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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Assessable insureds” means insureds who procure a policy of insurance for one or more subject lines of business in this state.
(2) “Assessable insurers” means insurers authorized to write one or more subject lines of business in this state.
(3) “Coastal area” means all of that area of the state designated in the plan of operation submitted by the governing board, approved by the commissioner of insurance and designated as Coastal Plan (Louisiana Insurance Underwriting Plan) area.
(4) “Coastal Plan” means the successor to that program established by Act 35 of the 1970 Regular Session to provide a residual market for adequate insurance on property in the coastal areas of the state, now available as a program of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.
(5) “Corporation” means the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, and includes the residual market insurance programs known as the “Coastal Plan” and the “FAIR Plan”.
(6) “Essential property insurance” means any of the following coverages against direct loss to property as defined by the plan of operation approved by the commissioner of insurance:
(a) Fire, with or without extended coverage and vandalism and malicious mischief.
(b) Windstorm and hail without fire, but only with respect to dwellings and commercial properties on a monoline basis.
(c) Homeowners.
(d) Business interruption insurance but only with respect to commercial properties on a monoline basis.
(7) “FAIR Plan” means the successor to that program established by Act 424 of the 1992 Regular Session, and designated as the “Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan” to provide a residual market for adequate insurance on property in the state, now available as a program of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.
(8) “Governing board” means that board of directors which is established under R.S. 22:2294 and, where appropriate, any designee of the governing board.
(9) “Insurable property” means real and tangible personal property at a fixed location in Louisiana when such property is in an insurable condition and basic property insurance is not obtainable in the voluntary market and as further defined by the governing board.
(10) “Net direct premiums” means gross direct premiums, excluding reinsurance assumed, written for subject lines of business, less return premiums, dividends paid or credited to policyholders, or the unused or unabsorbed portions of premium deposits. In no event shall premiums on industrial fire insurance policies be considered as net direct premiums.
(11) “Plan of operation” means the document setting the rules of operation of the corporation, as promulgated by the governing board and approved by the Louisiana Senate Committee on Insurance and the Louisiana House Committee on Insurance pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
(12) “Subject lines of business” means the following lines of business: fire, allied lines, homeowners' multiperil, the property insurance portion of commercial multiperil policies, and the business interruption insurance portion of commercial multiperil policies or such interruption insurance with respect to commercial properties on a monoline basis.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 22, § 2292. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-22-sect-2292/
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