South Carolina Code 38-81-230. Joint underwriting association created
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(A) A joint underwriting association is created, consisting of all insurers authorized to write within this State, on a direct basis, bodily injury liability insurance, other than automobile bodily injury liability insurance, homeowners liability insurance, and farmowners liability insurance, including insurers covering such peril in multiple peril package policies. Every such insurer is and must remain a member of the association as a condition of its authority to continue to transact this kind of insurance in this State.
(B) The purpose of the association is to provide legal professional liability insurance on a self-supporting basis to the fullest extent possible.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 38-81-230
- Association: means any joint underwriting association established pursuant to this article. See South Carolina Code 38-81-220
- Department: means the Department of Insurance of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
- insurance: includes annuities. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
- Insurer: includes a corporation, fraternal organization, burial association, other association, partnership, society, order, individual, or aggregation of individuals engaging or proposing or attempting to engage as principals in any kind of insurance or surety business, including the exchanging of reciprocal or interinsurance contracts between individuals, partnerships, and corporations. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
- Legal professional liability insurance: means insurance protection against the legal liability of the insured and against loss, damage, or expense incident to a claim arising out of legal service to or representation of any person as the result of negligence or malpractice in rendering or failing to render professional service. See South Carolina Code 38-81-220
(C) The association is activated when the department finds and declares the existence of an emergency because of the unavailability of legal professional liability insurance or the unavailability of such insurance on a reasonable basis through normal channels.