Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63B > Chapter 2 - 1993 Bonding

• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Commission: means the State Bonding Commission created in Section 63B-1-201. See Utah Code 63B-1-101
• commissioner: means the insurance commissioner of Utah or the commissioner, director, or superintendent of insurance in another state. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Division: means the Division of Facilities Construction and Management. See Utah Code 63B-1-101
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including:
       (70)(a) a policy;
       (70)(b) a rate;
       (70)(c) a form;
       (70)(d) a document;
       (70)(e) a plan;
       (70)(f) a manual;
       (70)(g) an application;
       (70)(h) a report;
       (70)(i) a certificate;
       (70)(j) an endorsement;
       (70)(k) an actuarial certification;
       (70)(l) a licensee annual statement;
       (70)(m) a licensee renewal application;
       (70)(n) an advertisement;
       (70)(o) a binder; or
       (70)(p) an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Highway: includes :
       (15)(a) a public bridge;
       (15)(b) a county way;
       (15)(c) a county road;
       (15)(d) a common road; and
       (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Insurance: means primary insurance, excess insurance, reinsurance, surplus lines insurance, and any other arrangement for shifting and distributing risk which is determined to be insurance under the laws of this state. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
• Land: includes :
       (18)(a) land;
       (18)(b) a tenement;
       (18)(c) a hereditament;
       (18)(d) a water right;
       (18)(e) a possessory right; and
       (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liability: means legal liability for damages, including costs of defense, legal costs and fees, and other claims expenses because of injuries to other persons, damage to their property, or other damage or loss to other persons resulting from or arising out of:
            (6)(a)(i) any business, whether profit or nonprofit, trade, product, services, including professional services, premises, or operations; or
            (6)(a)(ii) any activity of any state or local government or any agency or political subdivision of any state or local government. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
• Liability insurance: includes :
            (112)(b)(i) vehicle liability insurance;
            (112)(b)(ii) residential dwelling liability insurance; and
            (112)(b)(iii) making inspection of, and issuing a certificate of inspection upon, an elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus of any kind when done in connection with insurance on the elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Premium: includes , however designated:
            (156)(b)(i) an assessment;
            (156)(b)(ii) a membership fee;
            (156)(b)(iii) a required contribution; or
            (156)(b)(iv) monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Product liability: means liability for damages because of any personal injury, death, emotional harm, consequential economic damage, or property damage, including damages resulting from the loss of use of property arising out of the manufacture, design, importation, distribution, packaging, labeling, lease, or sale of a product. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Purchasing group: means any group that:
       (10)(a) has as one of its purposes the purchase of liability insurance on a group basis;
       (10)(b) purchases liability insurance only for its group members and only to cover their similar or related liability exposure, as described in Subsection (10)(c);
       (10)(c) is composed of members whose businesses or activities are similar or related with respect to the liability to which members are exposed by virtue of any related, similar, or common business, trade, products, services, premises, or operations; and
       (10)(d) is domiciled in any state. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
• Rate: means :
            (163)(a)(i) the cost of a given unit of insurance; or
            (163)(a)(ii) for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as:

                 (163)(a)(ii)(A) a single number; or

                 (163)(a)(ii)(B) a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of:

                      (163)(a)(ii)(B)(I) expenses;

                      (163)(a)(ii)(B)(II) profit; and

                      (163)(a)(ii)(B)(III) individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Risk retention group: means any corporation or other limited liability association:
       (11)(a) whose primary activity consists of assuming and spreading all, or any portion of, the liability exposure of its group members;
       (11)(b) which is organized for the primary purpose of conducting the activity described under Subsection (11)(a);
       (11)(c) that:

            (11)(c)(i) is chartered and licensed as a liability insurance company and authorized to engage in the business of insurance under the laws of any state; or

            (11)(c)(ii)

                 (11)(c)(ii)(A) before January 1, 1985, was chartered or licensed and authorized to engage in the business of insurance under the laws of Bermuda or the Cayman Islands and, before January 1, 1985, had certified to the insurance commissioner of at least one state that it satisfied the capitalization requirements of that state;

                 (11)(c)(ii)(B) except that any group as described in Subsection (11)(c)(ii)(A) shall be considered to be a risk retention group only if it has been engaged in business continuously since January 1, 1985, and only for the purpose of continuing to provide insurance to cover product liability or completed operations liability, as these terms were defined in the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981 before the date of the enactment of the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986;
       (11)(d) that does not exclude any person from membership in the group solely to provide for members of the group a competitive advantage over the excluded person;
       (11)(e) that:

            (11)(e)(i) has as its owners only persons who comprise the membership of the risk retention group and who are provided insurance by the group; or

            (11)(e)(ii) has as its sole owner an organization that has as:

                 (11)(e)(ii)(A) its members only persons who comprise the membership of the risk retention group; and

                 (11)(e)(ii)(B) its owners only persons who comprise the membership of the risk retention group and who are provided insurance by the group;
       (11)(f) whose members are engaged in businesses or activities similar or related with respect to the liability to which the members are exposed by virtue of any related, similar, or common business trade, products, services, premises or operations;
       (11)(g) whose activities do not include providing insurance other than:

            (11)(g)(i) liability insurance for assuming and spreading all or any portion of the liability of its group members; and

            (11)(g)(ii) reinsurance with respect to the liability of any other risk retention group, or any members of the other group, which is engaged in businesses or activities so that the group or member meets the requirement described in Subsection (11)(f) for membership in the risk retention group which provides the reinsurance; and
       (11)(h) the name of which includes the phrase "risk retention group. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Sinking fund: means the fund or account established as provided in this title to hold money to pay the principal and interest on each series of bonds as they become due. See Utah Code 63B-1-101
• State: means :
       (12)(a) a state of the United States; or
       (12)(b) the District of Columbia. See Utah Code 31A-15-202
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Surplus: means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.