(1) The domicile of an insurer formed under the laws of Canada, or a province of Canada, is considered to be that province in which its head office is situated.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-3-403

  • Alien insurer: means an insurer domiciled outside the United States. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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
  • 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
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Writing: includes :
         (48)(a) printing;
         (48)(b) handwriting; and
         (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) For the purposes of this part, the domicile of an alien insurer, other than insurers formed under the laws of Canada or a province thereof, is the state where the insurer’s principal place of business is located in the United States, except that alien insurers may designate in a writing filed with the commissioner at time of admission to Utah or by January 1, 1987, whichever date is later, any one of the following states as the alien insurer’s state of domicile:

     (2)(a) the state where the insurer was first authorized to transact insurance;
     (2)(b) the state which is the insurer’s principal place of business in the United States; or
     (2)(c) the state where the largest deposit of trusteed assets of the insurer for the protection of its policyholders and creditors in the United States is held.