Group Self-Insurance for Workers' Compensation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “service company” means a person that provides services that are not provided by the administrator, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>claims adjustment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>safety engineering;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>compilation of statistics and the preparation of premium, loss, and tax reports;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>preparation of other required self-insurance reports;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>development of members’ assessments and fees; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>administration of a claim fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commissioner shall adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The regulations shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>classifications of businesses and industries, based on the type of activity conducted by the business or industry, within which employers may join together in self-insurance groups;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for each classification:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a minimum level of contribution of at least $250,000 in premiums collected from or pledged by members of a self-insurance group to a fund from which workers’ compensation claims will be paid;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a minimum level of excess insurance coverage that must be obtained by each self-insurance group;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a requirement that the minimum levels of excess insurance adopted under this subtitle may be satisfied by placing, in a depository that the Commissioner designates, securities in a form and amount that the Commissioner requires; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a surety bond of at least $100,000 that must be obtained by each self-insurance group;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>conditions under which contributions by members of a self-insurance group may be rebated or temporarily suspended;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>for each administrator or service company, a bond that the Commissioner may require in addition to any other required bond; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a requirement that the governance of the group be under the control of its members.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
