Delaware Code
Subchapter V. Joint Underwriting Association
§ 6833. Stabilization Reserve Fund.

(a) There is hereby created a Stabilization Reserve Fund. The Fund shall be administered by 3 directors, 1 of whom shall be the Commissioner or the Commissioner's deputy. The remaining 2 directors shall be appointed by the Commissioner. One shall be a representative of the Association; the other a representative of its policyholders.
(b) The directors shall act by majority vote with 2 directors constituting a quorum for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power of the Fund. The directors shall serve without salary, but each director shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties as a director of the Fund. In the absence of fraud or wilful misconduct, the directors shall not be subject to any personal liability or accountability with respect to the administration of the Fund.
(c) Each policyholder shall pay to the Association a Stabilization Reserve Fund charge equal to one third of each premium payment due for insurance through the Association. Such charge shall be separately stated in the policy. The Association shall cancel the policy of any policyholder who fails to pay the Stabilization Reserve Fund charge.
(d) The Association shall promptly pay to the trustee of the Fund all Stabilization Reserve Fund charges which it collects from its policyholders and any retrospective premium refunds payable under the group retrospective rating plan authorized by this subchapter.
(e) All moneys received by the Fund shall be held in trust by a corporate trustee selected by the directors. The corporate trustee must be authorized to act as a corporate trustee in the State. The corporate trustee may invest the moneys held in trust, subject to the approval of the directors. All investment income shall be credited to the Fund. All expenses of administration of the Fund shall be charged against the Fund. The moneys held in trust shall be used solely for the purpose of discharging, when due, any retrospective premium charges payable by policyholders of the Association under the group retrospective rating plan authorized by this chapter. Payment of retrospective premium charges shall be made by the directors upon certification to them by the Association of the amount due. If all moneys accruing to the Fund are finally exhausted in payment of retrospective premium charges, all liability and obligations of the Association's policyholders with respect to the payment of retrospective premium charges shall thereupon terminate and shall be conclusively presumed to have been discharged. Any moneys remaining in the Fund after all such retrospective premium charges have been paid shall be returned to policyholders in proportion to their policy premiums under procedures authorized by the directors.

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