Section 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.