(1) An insurer or insurance group that, without just cause, fails to timely file a corporate governance annual disclosure as required in this chapter shall, after notice and hearing, pay a penalty of $10,000 for each day’s delay, up to $300,000.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-16b-108

  • Corporate governance annual disclosure: means a report an insurer or insurance group files in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 16b, Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act. 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
  • Insurance group: means the persons that comprise an insurance holding company system. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
(2) Any penalty recovered by the commissioner under this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
(3) The commissioner may reduce a penalty under this section if the insurer or insurance group demonstrates to the commissioner that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer.