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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-5-104

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
     (1)(a) Subject to other provisions of this code, Section 16-10a-302 applies to stock and mutual insurance corporations.
     (1)(b) Subject to other specific provisions of this title, a domestic insurance corporation may participate in any activity permitted as a promoter, partner, member, associate, or manager of any partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise.
(2) Subsections 16-10a-303(2)(a) and (b) apply to stock corporations, and Section 16-10a-622 applies to mutuals.
(3) Whenever a seal is required on a corporate document, writing or printing the word “Seal” constitutes a valid seal.
(4) In waiving notice and in informal actions by shareholders, members, or directors, Sections 16-10a-704, 16-10a-706, and 16-10a-823 apply to stock corporations, and Sections 16-6a-705 and 16-6a-707 apply to mutuals.
(5) A life insurance corporation may hold assets under Section 31A-22-410 as general corporate assets or as trustee.