The commissioner and the association may:

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code 33-20A-6

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

(a) Give consideration to the need for adequate and readily accessible coverage, to alternative methods of improving the market affected, to the preferences of the insurers and agents, to the inherent limitations of the insurance mechanism to the need for reasonable underwriting standards, and to the requirement of reasonable loss prevention measures.

(b) Establish procedures that will create minimum interference with the voluntary market.

(c) Spread the burden imposed by the facility equitably and efficiently.

(d) Establish procedures for applicants and participants to have grievances reviewed.

(e) Take all reasonable and necessary steps to dissolve the association at the earliest date when essential insurance becomes readily available in the private market. The dissolution of the association, including its assets and liabilities, shall be accomplished under the supervision of the commissioner in an equitable and reasonable manner.