West Virginia Code Chapter 33. Insurance § 33-32-14. Compulsory associations

(a) A risk retention group shall not be permitted to join or contribute financially to any insurance insolvency guaranty fund, or similar mechanism, in this state, nor shall any risk retention group, or its insureds, or claimants against its insureds, receive any benefit from any such fund for claims arising out of the operations of such risk retention group.

(b) When a purchasing group obtains insurance covering its members' risks from an insurer not authorized in this state or a risk retention group, such risks, wherever resident or located, shall not be covered by any insurance guaranty fund or similar mechanism in this state.

(c) When a purchasing group obtains insurance covering its members' risks from an authorized insurer, only risks resident or located in this state shall be covered by the state guaranty fund subject to article twenty-six of this chapter.