As used in this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Participant” means any person, including any counterparty as defined in § 6952(1) of this title, that is insured by a sponsored captive insurance company, where the losses of the participant are limited through a participant contract to the participant's pro rata share of the assets of 1 or more protected cells identified in the participant contract.
(2) “Participant contract” means a contract by which a sponsored captive insurance company insures the risks of 1 or more participants, and limits the losses of each participant to its pro rata share of the assets of 1 or more protected cells identified in the participant contract, including an SPFC contract as defined in § 6952 of this title.
(3) “Protected cell” means a separate and distinct account established and maintained by or on behalf of a sponsored captive insurance company in which assets, including assets invested pursuant to § 6937 of this title, are accounted for and recorded for 1 or more participants in accordance with the terms of 1 or more participant contracts to fund the liability of the sponsored captive insurance company assumed on behalf of the participants as set forth in the participant contracts.
(4) “Sponsor” means a person qualifying as a sponsor under § 6935 of this title.
(5) “Sponsored captive insurance company” means a captive insurance company, including a special purpose financial captive insurance company as defined in § 6952 of this title:
a. Of which the minimum capital and surplus required by this chapter is provided by 1 or more sponsors;
b. That is licensed under the provisions of this chapter;
c. That insures the risks of its participants only, through separate participant contracts; and
d. That funds its liability to each participant through 1 or more protected cells and segregates the assets of each protected cell from the assets of other protected cells and from the assets of the sponsored captive insurance company's general account.