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• Accident and health insurance: means insurance of human beings against death or personal injury by accident, and each insurance of human beings against sickness, ailment, and any type of physical disability resulting from accident or disease, and prepaid dental service, but not including coverages required by the Workers' Compensation Law of this State. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Administrator: means the person who is responsible for the administration of the service contracts or the service contracts plan or who is responsible for any filings required by this chapter. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Admitted assets: means assets of an insurer considered admitted on the most recent statutory financial statement of the insurer filed with the department pursuant to § 38-13-80. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Admitted insurer: means an insurer licensed to do business in this State. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Affiliation period: means a period which, under the terms of the health insurance coverage offered by a health maintenance organization, must expire before the health insurance coverage becomes effective. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Applicant: means :
  
  (a) in the case of an individual long term care insurance policy the person who seeks to contract for benefits; and
  
  (b) in the case of a group long term care insurance policy, the proposed certificate holder. See South Carolina Code 38-72-40
• Appointment: means an individual designated by an official or authorized representative of an authorized insurer to act on its behalf as a producer. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Association: means any joint underwriting association established pursuant to this chapter. See South Carolina Code 38-83-10
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• 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}
• Beneficiary: has the meaning given under Section 3(8) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Board: means the board of directors of the pool. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Casualty insurance: means each insurance against legal liability of the insured for bodily injury to or death of another person, including workers' compensation insurance, and for damages to or loss or destruction of the property of another person; medical payments insurance when written in conjunction with insurance covering liability for the deaths or bodily injuries of another person; guaranteeing the fidelity of a person holding a position of public or private trust; loss of or damage to property caused by burglary, theft, larceny, robbery, fraud, or unlawful taking or secretion of property owned by or entrusted to the insured; loss of or damage to property of the insured resulting from the explosion of or damage to a fired or unfired boiler or other pressure vessel, engine, turbine, compressor, pump, wheel, or an apparatus generating, transmitting, or using electric power, and machinery or equipment connected with any of them; loss resulting from nonpayment of debts owed to merchants or another person extending credit. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Certificate: means any certificate issued under a group long term care insurance policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for delivery in this State. See South Carolina Code 38-72-40
• Certificate of insurance: means a memorandum copy, complete or abbreviated, of an insurance contract. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate referred to in § 33-42-210, any certificate of limited partnership filed with the office of the Secretary of State in connection with the formation of a limited partnership under any applicable statute of this State prior to the effective date of this chapter, and any such certificate as amended, or restated. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• Church plan: has the meaning given the term under Section 3(33) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.
• Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
• COBRA continuation provision: means :
  
  (a) Part 6 of subtitle B of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, other than Section 609 of the act;
  
  (b) Section 4908B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, other than subsection (f)(1) of the section insofar as it relates to pediatric vaccines; or
  
  (c) Title XXII of the Public Health Service Act. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Coinsurance: means a stipulation or requirement that the insured undertakes to be his own insurer to the extent that he fails to maintain insurance of a given percentage of the value of the property against loss or damage. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Commission: means the part of the premium paid to the producer as compensation for his services. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Commissioner: means the commissioner, director, or superintendent of insurance in a state. See South Carolina Code 38-87-20
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Completed operations liability: means liability arising out of the installation, maintenance, or repair of any product at a site which is not owned or controlled by:
  
  (a) any person who performs that work; or
  
  (b) any person who hires an independent contractor to perform that work; but includes liability for activities which are completed or abandoned before the date of the occurrence giving rise to the liability;
  
  (3) "Domicile" for purposes of determining the state in which a purchasing group is domiciled, means:
  
  (a) for a corporation, the state in which the purchasing group is incorporated; and
  
  (b) for an unincorporated entity, the state of its principal place of business;
  
  (4) "Hazardous financial condition" means that, based on its present or reasonably anticipated financial condition, a risk retention group, although not yet financially impaired or insolvent, is unlikely to be able:
  
  (a) to meet obligations to policyholders with respect to known claims and reasonably anticipated claims; or
  
  (b) to pay other obligations in the normal course of business;
  
  (5) "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;
  
  (6) "Liability":
  
  (a) 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 such other persons resulting from or arising out of:
  
  (i) any business (whether profit or nonprofit), trade, product, services (including professional services), premises, or operations; or
  
  (ii) any activity of any state or local government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof; and
  
  (b) does not include personal risk liability and an employer's liability with respect to its employees other than legal liability under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U. See South Carolina Code 38-87-20
• Contraband: means any real or personal property, including money, that is owned by, in the possession of, or subject to the control of a criminal gang member and which is acquired by, derived from, or traceable to criminal gang activity. See South Carolina Code 16-8-230
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• contract holder: means a person who is the purchaser or holder of a service contract. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Contribution: means any cash, property, services rendered, or a promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, which a partner contributes to a limited partnership in his capacity as a partner. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Creditable coverage: means , with respect to an individual, coverage of the individual under:
  
  (a) a group health plan;
  
  (b) health insurance;
  
  (c) Part A or B of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act;
  
  (d) Title XIX of the Social Security Act, other than coverage consisting solely of benefits under Section 1928;
  
  (e) Chapter 55 of Title 10 of the United States Code;
  
  (f) a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or of a tribal organization;
  
  (g) a state health benefits risk pool, including the South Carolina Health Insurance Pool;
  
  (h) a health plan offered under Chapter 89 of Title 5 of the United States Code;
  
  (i) a public health plan, as defined in regulations;
  
  (j) a health benefit plan under Section 5(e) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Criminal gang: means a formal or informal ongoing organization, association, or group that consists of five or more persons who form for the purpose of committing criminal activity and who knowingly and actively participate in a pattern of criminal gang activity. See South Carolina Code 16-8-230
• Criminal gang member: means an individual who is an active member of a criminal gang. See South Carolina Code 16-8-230
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Insurance of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Department: means the South Carolina Insurance Department. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Designee or deputy director: means the person or persons appointed by the director, serving at the will and pleasure of the director as his designee, to supervise and carry out the functions and duties of the department as provided by law. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Director: means the person who is appointed by the Governor upon the advice and consent of the Senate and who is responsible for the operation and management of the department. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Director: means the person who is appointed by the Governor upon the advice and consent of the Senate and who is responsible for the operation and management of the Department of Insurance, including all of its divisions. See South Carolina Code 38-72-40
• Director: means the person who is appointed by the Governor upon the advice and consent of the Senate and who is responsible for the operation and management of the Department of Insurance, including all of its divisions. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Insurance. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Director: means the person who is appointed by the Governor upon the advice and consent of the Senate and who is responsible for the operation and management of the South Carolina Department of Insurance, including all of its divisions. See South Carolina Code 38-87-20
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Employee: has the meaning given the term under Section 3(6) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Enrollment date: means , with respect to an individual covered under a group health plan or health insurance coverage, the date of enrollment of the individual in the plan or coverage or, if earlier, the first day of the waiting period for the enrollment. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Event of withdrawal of a general partner: means an event that causes a person to cease to be a general partner as provided in § 33-42-620. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Federally defined eligible individual: means an individual:
  
  (a) for whom, as of the date on which the individual seeks coverage under this chapter, the aggregate of the periods of creditable coverage is eighteen or more months;
  
  (b) whose most recent prior creditable coverage was under a group health plan, governmental plan, or church plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with one of these plans;
  
  (c) who is not eligible for coverage under a group health plan, part A or part B of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, or a state plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or any successor program and who does not have other health insurance coverage;
  
  (d) with respect to whom the most recent coverage within the period of aggregate creditable coverage was not terminated based on a factor relating to nonpayment of premiums or fraud;
  
  (e) who, if offered the option of continuation coverage under a COBRA continuation provision or under a similar state program, elected the coverage; and
  
  (f) who, if the individual elected the continuation coverage, has exhausted the continuation coverage under the provision or program. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• federally tax-qualified long term care insurance contract: means an individual or a group insurance contract that meets the requirements of Section 7702B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as follows:
  
  (i) the only insurance protection provided under the contract is coverage of qualified long term care services. See South Carolina Code 38-72-40
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Firearm: means a weapon which is designed to or readily may be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive, or the frame or receiver of that weapon. See South Carolina Code 16-8-10
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Foreign limited partnership: means a partnership formed under the laws of any state other than this State and having as partners one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
• General partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Governmental plan: has the meaning given the term under Section 3(32) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and any governmental plan established or maintained for its employees by the government of the United States or by an agency or instrumentality of the government. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• Group health insurance coverage: means , in connection with a group health plan, health insurance offered by an insurer in connection with the plan. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Group health plan: means an employee welfare benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, to the extent that the plan provides medical care, including items and services paid for as medical care, to employees or their dependents, as defined under the terms of the plan, directly or through insurance, reimbursement, or otherwise. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Group long term care insurance: means a long term care insurance policy which is delivered or issued for delivery in this State and issued to:
  
  (a) one or more employers or labor organizations, or to a trust or to the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations or a combination thereof, for employees or former employees or a combination thereof, or for members or former members or a combination thereof of the labor organizations; or
  
  (b) any professional, trade, or occupational association for its members or former or retired members or combination thereof if such association:
  
  (i) is composed of individuals all of whom are or were actively engaged in the same profession, trade, or occupation; and
  
  (ii) has been maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining insurance; or
  
  (c) an association or to a trust or to the trustee of a fund established, created, or maintained for the benefit of members of one or more associations. See South Carolina Code 38-72-40
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• health insurance coverage: means benefits consisting of medical care provided directly, through insurance or reimbursement, or otherwise and including items and services paid for as medical care under a hospital or medical service policy or certificate, hospital, or medical service plan contract, or health maintenance organization contract offered by an insurer, except:
  
  (a) coverage only for accident or disability income insurance, or any combination thereof;
  
  (b) coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;
  
  (c) liability insurance, including general liability insurance and automobile liability insurance;
  
  (d) workers' compensation or similar insurance;
  
  (e) automobile medical payment insurance;
  
  (f) credit-only insurance;
  
  (g) coverage for on-site medical clinics;
  
  (h) other similar insurance coverage, specified in regulations, under which benefits for medical care are secondary or incidental to other insurance benefits;
  
  (i) if offered separately:
  
  (i) limited scope dental or vision benefits;
  
  (ii) benefits for long-term care, nursing home care, home health care, community-based care, or any combination thereof;
  
  (iii) such other similar, limited benefits as are specified in regulations;
  
  (j) if offered as independent, noncoordinated benefits:
  
  (i) coverage only for a specified disease or illness; and
  
  (ii) hospital indemnity or other fixed indemnity insurance;
  
  (k) if offered as a separate insurance policy, coverage supplement to the coverage provided under Chapter 55 of Title 10 of the United States Code. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Health maintenance organization: means an organization as defined in § 38-33-20(7). See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Hospital: means an institution operated pursuant to law under the supervision of a staff of duly licensed physicians which is primarily and continuously engaged in providing or operating, either on its premises or in facilities available to the public on a prearranged basis, medical, diagnostic, and major surgical facilities for the medical care and treatment of sick or injured persons on an inpatient basis for which a charge is made and provides twenty-four hour nursing service under the supervision of registered nurses. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Individual market: means the market for health insurance coverage offered to individuals other than in connection with a group health plan. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• insurance: includes annuities. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Insurance company: means an "insurer". See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Insurance rate: means the price of insurance for each unit of exposure. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Insured: means any individual resident of this State who is eligible to receive benefits from any insurer. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Insurer: includes a corporation, fraternal organization, burial association, other association, partnership, society, order, individual, or aggregation of individuals engaging or proposing or attempting to engage as principals in any kind of insurance or surety business, including the exchanging of reciprocal or interinsurance contracts between individuals, partnerships, and corporations. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Insurer: means any entity that provides health insurance in this State. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
• 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.
• Law enforcement officer: means :
  
  (a) an officer or employee of the United States, a state, political subdivision of a state, or the District of Columbia, who is authorized to enforce laws and is acting within his official capacity;
  
  (b) members of the National Guard;
  
  (c) members of the organized militia of a state or territory;
  
  (d) members of the Armed Forces of the United States. See South Carolina Code 16-8-10
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• License: means a document issued by the state's director or his designee authorizing a person to act as an insurance producer for the lines of authority specified in the document. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Life insurance: means a contract of insurance upon the lives of human beings. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Limited partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• Long term care insurance: means an insurance policy or a rider advertised, marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage for not less than twelve consecutive months for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis, for one or more necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or personal care services, provided in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital. See South Carolina Code 38-72-40
• Medical care: means amounts paid for:
  
  (a) the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or amounts paid for the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body;
  
  (b) amounts paid for transportation primarily for and essential to medical care referred to in subitem (a); and
  
  (c) amounts paid for insurance covering medical care referred to in subitems (a) and (b). See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Medicare: means Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Member: means each insurer participating in the pool. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}
• Motor vehicle manufacturer: means a person that:
  
  (a) manufactures or produces motor vehicles and sells motor vehicles under its own name or label;
  
  (b) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the person who manufactures or produces motor vehicles;
  
  (c) is a corporation which owns one hundred percent of the person who manufactures or produces motor vehicles;
  
  (d) does not manufacture or produce motor vehicles, but sells motor vehicles under its trade name label;
  
  (e) manufactures or produces motor vehicles and sells such motor vehicles under the trade name or label of another person; or
  
  (f) does not manufacture or produce motor vehicles but, pursuant to a written contract, licenses the use of its trade name or label to another person that sells motor vehicles under the licensor's trade name or label. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Negotiate: means the act of conferring directly with or offering advice directly to a purchaser or prospective purchaser of a particular contract of insurance concerning substantive benefits, terms, or conditions of the contract, provided that the person engaged in that act either sells insurance or obtains insurance from insurers for purchasers. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Net direct premiums: means gross direct premiums written on bodily injury liability insurance, other than automobile liability insurance, homeowners liability insurance, and farmowners liability insurance, including the liability component of multiple peril package policies, as computed by the director or his designee less return premiums or the unused or unabsorbed portions of premium deposits. See South Carolina Code 38-83-10
• Net loss: means the excess of incurred claims plus expenses over the sum of earned premiums, accrued investment income, and other appropriate gains and losses. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Participant: has the meaning given the term under Section 3(7) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Partner: means a limited or general partner. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• 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.
• Partnership agreement: means any valid agreement, written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• Partnership interest: means a partner's share of the profits and losses of a limited partnership and the right to receive distributions of partnership assets. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• Pattern of criminal gang activity: means the commission or attempted commission of, commission as an accessory before or after the fact to, or solicitation or conspiracy to commit, by a criminal gang member, while knowingly and actively participating in criminal gang activity, four or more of the following offenses occurring within a two-year period, provided that at least three of these offenses occurred after July 1, 2007:
  
  (a) a violent offense as defined in § 16-1-60 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (b) financial transaction card crimes as defined in Chapter 14 of Title 16 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (c) first degree lynching as defined in § 16-3-210 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (d) second degree lynching as defined in § 16-3-220 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (e) breaking into a motor vehicle as defined in § 16-13-160 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (f) grand larceny as defined in § 16-13-30 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (g) blackmail as defined in § 16-17-640 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (h) malicious injury to property as defined in Sections 16-11-510, 16-11-520, 16-11-530, and 16-11-535 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (i) drug offense as defined in §§ 44-53-370 and 44-53-375 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (j) harassment, stalking, or aggravated stalking as defined in Article 17, Chapter 3 of Title 16 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (k) pointing a firearm at any person as defined in § 16-23-410 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (l) discharging a firearm at or into dwellings, structures, enclosures, vehicles, or equipment as defined in § 16-23-440 committed as a part of criminal gang activity;
  
  (m) the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature committed as a part of criminal gang activity; or
  
  (n) the common law offense of obstruction of justice committed as a part of criminal gang activity. See South Carolina Code 16-8-230
• Person: means a corporation, agency, partnership, association, voluntary organization, individual, or another entity, organization, or aggregation of individuals. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, reciprocal, syndicate, or any similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Person: means a natural person, partnership, limited partnership (domestic or foreign), trust, estate, association, or corporation. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal risk liability: means liability for damages because of injury to any person, damage to property, or other loss or damage resulting from any personal, familial, or household responsibilities or activities, rather than from responsibilities or activities referred to in item (6);
  
  (8) "Plan of operation or a feasibility study" means an analysis which presents the expected activities and results of a risk retention group including, at a minimum:
  
  (a) information sufficient to verify that its members are engaged in businesses or activities similar or related with respect to the liability to which such members are exposed by virtue of any related, similar, or common business, trade, product, services, premises, or operations;
  
  (b) for each state in which it intends to operate, the coverages, deductibles, coverage limits, rates, and rating classification systems for each line of insurance the group intends to offer;
  
  (c) historical and expected loss experience of the proposed members and national experience of similar exposures to the extent that this experience is reasonably available;
  
  (d) pro forma financial statements and projections;
  
  (e) appropriate opinions by a qualified, independent casualty actuary, including a determination of minimum premium or participation levels required to commence operations and to prevent a hazardous financial condition;
  
  (f) identification of management, underwriting and claims procedures, marketing methods, managerial oversight methods, investment policies, and reinsurance agreements;
  
  (g) identification of each state in which the risk retention group has obtained, or sought to obtain, a charter and license, and a description of its status in each such state; and
  
  (h) such other matters as may be prescribed by the commissioner of the state in which the risk retention group is chartered for liability insurance companies authorized by the insurance laws of that state;
  
  (9) "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, but does not include the liability of any person for those damages if the product involved was in the possession of such a person when the incident giving rise to the claim occurred;
  
  (10) "Purchasing group" means any group which:
  
  (a) has as one of its purposes the purchase of liability insurance on a group basis;
  
  (b) purchases such insurance only for its group members and only to cover their similar or related liability exposure, as described in item (10)(c);
  
  (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, product, services, premises, or operations; and
  
  (d) is domiciled in any state;
  
  (11) "Risk retention group" means any corporation or other limited liability association:
  
  (a) whose primary activity consists of assuming and spreading all, or any portion, of the liability exposure of its group members;
  
  (b) which is organized for the primary purpose of conducting the activity described under item (11)(a);
  
  (c) which:
  
  (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
  
  (ii) 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 such date, had certified to the insurance commissioner of at least one state that it satisfied the capitalization requirements of such state, except that any such group must be considered to be a risk retention group only if it has been engaged in business continuously since such date and only for the purpose of continuing to provide insurance to cover product liability or completed operations liability (as such 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);
  
  (d) which does not exclude any person from membership in the group solely to provide for members of such a group a competitive advantage over such a person;
  
  (e) which:
  
  (i) has as its owners only persons who comprise the membership of the risk retention group and who are provided insurance by such group; or
  
  (ii) has as its sole owner an organization which has as
  
  (A) its members only persons who comprise the membership of the risk retention; and
  
  (B) its owners only persons who comprise the membership of the risk retention group and who are provided insurance by such group;
  
  (f) whose members are engaged in businesses or activities similar or related with respect to the liability of which such members are exposed by virtue of any related, similar, or common business, trade, product, services, premises, or operations;
  
  (g) whose activities do not include the provision of insurance other than:
  
  (i) liability insurance for assuming and spreading all or any portion of the liability of its group members; and
  
  (ii) reinsurance with respect to the liability of any other risk retention group (or any members of such other group) which is engaged in businesses or activities so that such group or member meets the requirement described in item (f) of this section for membership in the risk retention group which provides such reinsurance; and
  
  (h) the name of which includes the phrase "Risk Retention Group";
  
  (12) "State" means any state of the United States or the District of Columbia. See South Carolina Code 38-87-20
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Plan of operation: means the plan of operation of the pool, including articles, bylaws, and operating rules adopted by the board. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Policy: means a contract of insurance. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Policy: means any policy, contract, subscriber agreement, rider, or endorsement delivered or issued for delivery in this State by an insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit health, hospital, or medical service corporation, prepaid health plan, health maintenance organization, or any similar organization. See South Carolina Code 38-72-40
• Pool: means the South Carolina Health Insurance Pool. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• 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.
• Preexisting condition exclusion: means , with respect to coverage, a limitation or exclusion of benefits relating to a condition based on the fact that the condition was present before the date of enrollment for the coverage, whether or not any medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received before the date. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Premium: means payment given in consideration of a contract of insurance. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Premium: means the consideration paid to an insurer for a reimbursement insurance policy. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• producer: means a person who represents an insurance company and is required to be licensed pursuant to § 38-43-10. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Professional liability insurance: means insurance protection against the legal liability of the insured and against loss, damage, or expense incident to a claim arising out of service to or representation of any person as the result of negligence or malpractice in rendering or failing to render a professional service. See South Carolina Code 38-83-10
• Provider: means a person who is contractually obligated to the service contract holder under the terms of the service contract. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Provider fee: means the consideration paid for a service contract. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Qualified TAA eligible individual: means an individual who is eligible for the credit for health insurance costs under Section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Reimbursement insurance policy: means a policy of insurance issued to a provider to either provide reimbursement to the provider under the terms of the insured service contracts issued or sold by the provider or, in the event of the provider's nonperformance, to pay on behalf of the provider all covered contractual obligations incurred by the provider under the terms of the insured service contracts issued or sold by the provider. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Sell: means to exchange a contract of insurance by any means, for money or its equivalent, on behalf of an insurance company. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Service contract: includes a contract or agreement for a separately stated consideration for a specific duration to perform one or more of the following services:
  
  (a) the repair or replacement of tires and wheels on a motor vehicle damaged as a result of coming into contact with road hazards;
  
  (b) the removal of dents, dings, or creases on a motor vehicle that can be repaired using the process of paintless dent removal without affecting the existing paint finish and without sanding, bonding, painting, or replacing a vehicle body panel;
  
  (c) the replacement of a motor vehicle key or key fob in the event that the key or key fob becomes inoperable, lost, or stolen; and
  
  (d) other services consistent with the provisions of this chapter approved by the director. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Solicit: means attempting to sell insurance or asking or urging a person to apply for a particular kind of insurance from a particular company. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See South Carolina Code 33-42-20
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Surety: includes insurance or a bond that covers obligations to pay the debts, or answer for the default, of another, including faithlessness in a position of public or private trust. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Surplus lines insurance: means insurance in this State of risks located or to be performed in this State, permitted to be placed through a licensed broker, or a licensed broker as provided in § 38-45-10(8)(b)(ii), with a nonadmitted insurer eligible to accept the insurance, other than reinsurance, wet marine and transportation insurance, insurance independently procured, and life and health insurance and annuities. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Terminate: means the cancellation of the relationship between an insurance producer and the insurer or the termination of a producer's authority to transact insurance. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• theft protection program: includes , but is not limited to, alarm systems, body-part marking products, steering locks, window etch products, pedal and ignition locks, fuel and ignition kill switches, and electronic, radio, and satellite tracking devices. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Theft protection program warranty: means a written agreement by a warrantor that provides the warrantor will pay to or on behalf of the warranty holder specified incidental costs not to exceed five thousand dollars as a result of the failure of the theft protection program to prevent loss or damage to a motor vehicle pursuant to the terms of the warranty. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Waiting period: means , with respect to a group health plan and an individual who is a potential participant or beneficiary in the plan, the period that must pass with respect to the individual before the individual is eligible to be covered for benefits under the terms of the plan. See South Carolina Code 38-74-10
• Warranty: means a warranty made solely by the manufacturer, importer, or seller of property or services without charge, that is not negotiated or separated from the sale of the product, that is incidental to the sale of the product, and that guarantees indemnity for defective parts, mechanical or electrical breakdown, labor, or other remedial measures, such as repair or replacement of the property or repetition of services. See South Carolina Code 38-78-20