|  | 3.__Determination of assessment.__The board shall make | 
| reasonable efforts to ensure that each covered person is | 
| counted only once with respect to any assessment.__For that | 
| purpose, the board shall require each insurer that obtains | 
| excess or stop loss insurance to include in its count of | 
| covered persons all individuals whose coverage is insured, in | 
| whole or in part, through excess or stop loss coverage.__The | 
| board shall allow a reinsurer to exclude from its number of | 
| covered persons those who have been counted by the primary | 
| insurer or by the primary reinsurer or primary excess or stop | 
| loss insurer for the purpose of determining its assessment | 
| under this subsection. The board may verify each insurer's | 
| assessment based on annual statements and other reports | 
| determined to be necessary by the board.__The board may use | 
| any reasonable method of estimating the number of covered | 
| persons of an insurer if the specific number is unknown. |