Agmt 2013 California State Association of Counties Excess Insurance Authority CSAC-EIA

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JPA, CSAC-EIA Amended: February 28, 2006 and may provide any other coverages authorized by the Board of Directors. The Board shall determine, for each such program, a minimum number of participants required for program implementation and may develop specific program coverages requiring detailed agreements for implementation of the above programs. (b) Program and Authority Funding. The members developing or participating in an insurance program shall fund all costs of that program, including administrative costs, as hereinafter provided. Costs of staffing and supporting the Authority, hereinafter called Authority general expenses, shall be equitably allocated among the various programs by the Board, and shall be funded by the members developing or participating in such programs in accordance with such allocations, as hereinafter provided. In addition, the Board may, in its discretion, allocate a share of such Authority general expense to those members which are not developing or participating in any program, and require those counties and public entities to fund such share through a prescribed charge. (1) Development Charge. Development costs of an insurance program shall be funded by a development charge, as established by the Board of Directors. The development charge shall be paid by each participant in the program following the program's adoption by the Board. Development costs are those costs actually incurred by the Authority in developing a program for review and adoption by the Board of Directors, including but not limited to: research, feasibility studies, information and liaison work among participants, preparation and review of documents, and actuarial and risk management consulting services. The development charge may also include a share of Authority general expenses, as allocated to the program development function. The development charge shall be billed by the Authority to all participants in the program upon establishment of the program and shall be payable in accordance with the Authority's invoice and payment policy. Upon the conclusion of program development: any deficiency in development funds shall be billed to all participants which have paid the development charge, on a pro-rata or other equitable basis, as determined by the Board; any surplus in such funds shall be transferred into the Authority's general expense funds. (2) Annual Premium. Except as provided in (3) below, all post-development costs of an insurance program shall be funded by annual premiums charged to the members participating in the program each policy year, and by interest earnings on the funds so accumulated. Such premiums shall be determined by the Board of Directors upon the basis of a cost allocation plan and rating formula developed by the Authority with the assistance of a casualty actuary, risk management consultant, or other qualified person. The premium for each participating member shall include that participant's share of expected program losses including a margin for contingencies as determined by the Board, program reinsurance costs, and program administrative costs for the year, plus that participant's share of Authority general expense allocated to the program by the Board. (3) Premium Surcharge (i) If the Authority experiences an unusually large number of losses under a program during a policy year, such that notwithstanding reinsurance coverage for large individual losses, Page 10 of 21