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PROPERTY POOL

PROPERTY POOL

GENERAL ASSESSMENT FORMULA

FOR THE

PURMS JOINT SELF-INSURANCE AGREEMENT

Amended and Restated as of November 21, 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Definitions for Property Pool General Assessment Formula. 2

Annual Assessment Limit 2

Assessment Limit Overage. 2

Assessment Share. 2

Assigned Deductible. 2

Assigned Insured Value. 2

Basic Per Capita� Component 3

Blended Risk Based Rate. 3

Category of Insured Property. 3

Category of Risk. 3

Deductible. 3

Direct Physical Loss or Damage. 3

Exempted Category. 3

Exempt Category of Insured Property. 3

Exempt Category of Risk. 3

Excess Property Insurance Retention. 4

Gross Revenues. 4

Insured Location. 4

Insured Perils. 4

Insured Property. 4

Insured Value. 4

Item of Insured Property. 4

Mandatory Deductible. 4

Mothballed Equipment 4

Partially Exempt Insured Property. 5

Perils. 5

Property Coverage Limit 5

Property Deductible Credits. 5

Property Pool Operation Costs. 5

Relative Insured Value Component 5

Retention Adjusted Insured Values. 5

Risk Adjusted Insured Value. 6

Risk Based Component 6

Risk Based Rates. 6

Specific Risk Based Rate. 6

Valuation Cap. 6

Statement of Property General Assessment Formula. 7

Basic Per Capita� Component at 10%. 7

Relative Insured Value� Component at 20%.. 7

Risk Based� Component at 70%. 10

Property Deductible Credit for Assigned and Mandatory Deductibles. 13

Limitation on Amount of Annual Property General Assessments per Member 14

Application of Annual Assessment Limit 14

Reallocation of Assessment Limit Overages to Remaining Members. 14

Former Members. 15

New Members. 15

 


 

PROPERTY POOL

GENERAL ASSESSMENT FORMULA

FOR THE

PURMS JOINT SELF-INSURANCE AGREEMENT

Amended and Restated as of November 21, 2002

Overview of Assessment Formulas for PURMS Risk Pools

The �Assessment Formulas� Sections of the PURMS Joint Self-Insurance Agreement (�SIA�) set forth the formulas for assessing the Members of each Risk Pool for the Operational Costs the Fund incurs in operating their respective Risk Pools, including without limitation, Coverage Payments (all Risk Pools), Defense Costs (Liability Pool), Property Claim Costs (Property Pool), Direct H&W Claims Costs and Shared H&W Costs (H&W Pool), and the Direct and Shared Administrative Expenses of all Risk Pools.

The Liability Pool is governed by two Assessment Formulas, one for General Assessments and one for Premium Assessments.The two current formulas for the Liability Pool are:

(a)   The Liability General Assessment Formula (with Annual Assessment Limit) (SIA � VIII); and

(b)  The Liability Premium Assessment Formula (with Added-Risk Pass Through, and without Annual Assessment Limit) (SIA � IX).

The Liability General Assessment Formula was first adopted by the Members of the Fund on December 20. 1976, has been amended from time to time, and was unanimously re-adopted on March 30, 1995. The Liability Premium Assessment Formula (with Added-Risk Pass Through and without Annual Assessment Limit) was unanimously re-adopted by the Board at its General Meeting on December 9, 1994, effective January 1, 1995.

The Property Pool is also governed by two Assessment Formulas, one for General Assessments and one for Premium Assessments.The two current formulas for the Property Pool are:

(a)   The Property General Assessment Formula (with Annual Assessment Limit) (SIA � XII); and

(b)  The Property Premium Assessment Formula (without Annual Assessment Limit) (SIA � XIII).

The Property General Assessment and the Property Premium Assessment Formulas were unanimously adopted by the Members of the Fund, effective February 27, 1997, and were both amended and restated and unanimously adopted by the Board, effective as of November 21, 2002.

The Assessment of Members of the H&W Pool is governed by a single Assessment Formula called the H&W General Assessment Formula (SIA, � XV). This Formula covers both the self-insured portion of the H&W Pool�s Operational Costs as well as the cost of Stop Loss Insurance. The H&W General Assessment Formula was unanimously adopted by the Members of the Fund on March 16, 2000, effective April 1, 2000, and was amended and restated and unanimously re-adopted by the Members as of December 7, 2001.

These Formulas, as amended from time to time pursuant to � I, � 5.2, are specifically incorporated into the Interlocal Agreement and shall be deemed a part of that Agreement as if fully set forth therein.

PROPERTY POOL GENERAL ASSESSMENT FORMULA

1.               Definitions for Property Pool General Assessment Formula.The Definitions set forth in the "Definitions" Section of the SIA (� II) apply to the interpretation of the Fund's Assessment Formulas, except as may be modified specifically or by necessary implication by the Definitions set forth below, some of which are specific to this Property General Assessment Formula Section.

1.1.          Annual Assessment Limit� shall mean the limit on the total amount of Property General Assessments the Fund may levy on an individual Member of the Property Pool in any calendar year, as provided in � I, � 13.8, and subject the Additional Discretionary General Assessments provided for therein.

1.2.          Assessment Limit Overage� shall mean the amount by which a Member's Assessment Share of a Property General Assessment exceeds the amount of such Assessment the Member is required to pay after application of the Annual Assessment Limit, in accordance with � XII, � 4.

1.3.          Assessment Share� shall mean the amount of money a Member becomes obligated to pay to the Fund as a result of an Assessment.

1.4.          Assigned Deductible� shall mean the Deductible a Member of the Property Pool chooses to assign to an Item of Insured Property that is not otherwise subject to a Mandatory Deductible, as reflected in the Schedule of Values maintained by the Administrator (see � X, � 7.1.1), or the Deductible otherwise established as an Assigned Deductible for a Member's Insured Property pursuant to � X, � 7.2.2).

1.5.          Assigned Insured Value� shall mean the Insured Value listed for an Item of Insured Property on the Schedule of Values, as established by Annual Appraisal pursuant to � X, � 14.

1.6.          Basic Per Capita� Component� shall mean the Formula Component consisting of the 10% portion of a Property General Assessment amount that is allocated equally among all Members of the Property Pool for purposes of calculating a Member's Assessment Share of a Property General Assessment, as provided in � XII, � 2.1.

1.7.          Blended Risk Based Rate� shall mean the number resulting from the weighted average of applying each applicable Specific Risk Based Rate to the Total Insured Value of a Member�s Insured Property in each Category of Risk associated with an applicable Specific Risk Based Rate.

1.8.          Category of Insured Property� depending upon the context, shall mean the grouping of Insured Property that is subject to a particular Specific Risk Based Rate, or the grouping of Insured Property that is subject to a particular Excess Property Insurance Retention that exceeds the Property Coverage Limit.

1.9.          Category of Risk