A.  The group insurance or any excess insurance or a self- insurance plan authorized under the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 13:5554 shall be written only in insurance companies legally authorized to do business in this state and through legally commissioned and licensed agents residing in this state.  The agent shall receive the full usual commission paid by the insurer to its agents on business transacted for it.

B.  The officers of the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association shall constitute a board with authority to act for and contract for the group insurance and excess insurance.  Officers of the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association participating in the adoption of administration of a self-insurance plan shall be considered “trustees”, as that term is used and defined in La. Rev. Stat. 9:2792.6.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 533, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:1449 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.