(a) There is an Insufficiency Assessment Reserve Fund.
(b) The Insufficiency Assessment Reserve Fund shall be maintained by the Association and shall consist of:
(1) payments of assessment surcharges collected by the Association to cover any actual operating loss that the Fund sustains;
(2) any gross excess surcharges received by an Association member on account of an assessment made under this subtitle; and
(3) the full amount of the income from assessment payments and gross excess surcharges in investments.
(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Association shall hold money of the Insufficiency Assessment Reserve Fund in trust in a separate interest-bearing account in a financial institution in the State for the use of the Fund.
(2) The Association may authorize the financial institution where the money is deposited to invest all or part of the money in investments allowed for casualty insurers, as provided in §§ 5-601 through 5-609 of this article.
(d) An Association member shall deposit with the Association any gross excess surcharges received because of a future assessment not later than October 15 after the surcharge year in which the gross excess surcharge was received.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 20 - Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
Subtitle 4 - Industry Automobile Insurance Association
Section 20-403 - Board of Directors
Section 20-404 - Certification of Operating Loss and Assessment Limit
Section 20-405 - Assessments Generally
Section 20-406 - Authorization to Impose Assessment Surcharges
Section 20-407 - Election to Impose Assessment Surcharges
Section 20-408 - Collection of Assessment Surcharges
Section 20-409 - Adjustments to Assessment Surcharges