As used in the Intergovernmental Risk Management Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Errors and omissions liability shall mean liability to which a member of a governing body of a public agency, an elected or appointed officer of a public agency, or an employee of a public agency may be subject in an individual capacity by reason of any error, misstatement, misleading statement, act, omission, neglect of duty, or breach of duty, including misfeasance or nonfeasance, in the performance of duties for the public agency;
(2) General liability shall mean any liability, other than workers' compensation liability, to which a public agency may be subject (a) directly, (b) by reason of liability arising out of an act or omission of its employee, agent, or officer in the course and scope of employment, (c) by reason of liability arising out of an act or omission of its student in the course and scope of education or training, or (d) by reason of liability it has assumed by contract. It shall include, but not be limited to, liability commonly protected against by casualty insurance, general liability insurance, professional liability insurance, automobile insurance, motor vehicle liability insurance, and surety and fidelity insurance;
(3) Group self-insurance shall mean the pooling of public money by a risk management pool from contributions by its members for the purpose of payment of losses incurred by members which are protected against by the pool;
(4) Member shall mean a public agency which is a party to an agreement providing for the establishment and operation of a risk management pool;
(5) Public agency shall mean any county, city, village, school district, public power district, rural fire district, or other political subdivision of this state, the State of Nebraska, the University of Nebraska, and any corporation whose primary function is to act
as an instrumentality or agency of the State of Nebraska;
(6) Risk management pool or pool shall mean an association formed by two or more public agencies by an agreement pursuant to the Intergovernmental Risk Management Act providing for joint and cooperative action in the use of their financial or administrative resources in order to accomplish any of the public and governmental purposes authorized by the act;
(7) Standard insurance shall mean any policy of insurance issued by a company licensed to transact insurance business in the State of Nebraska or any policy of insurance issued in accordance with the requirements for a lawful surplus lines insurance transaction;
(8) State of Nebraska shall include any department, agency, board, bureau, commission, or council of the State of Nebraska authorized to participate in a risk management pool by the Risk Manager pursuant to section 81-8,239.01; and
(9) Workers' compensation liability shall mean liability to which a public agency may be subject as an employer under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act.
