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Terms Used In Iowa Code 509A.14

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
509A.14 Approval of self-insurance plans.
The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules for self-insurance plans for life insurance
and accident and health insurance for a political subdivision of the state or a school corporation. The rules adopted shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. A requirement that the plan shall include all coverages and provisions that are required by law in insurance policies for the type of risk that the self-insurance plan is intended to cover.
2. A requirement that if the resources of the plan are inadequate to fully cover a claim under the plan, then the public body is liable for any portion of the claim that is left unpaid.
85 Acts, ch 251, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1162, §12; 93 Acts, ch 88, §9
Referred to in §296.7, 331.301, 364.4