Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 5 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:
       (23)(a) an insured under a group insurance policy; or
       (23)(b) a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Charitable organization: means an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) and exempt from tax under Section 501(a). See Utah Code 59-18-102
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corporation: means an insurance corporation, except when referring to:
            (34)(a)(i) a corporation doing business:

                 (34)(a)(i)(A) as:

                      (34)(a)(i)(A)(I) an insurance producer;

                      (34)(a)(i)(A)(II) a surplus lines producer;

                      (34)(a)(i)(A)(III) a limited line producer;

                      (34)(a)(i)(A)(IV) a consultant;

                      (34)(a)(i)(A)(V) a managing general agent;

                      (34)(a)(i)(A)(VI) a reinsurance intermediary;

                      (34)(a)(i)(A)(VII) a third party administrator; or

                      (34)(a)(i)(A)(VIII) an adjuster; and

                 (34)(a)(i)(B) under:

                      (34)(a)(i)(B)(I) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries;

                      (34)(a)(i)(B)(II) Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or

                      (34)(a)(i)(B)(III) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or
            (34)(a)(ii) a noninsurer that is part of a holding company system under Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Insurance: includes :
            (96)(b)(i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
            (96)(b)(ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
            (96)(b)(iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Life insurance: means :
            (114)(a)(i) insurance on a human life; and
            (114)(a)(ii) insurance pertaining to or connected with human life. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Member: means a person having membership rights in an insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Mutual: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Policyholder: means a person who controls a policy, binder, or oral contract by ownership, premium payment, or otherwise. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Reinsurance: means an insurance transaction where an insurer, for consideration, transfers any portion of the risk it has assumed to another insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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
• Trust: means an express trust created by a trust instrument, including a will. See Utah Code 59-18-102
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Trustee: means the trustee, trustees, person, or persons possessing a power or powers referred to in this chapter. See Utah Code 59-18-102
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5