| 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. |