Legal Opinion
Swanco Insurance Company--Arizona v. William D. Hager, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1989No. 88-2113PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981 as amended by the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986,15 U.S.C. §§ 3901-3906 (1982 & Supp. V 1987) (the Act), which authorizes persons and businesses with similar or related liability exposure to form “purchasing groups” for the purpose of purchasing liability insurance on a group basis and “risk retention groups” for the purpose of self insurance. 15 U.S.C. § 3901(a)(4), (5); Because some states’ laws make purchasing groups and risk retention groups illegal, the Act contains express provisions that…
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