Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 8009 – Restrictions on insurance purchased by purchasing groups
(a) A purchasing group may not purchase insurance from a risk retention group that is not chartered in a state or from an insurer not admitted in the state in which the purchasing group is located, unless the purchase is effected through a licensed agent or broker acting pursuant to the surplus lines laws and regulations of such state.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 8009
- Insurance: means primary insurance, excess insurance, reinsurance, surplus lines insurance and any other arrangement for shifting and distributing risk which is determined to be insurance under the laws of this State;
(6) "Liability":
- Risk retention group: means any corporation or other limited liability association:
- State: means any state of the United States or the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 8002
(b) A purchasing group which obtains liability insurance from an insurer not admitted in this State or a risk retention group shall inform each of the members of such group which have a risk resident or located in this State that such risk is not protected by an insurance insolvency guaranty fund in this State, and that such risk retention group or such insurer may not be subject to all insurance laws and regulations of this State.
(c) No purchasing group may purchase insurance providing for a deductible or self-insured retention applicable to the group as a whole; however, coverage may provide for a deductible or self-insured retention applicable to individual members.
(d) Purchases of insurance by purchasing groups are subject to the same standards regarding aggregate limits which are applicable to all purchases of group insurance.