The commissioners shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a plan of risk management for the joint insurance fund. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:
For purposes of this section "a plan of risk management" is a plan, and activities carried out under the plan, binding upon the participants in a joint insurance fund to reduce risk of loss with respect to a particular line of insurance protection or coverage provided by a fund. Plans of risk management also include the administration of one or more funds, including the processing and defense of claims brought against or on behalf of participants.
N.J.S. § 17:49A-7