Utah Code 31A-22-518. Conversion on termination of policy
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(1) Subject to Subsection (2), if the group policy terminates or is amended to terminate the insurance of any class of covered persons, every insured person whose insurance terminates, including the insured dependent of a covered person who has been insured for at least five years prior to the termination date, is entitled to have the insurer issue to the person an individual policy of life insurance, subject to the conditions and limitations in Section 31A-22-517.
Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-22-518
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- 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
- Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes:
(103)(a)(i) a policyholder;(103)(a)(ii) a subscriber;(103)(a)(iii) a member; and(103)(a)(iv) a beneficiary. 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- Person: includes :
(146)(a) an individual;(146)(b) a partnership;(146)(c) a corporation;(146)(d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;(146)(e) a joint stock company;(146)(f) a trust;(146)(g) a limited liability company;(146)(h) a reciprocal;(146)(i) a syndicate; or(146)(j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. 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(2) The group policy described in Subsection (1) shall provide that the amount of the individual policy may not be less than the smaller of:(2)(a) the amount of the person’s life insurance protection ceasing because of the termination or amendment of the group policy, less the amount of any life insurance for which the person is eligible under any group policy issued or reinstated by the same or another insurer within 30 days after the termination; or(2)(b) $10,000. - Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes: