West Virginia Code § 29-12-2

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise clearly requires:
(a) "Board" means the state Board of Risk and Insurance Management.
(b) "Company" means and includes corporations, associations, partnerships and individuals.
(c) "Insurance" means all forms of insurance and bonding services available for protection
and indemnification of the state and its officials, employees, properties, activities and
responsibilities against loss or damage or liability, including fire, marine, casualty, and
surety insurance.
(d) "Insurance company" means all insurers or insurance carriers, including, but not limited
to, stock insurance companies, mutual insurance compaanies, reciprocal and interinsurance
exchanges, and all other types of insurers and insurance carriers, including life, accident,
health, fidelity, indemnity, casualty, hospitalizationl and other types and kinds of insurance
companies, organizations and associations, but excepting and excluding workers'
compensation coverage.
(e) "State property activities" and "state responsibilities" means and includes all operations,
boards, commissions, works, projects and functions of the state, its properties, officials,
agents and employees which, within the scope and in the course of governmental
employment, may be subject to liability, loss, damage, risks and hazards recognized to be
and normally included within insurance and bond coverages.
(f) "State property" means all property belonging to the State of West Virginia and any
boards or commissio ns thereof wherever situated and which is the subject of risk or
reasonably coVnsidered to be subject to loss or damage or liability by any single occurrence of
any event insured against.

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