Section 404-B:5 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
I. ""Account'' means any one of the 3 accounts created by RSA 404-B:6.
II. ""Association'' means the New Hampshire Insurance Guaranty Association created under RSA 404-B:6.
III. ""Commissioner'' means the commissioner of insurance of this state.
IV. ""Covered claim'' means a net unpaid claim, in excess of $50 (after application of all deductions or commissions as provided for by any contract of insurance) including one for unearned premiums, which arises out of and is within coverage and not in excess of the applicable limits of an insurance policy to which this chapter applies issued by an insurer, if such insurer after the effective date of this chapter is declared insolvent by the superior court, and (a) the claimant or insured is a resident of this state at the time of the insured event; or (b) the property from which the claim arises is permanently located in this state. Claims may not be cumulated by assignment to avoid the application of the $50 deductible provision. ""Covered claim'' shall not include any amount due any reinsurer, insurer, insurance pool, or underwriting association, as subrogation recoveries or otherwise. Any such claim asserted against an insured or an insurer which has become insolvent shall have as its exclusive remedy a direct claim against the assets of the insolvent insurer filed with the liquidator as provided for in RSA 402-C in a maximum amount not to exceed the policy limits of the insured. For an order of liquidation with a finding of insolvency issued on or after August 23, 2003, ""covered claim'' shall also not include an unpaid claim of an insured or third party liability claimant whose net worth as of December 31 of the year preceding the date the insurer becomes an insolvent insurer exceeds $25,000,000; provided, that an insured's or third party liability claimant's net worth on such date shall be deemed to include the aggregate net worth of the insured or third party liability claimant and all of its affiliates as calculated on a consolidated basis.
V. ""Insolvent insurer'' means (a) an authorized insurer licensed to transact insurance in this state either at the time the policy was issued or when the insured event occurred and (b) declared insolvent by a court of competent jurisdiction after the effective date of this chapter.
VI. ""Member insurer'' means any person who (a) writes any kind of insurance to which this chapter applies under RSA 404-B:3, including the exchange of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts, and (b) is licensed to transact insurance in this state, except mutual insurance companies that operate on an assessment plan and require as a condition for granting insurance the signing of a premium deposit note by the insured, which note is given for the purpose of establishing a limit of liability to assessment, while their total receipts from policyholders is less than $10,000 per year.
VII. ""Net direct written premiums'' means direct gross premiums written in this state on insurance policies to which this chapter applies, less return premiums thereon and dividends paid or credited to policyholders on such direct business. ""Net direct written premiums'' does not include premiums on contracts between insurers or reinsurers.
VIII. ""Person'' means any individual, corporation, partnership, association or voluntary organization.
Source. 1970, 37:3. 1975, 348:2, 3. 2003, 184:1. 2004, 197:2, eff. Aug. 6, 2004.