61 Pa. Code § 501.1 — Change of insurance carriers

The following procedure shall be followed before changing insurance plans of pension funds of police or firemen supported in whole or in part from payments to municipalities by this Commonwealth: (1) Before any change is made in insurance carriers for any pension plan of police or firemen, written notice of intention to change carriers shall be given to the Department of the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, Bureau of Firemen’s Relief Fund Audits, and Police Pension Fund Audits. (2) The notice required by paragraph (1) shall contain a certification from the actuary of the proposed new insurance carrier declaring that he has reviewed the existing insurance plan and that in his professional opinion the change in plans shall not result in an overall monetary loss or disadvantage to the fund. (3) A copy of the actuarial study shall be submitted with the certification. (4) If the new plan may result in a monetary loss to the pension fund, the Department of the Auditor General shall receive a complete summary of the proposed insurance plan clearly indicating advantages of the change sufficient to justify any immediate monetary loss. (5) No change should be made in insurance plans before the Department of the Auditor General has been afforded an opportunity to review the certification and the proposed new plan. (6) Failure to adhere to the regulations of this section may result in the withholding from the municipality its share of the appropriate state allocation by the Department of the Auditor General. No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit. This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Code full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.