5508 - Directors.

§ 5508. Directors. (a) The association shall be governed by a board of  twenty-one   directors.   The  superintendent  or  his  duly  authorized  representative shall serve as a non-voting director. Two directors shall  be appointed by the governor. Two directors shall be  appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of the senate and two directors shall be appointed  by the speaker of the assembly. Eight  directors  shall  be  elected  by  cumulative voting by the members of the association, whose votes in such  election  shall  be weighted in accordance with each member's net direct  premiums written during the  preceding  calendar  year.  Four  directors  shall   be   appointed  by  the  superintendent  as  representatives  of  physicians and hospitals. The  superintendent  shall  also  appoint  two  directors   as   representatives   of  the  public,  who  shall  not  be  representatives  of  physicians  or  hospitals,  or  representatives  of  insurers  or  insurance producers. The eight member companies serving on  the board shall be elected annually at a meeting of the members.    (b) The directors  shall  serve  without  compensation  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses incurred in the  performance of their duties under this article.