33-23-521. Financial participation by association members. - Montana Statutes

     33-23-521. Financial participation by association members. (1) Each member of the association shall participate in the association's medical malpractice insurance policies, expenses, profits, and losses in the proportion that the net direct premiums of the member during the preceding calendar year, after excluding that portion of premiums attributable to the operation of the association, bears to the aggregate net direct premiums of all members of the association.
     (2) Each member's participation in the association must be determined annually on the basis of the net direct premiums written during the preceding calendar year as reported in the annual statements and other reports filed by the insurer with the commissioner.
     (3) A member is not obligated to reimburse the association for the member's proportionate share in a deficit from operations of the association in any calendar year in an amount greater than 1% of the member's net direct written premium for the preceding calendar year on policies written in this state for casualty insurance. The aggregate amount not reimbursed must be reallocated among the remaining members in accordance with the method of determining participation after excluding from the computation the total net direct premiums of all members not sharing in the excess deficit. If the deficit from operations allocated to all members of the association in any calendar year exceeds 1% of the member's net direct written premium for the preceding calendar year on policies written in this state for casualty insurance, the amount of the deficit must be allocated to each member in accordance with the method of determining participation. A member may not be assessed an amount that would jeopardize that member's solvency.

     History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 475, L. 2005.