Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-19a-209

• Agency: means :
       (6)(a) a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and
       (6)(b) an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section 31A-23a-301, 31A-25-207, or 31A-26-209. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Escrow: means :
            (64)(a)(i) a transaction that effects the sale, transfer, encumbering, or leasing of real property, when a person not a party to the transaction, and neither having nor acquiring an interest in the title, performs, in accordance with the written instructions or terms of the written agreement between the parties to the transaction, any of the following actions:

                 (64)(a)(i)(A) the explanation, holding, or creation of a document; or

                 (64)(a)(i)(B) the receipt, deposit, and disbursement of money; or
            (64)(a)(ii) a settlement or closing involving:

                 (64)(a)(ii)(A) a mobile home;

                 (64)(a)(ii)(B) a grazing right;

                 (64)(a)(ii)(C) a water right; or

                 (64)(a)(ii)(D) other personal property authorized by the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Expenses: means that portion of a rate attributable to:
       (4)(a) acquisition;
       (4)(b) field supervision;
       (4)(c) collection expenses;
       (4)(d) general expenses;
       (4)(e) taxes;
       (4)(f) licenses; and
       (4)(g) fees. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
• 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
• Policy: includes a service contract issued by:
            (150)(b)(i) a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs;
            (150)(b)(ii) a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and
            (150)(b)(iii) a corporation licensed under:

                 (150)(b)(iii)(A) Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or

                 (150)(b)(iii)(B) Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Rate: means that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as:
            (12)(a)(i) a single number; or
            (12)(a)(ii) as a pure premium rate, adjusted before any application of individual risk variations, based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of:

                 (12)(a)(ii)(A) expenses;

                 (12)(a)(ii)(B) profit; and

                 (12)(a)(ii)(C) individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-19a-102
• Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Underwrite: means the authority to accept or reject risk on behalf of the insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301