(a) Municipalities and their public corporations, city and borough school districts, and regional educational attendance areas may enter into cooperative agreements with each other for the purpose of establishing, operating, or participating in joint insurance arrangements through which the participating members agree to pool contributions in order to either assume risks from losses to the participants on a group basis or purchase coverage for the participants on a group basis.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 21.76.010
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) A joint insurance arrangement may be for any kind of insurance defined by this title except for health insurance, life insurance, and title insurance.(c) A joint insurance arrangement shall be considered an alternative or supplement to any other policy or contract of insurance authorized or required by law, including insurance under Alaska Stat. Chapter 21.75.(d) For purposes of Alaska Stat. § 23.30.075, a joint insurance arrangement is considered to be an association duly authorized to transact workers’ compensation insurance in the state.
