Section 62I.02 Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association
62I.02 MINNESOTA JOINT UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION.
Subdivision 1.Creation.
The Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association is created to provide insurance coverage to any person or entity unable to obtain insurance through ordinary methods if the insurance is required by statute, ordinance, or otherwise required by law, or is necessary to earn a livelihood or conduct a business and serves a public purpose, including, but not limited to, liquor liability. Prudent business practice or mere desire to have insurance coverage is not a sufficient standard for the association to offer insurance coverage to a person or entity. For purposes of this subdivision, directors' and officers' liability insurance is considered to be a business necessity and not merely a prudent business practice. The association shall be specifically authorized to provide insurance coverage to day care providers, foster parents, foster homes, developmental achievement centers, group homes, and rehabilitation facilities for mentally, emotionally, or physically disabled persons. Because the activities of certain persons or entities present a risk that is so great, the association shall not offer insurance coverage to any person or entity the board of directors of the association determines is outside the intended scope and purpose of the association because of the gravity of the risk of offering insurance coverage. The association shall not offer environmental pollution liability, product liability insurance, and completed operations insurance. The association shall not offer coverage for activities that are conducted substantially outside the state of Minnesota unless the insurance is required by statute, ordinance, or otherwise required by law. Every insurer authorized to write property and casualty insurance and personal injury liability insurance in this state shall be a member of the association as a condition to obtaining and retaining a license to write insurance in this state.
Subd. 2.Board of directors.
The association shall have a board of directors composed of 11 persons chosen as follows: five persons elected by members of the association at a meeting called by the commissioner; three public members, as defined in section 214.02, appointed by the commissioner; and three members, appointed by the commissioner representing groups to whom coverage has been extended by the association. The terms of the members shall be four years. Terms may be staggered so that no more than six members are appointed or elected every two years. Members may serve until their successors are appointed or elected. If at any time no coverage is currently extended by the association, then either additional public members may be appointed to fill these three positions or, at the option of the commissioner, representatives from groups who had previously been covered by the association may serve as directors. In the event that the commissioner assigns the responsibility for administering chapter 62F to the Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association, the board of directors must be increased by four additional members. The commissioner shall appoint two of the additional members, one of whom must be a licensed health care provider, and one of whom must be a public member. Association members shall elect the other two members, one of whom must be a representative of medical malpractice insurers, and one of whom must be a representative of personal injury liability insurers.
Subd. 3.Reauthorization.
The authorization to issue insurance to day care providers, foster parents, foster homes, developmental activity centers, group homes, and rehabilitation facilities for mentally, emotionally, or physically disabled persons is valid for a period of two years from the date it was made. The commissioner may reauthorize the issuance of insurance for these groups and other classes of business for additional two-year periods pursuant to sections 62I.21 and 62I.22. This subdivision is not a limitation on the number of times the commissioner may reauthorize the issuance of insurance.
Subd. 4.Liquor liability.
Policies and contracts of coverage issued under this section for the purposes of providing liquor liability insurance must contain the usual and customary provisions of liability insurance policies, and must contain at least the minimum coverage required by section 340A.409, subdivision 1, or the local governing unit.
Subd. 5.Accounts.
(a) For the purposes of administration and assessment, and except as otherwise authorized under paragraph (b), the association shall be divided into two separate accounts:
(1) the property and casualty insurance account; and
(2) the personal injury liability insurance account-liquor.
(b) If the association is authorized by the commissioner to issue medical malpractice insurance, the association shall establish a third account for purposes of administration and assessment. This account must be identified as the personal injury liability insurance account-medical malpractice.
Subd. 6.Medical malpractice.
If the association is authorized by the commissioner to issue medical malpractice insurance, it shall administer the medical malpractice insurance program according to chapter 62F.
History:
1986 c 455 s 21; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 2 s 43; 1987 c 337 s 77,78; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 268; 1989 c 260 s 7; 1994 c 485 s 45; 1996 c 446 art 1 s 45-47; 2003 c 21 s 1,2; 2005 c 56 s 1