(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the receiver may avoid a transfer of an interest of the insurer in property, or an obligation incurred by the insurer, that is:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-27a-503

  • Filed: means that a filing is:
              (69)(a)(i) submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order;
              (69)(a)(ii) received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and
              (69)(a)(iii) accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with:
                   (69)(a)(iii)(A) Section 31A-3-103; or
                   (69)(a)(iii)(B) rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Good faith: means honesty in fact and intention, and in regard to Part 5, Asset Recovery, also requires the absence of:
         (19)(a) information that would lead a reasonable person in the same position to know that the insurer is financially impaired or insolvent; and
         (19)(b) knowledge regarding the imminence or pendency of a delinquency proceeding against the insurer. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102
  • insurer: means a person who:
         (23)(a) is doing, has done, purports to do, or is licensed to do the business of insurance;
         (23)(b) is or has been subject to the authority of, or to rehabilitation, liquidation, reorganization, supervision, or conservation by an insurance commissioner; or
         (23)(c) is included under Section 31A-27a-104. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • receiver: means the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, including a rehabilitator, liquidator, or ancillary receiver. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102
  • receivership: means a rehabilitation, liquidation, or ancillary receivership. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102
  • receivership court: refers to the court in which a delinquency proceeding is pending. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102
  • Transfer: includes the sale and every other and different mode of disposing of or parting with property or with an interest in property, whether:
              (46)(a)(i) directly or indirectly;
              (46)(a)(ii) absolutely or conditionally;
              (46)(a)(iii) voluntarily or involuntarily; or
              (46)(a)(iv) by or without judicial proceedings. See Utah Code 31A-27a-102
     (1)(a) made or incurred after the day on which a petition for receivership is filed; and
     (1)(b) not authorized by the receiver and approved by the receivership court.
(2) Except to the extent that a transfer or obligation voidable under this section is otherwise voidable under this chapter, a transferee or obligee of a transfer or obligation described in Subsection (1) has a lien on or may retain, at the option of the receivership court, an interest transferred or may enforce an obligation incurred, as the case may be:

     (2)(a) if the transferee or obligee takes it for value and in good faith; and
     (2)(b) to the extent that the transferee or obligee gave value to the insurer in exchange for the transfer or obligation.