IC 27-1-39-7: Establishing self-insurance consortium and trust

Sec. 7. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, two (2) or more independent postsecondary educational institutions may establish a trust under Indiana law to establish and maintain a self-insurance consortium through which the independent educational institutions jointly maintain a self-insurance fund to cover certain retained risks and jointly purchase stop-loss insurance coverage. The coverage for retained risks or stop-loss insurance coverage provided for through the trust may include any of the following types of coverage:

(1) Property and casualty coverage.

(2) Worker's compensation coverage.

(3) Employee health coverage.

(4) Employee vision coverage.

(5) Employee dental coverage.

(6) Other coverage.

(b) If the coverage described in subsection (a)(3), (a)(4), or (a)(5) is provided through the self-insurance fund, the coverage must be provided through a multiple employer welfare arrangement regulated under IC 27-1-34.