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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-12-105

  • 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
  • Risk Management Fund: means the fund created under Section 63A-4-201. See Utah Code 31A-12-101
  • 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.

     Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters, applies to the Risk Management Fund with respect to the settlement of insurance claims made by school districts against this fund.