N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 106: Consolidation of funds; definitions

§ 106. Consolidation of funds; definitions. On and after March first,

nineteen hundred ninety, the stock workers' compensation security fund

and the mutual workers' compensation security fund heretofore created

are hereby consolidated into a single fund to be known as the "workers'

compensation security fund". All assets, liabilities, rights and

obligations of the stock workers' compensation security fund and the

mutual workers' compensation security fund are hereby transferred and

assigned to and assumed by and devolved upon the workers' compensation

security fund and shall continue to be assets, liabilities, rights and

obligations of such fund without diminution or impairment. As used in

this article, unless the context or subject matter otherwise require;

"Fund" means the workers' compensation security fund.

"Fund year" means the calendar year.

"Stock carrier" means any stock corporation other than an insolvent

carrier, authorized to transact the business of workmen's compensation

insurance in this state.

"Mutual carrier" means any mutual corporation or reciprocal insurer,

other than an insolvent carrier, authorized to transact the business of

workmen's compensation insurance in this state.

"Nonprofit property/casualty insurance company" means a nonprofit

property/casualty insurance company as defined in paragraph fifty-three

of subsection (a) of section one hundred seven of the insurance law.

"Reciprocal insurer" means any reciprocal insurer authorized to

transact the business of workmen's compensation insurance in this state

and such reciprocal insurer shall be deemed to be a mutual carrier

within the intent of the several provisions of this article.

"Carrier" means a stock or mutual corporation or a reciprocal insurer

or a nonprofit property/casualty insurance company, if such corporation

or insurer is authorized to transact the business of workers'

compensation insurance in this state, including but not limited to the

issuance of an assumption of workers' compensation liability insurance

policy, but not including any such corporation or insurer which is

insolvent.

"Insolvent carrier" means a carrier as to which an order of

rehabilitation or of liquidation, or, if such carrier be a foreign

insurer, as to which an order for conservation of its assets within the

state, shall have been made after the effective date of this article

pursuant to article seventy-four of the insurance law, or a foreign

carrier which withdraws from or discontinues operation in this state and

fails to meet payments due on awards made, but not including a carrier,

whether a domestic or foreign insurer, which shall have become

rehabilitated and allowed to resume business after any such

rehabilitation or conservation of assets and meets its obligations as

they mature.

"Employer" includes any political subdivision liable for benefits

pursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law.

"Employment" includes the service of a volunteer firefighter for which

a political subdivision is liable for benefits pursuant to the volunteer

firefighters' benefit law.

"Workers' compensation" and "compensation" include the benefits in

relation to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers

pursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volunteer

ambulance workers' benefit law and benefits in relation to longshore and

harbor workers pursuant to the longshore and harbor workers'

compensation act, United States Code, Title 33, Sections 901 through

950.

"This chapter" includes the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and

the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law; and the longshore and

harbor workers' compensation act, United States Code, Title 33, Sections

901 through 950; except when such a meaning is inconsistent with this

article.