2014 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 58 - Insurance.
Article 15 - Reciprocal Insurance.
§ 58-15-5 - Definitions.
58-15-5. Definitions.
As used in this Article:
(1) "Attorney" means the person designated and authorized by subscribers as the attorney-in-fact having authority to obligate them on reciprocal and other insurance contracts.
(2) "License" means a license to transact the business of insurance in this State, issued by the Commissioner.
(3) In addition to the meaning of the term as defined in G.S. 12-3(6) and G.S. 58-1-5(9), "person" means any county, city, school board, hospital authority, or any other local governmental authority or local agency or public service corporation owned, operated or controlled by a local government or local government authority, that has the power to enter into contractual undertakings within or without the State.
(4) "Reciprocal" means an aggregation of subscribers under a common name.
(5) "Reciprocal insurance" means insurance resulting from the mutual exchange of insurance contracts among persons in an unincorporated association under a common name through an attorney-in-fact having authority to obligate each person both as insured and insurer.
(6) "Subscriber" means a person obligated under a reciprocal insurance agreement. (1989, c. 425, s. 1; 1991, c. 720, s. 15; 1999-132, s. 9.1.)
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