58-29D-3. Insurer defined.
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For the purposes of this chapter, an insurer is any person undertaking to provide workers' compensation, life or health insurance coverage in this state. An insurer includes a licensed insurance company, a prepaid hospital or medical care plan, a health maintenance organization, a multiple employer welfare arrangement, or any other person providing a plan of insurance subject to state insurance regulation. The term, insurer, does not include a bona fide employee benefit plan established by an employer or an employee organization, or both, for which the insurance laws of this state are preempted pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.