8009 - Guaranty funds and compulsory associations.
§ 8009. Guaranty funds and compulsory associations. (a) Self-insurance.--No self-insurance program funded pursuant to this subpart shall be required or permitted to join or contribute financially to any insurance insolvency guaranty fund, or similar mechanism, in this Commonwealth, nor shall any such self-insurance program funded pursuant to this subpart, or its insureds or claimants against its insureds, receive any benefit from any such fund for claims arising under the coverage provided by such self-insurance program. (b) Exception.--When a local government unit or group of local government units obtains insurance from a self-insurance program funded pursuant to this subpart, such risks, wherever resident or located, shall not be covered by any insurance guaranty fund or similar mechanism in this Commonwealth.