Section 106. Consolidation of funds; definitions

On and after March first,
  nineteen hundred ninety, the stock workers' compensation  security  fund
  and  the  mutual  workers' compensation security fund heretofore created
  are hereby consolidated into a single fund to be known as the  "workers'
  compensation   security  fund".  All  assets,  liabilities,  rights  and
  obligations of the stock workers' compensation  security  fund  and  the
  mutual  workers'  compensation  security fund are hereby transferred and
  assigned to and assumed by and devolved upon the  workers'  compensation
  security  fund  and shall continue to be assets, liabilities, rights and
  obligations of such fund without diminution or impairment.  As  used  in
  this article, unless the context or subject matter otherwise require;
    "Fund" means the workers' compensation security fund.
    "Fund year" means the calendar year.
    "Stock  carrier"  means  any stock corporation other than an insolvent
  carrier, authorized to transact the business of  workmen's  compensation
  insurance in this state.
    "Mutual  carrier"  means any mutual corporation or reciprocal insurer,
  other than an insolvent carrier, authorized to transact the business  of
  workmen's compensation insurance in this state.
    "Nonprofit  property/casualty  insurance  company"  means  a nonprofit
  property/casualty insurance company as defined in paragraph  fifty-three
  of subsection (a) of section one hundred seven of the insurance law.
    "Reciprocal  insurer"  means  any  reciprocal  insurer  authorized  to
  transact the business of workmen's compensation insurance in this  state
  and  such  reciprocal  insurer  shall  be  deemed to be a mutual carrier
  within the intent of the several provisions of this article.
    "Carrier" means a stock or mutual corporation or a reciprocal  insurer
  or  a nonprofit property/casualty insurance company, if such corporation
  or  insurer  is  authorized  to  transact  the  business   of   workers'
  compensation  insurance  in  this  state,  but  not  including  any such
  corporation or insurer which is insolvent.
    "Insolvent  carrier"  means  a  carrier  as  to  which  an  order   of
  rehabilitation  or  of  liquidation,  or,  if  such carrier be a foreign
  insurer, as to which an order for conservation of its assets within  the
  state,  shall  have  been  made after the effective date of this article
  pursuant to article seventy-four of the  insurance  law,  or  a  foreign
  carrier which withdraws from or discontinues operation in this state and
  fails  to meet payments due on awards made, but not including a carrier,
  whether  a  domestic  or  foreign  insurer,  which  shall  have   become
  rehabilitated   and   allowed   to   resume   business  after  any  such
  rehabilitation or conservation of assets and meets  its  obligations  as
  they mature.
    "Employer"  includes  any  political  subdivision  liable for benefits
  pursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law.
    "Employment" includes the service of a volunteer firefighter for which
  a political subdivision is liable for benefits pursuant to the volunteer
  firefighters' benefit law.
    "Workers' compensation" and "compensation"  include  the  benefits  in
  relation  to  volunteer  firefighters  and  volunteer  ambulance workers
  pursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law  and  the  volunteer
  ambulance workers' benefit law and benefits in relation to longshore and
  harbor   workers   pursuant   to   the  longshore  and  harbor  workers'
  compensation act, United States Code, Title  33,  Sections  901  through
  950.
    "This  chapter"  includes  the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and
  the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit  law;  and  the  longshore  and
  harbor workers' compensation act, United States Code, Title 33, Sections
  901  through  950;  except when such a meaning is inconsistent with this
  article.