Associations, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, trusts and other business entities may be participants in any sponsored captive insurance company formed or licensed under this chapter. A sponsor may be a participant in a sponsored captive insurance company. A participant need not be a shareholder of the sponsored captive insurance company or any affiliate thereof. A participant shall insure only its own risks through a sponsored captive insurance company.

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code 33-31A-7

  • Participant: means associations, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, trusts and other business entities and any affiliates thereof that are insured by a sponsored captive insurance company where the losses of the participant are limited through a participant contract to such participant'. See West Virginia Code 33-31A-2
  • Sponsor: means any entity that meets the requirements of section six of this article and is approved by the commissioner to provide all or part of the capital and surplus required by applicable law and to organize and operate a sponsored captive insurance company. See West Virginia Code 33-31A-2
  • Sponsored captive insurance company: means any captive insurance company:

    (A) In which the minimum capital and surplus required by applicable law is provided by one or more sponsors. See West Virginia Code 33-31A-2