(a) The Department of Administration shall obtain or provide, in an amount and in the form that the department determines to be appropriate, casualty, property, and other insurance for protection of stateassets and for the operation of state government. The department may provide for insurance coverage, in whole or in part, through a self-insurance program.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 37.05.287
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
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) The Department of Administration shall annually review the state insurance program to ensure that, to the extent reasonable, adequate insurance coverage or reserves are maintained to satisfy all reasonably foreseeable claims or judgments for which payment may be due under the state insurance program during the next fiscal year. The department shall annually obtain an independent actuarial assessment of the state insurance program. No later than February 1 of each calendar year, the department shall submit to the presiding officers of each house of the legislature a review of the state insurance program, an independent actuarial assessment, and a certified audit of the state insurance catastrophe reserve account.
