Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.350 (2026)

Mutual insurance associations and reciprocal or interinsurance exchanges

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for compensation claims -- Reinsurance -- Self-insured groups -- Power to contract, sue, and be sued. (1) In order to comply with KRS 342.340, groups of employers may form, either among themselves or with employers in other states, mutual insurance associations, or reciprocal or interinsurance exchanges subject to the insurance laws of this state and any reasonable conditions and restrictions not inconsistent therewith fixed by the commissioner. Membership in these mutual insurance associations or reciprocal or interinsurance exchanges so approved, together with evidence of the payment of premiums due, shall be evidence of compliance with KRS 342.340. (2) The commissioner may, except as provided in subsection (3), require any mutual insurance association or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange to purchase an annuity or to effect reinsurance with a company authorized to transact insurance in this state or to make a deposit with a bank or trust company of this state that shall in either case be approved by the commissioner for the purpose of fully securing the payment of all deferred installments upon any claim for compensation. (3) Any mutual insurance association or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange possessing a surplus of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and not less in amount than the capital required of a domestic stock insurance company transacting the same kind of insurance shall not be required to purchase an annuity or effect reinsurance with a company authorized to transact insurance in this state or to make a deposit with a bank or trust company of this state for the purpose of fully securing the payment of all deferred installments upon any claim for compensation. (4) In addition, under the provisions of KRS 304.50-010 and administrative regulations promulgated by the commissioner of the Department of Insurance, twenty (20) or more employers with common interests or membership in a bona fide trade association or two (2) or more city, county, charter county, urban-county, or consolidated local government employers or their agencies may enter into agreements to pool their liabilities under this chapter for the purpose of qualifying as self-insured groups. Any heterogeneous self-insured group so authorized may contract and may sue and be sued in the name adopted by the group. Effective: June 25, 2013 History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 3, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1824, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 7, sec. 45, effective March 1, 2005. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 181, Part 15, sec. 84, effective April 4, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 35, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 490, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 447, sec. 11, effective January 1, 1984. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 26, sec. 4, effective January 1, 1977. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4948.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2001–2015 · leading case: Ernst & Young, LLP v. Clark, 323 S.W.3d 682 (Ky. 2010).
Ernst & Young, LLP v. Clark, 323 S.W.3d 682 (Ky. 2010). · cites it 2× “FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND AIK Comp (formerly known as Associated Industries of Kentucky Selective Self- *685 Insurance Fund) is a workers’ compensation self-insured group organized under KRS 342.350, 3 to provide its member-employers with the workers’ compensation…”
Beshear v. Haydon Bridge Co., Inc., 304 S.W.3d 682 (Ky. 2010). “This assessment shall be imposed upon the amount of workers’ compensation premiums received by every insurance carrier writing workers’ compensation insurance in the Commonwealth, by every group of self-insurers operating under the provisions of KRS 342.350(4), and against the…”
Falk v. All. Coal, LLC, 461 S.W.3d 760 (Ky. 2015). “) An employer may secure payment of compensation by: (1) joining or forming a self-insured fund pursuant to KRS 342.350(4); (2) purchasing insurance from a “corporation, association, or organization authorized to transact the business of workers’ compensation insurance in this…”
Curtis Green & Clay Green, Inc. v. Clark, 318 S.W.3d 98 (Ky. Ct. App. 2010). “JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY KRS 342.350(4) permitted employers to pool their liabilities to qualify as a self-insured group.”
Kentucky League of Cities, Inc. v. Gen. Reinsurance Corp., 174 F. Supp. 2d 532 (W.D. Ky. 2001). · cites it 8× “(“KLC”), is the successor in interest to a self-insurance fund that provided workers’ compensation insurance to a group of cities and counties (“KACo-KML”) as allowed in KRS § 342.350. 1 De *534 fendant, General Reinsurance Corporation (“GenRe”), a Delaware corporation, sold an…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.350(4) — 4 cases
Beshear v. Haydon Bridge Co., Inc., 304 S.W.3d 682 (Ky. 2010). “This assessment shall be imposed upon the amount of workers’ compensation premiums received by every insurance carrier writing workers’ compensation insurance in the Commonwealth, by every group of self-insurers operating under the provisions of KRS 342.350(4), and against the…”
Falk v. All. Coal, LLC, 461 S.W.3d 760 (Ky. 2015). “) An employer may secure payment of compensation by: (1) joining or forming a self-insured fund pursuant to KRS 342.350(4); (2) purchasing insurance from a “corporation, association, or organization authorized to transact the business of workers’ compensation insurance in this…”
Curtis Green & Clay Green, Inc. v. Clark, 318 S.W.3d 98 (Ky. Ct. App. 2010). “JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY KRS 342.350(4) permitted employers to pool their liabilities to qualify as a self-insured group.”
Kentucky League of Cities, Inc. v. Gen. Reinsurance Corp., 174 F. Supp. 2d 532 (W.D. Ky. 2001). “(“KLC”), is the successor in interest to a self-insurance fund that provided workers’ compensation insurance to a group of cities and counties (“KACo-KML”) as allowed in KRS § 342.350. 1 De *534 fendant, General Reinsurance Corporation (“GenRe”), a Delaware corporation, sold an…”
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