Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-37-403

• Affiliate: means a person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Association: means a legal association of two or more persons that meets the following requirements:
       (4)(a) the persons are exposed to similar or related liability because of related, similar, or common business trade, products, services, premises, or operations; and
       (4)(b)

            (4)(b)(i) the association or the association's member organizations:

                 (4)(b)(i)(A) own, control, or hold with power to vote all of the outstanding voting securities of an association captive insurance company incorporated as a stock insurer;

                 (4)(b)(i)(B) have complete voting control over an association captive insurance company incorporated as a mutual insurer; or

                 (4)(b)(i)(C) have complete voting control over an association captive insurance company formed as a limited liability company; or

            (4)(b)(ii) the association's member organizations collectively constitute all of the subscribers of an association captive insurance company formed as a reciprocal insurer. See Utah Code 31A-37-102
• Business entity: means :
       (17)(a) a corporation;
       (17)(b) an association;
       (17)(c) a partnership;
       (17)(d) a limited liability company;
       (17)(e) a limited liability partnership; or
       (17)(f) another legal entity. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Captive insurance company: includes any of the following formed or holding a certificate of authority under this chapter:
            (9)(b)(i) a branch captive insurance company;
            (9)(b)(ii) a pure captive insurance company;
            (9)(b)(iii) an association captive insurance company;
            (9)(b)(iv) a sponsored captive insurance company;
            (9)(b)(v) an industrial insured captive insurance company, including an industrial insured captive insurance company formed as a risk retention group captive in this state pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986;
            (9)(b)(vi) a special purpose captive insurance company; or
            (9)(b)(vii) a special purpose financial captive insurance company. See Utah Code 31A-37-102
• Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:
       (23)(a) an insured under a group insurance policy; or
       (23)(b) a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Commissioner: means Utah's Insurance Commissioner or the commissioner's designee. See Utah Code 31A-37-102
• 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 company: means a person doing an insurance business as a principal including:
            (104)(a)(i) a fraternal benefit society;
            (104)(a)(ii) an issuer of a gift annuity other than an annuity specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
            (104)(a)(iii) a motor club;
            (104)(a)(iv) an employee welfare plan;
            (104)(a)(v) a person purporting or intending to do an insurance business as a principal on that person's own account; and
            (104)(a)(vi) a health maintenance organization. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Participant: means an entity that is insured by a sponsored captive insurance company:
       (23)(a) if the losses of the participant are limited through a participant contract to the assets of a protected cell; and
       (23)(b)

            (23)(b)(i) the entity is permitted to be a participant under Section 31A-37-403; or

            (23)(b)(ii) the entity is an affiliate of an entity permitted to be a participant under Section 31A-37-403. See Utah Code 31A-37-102
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Sponsor: means an entity that:
       (28)(a) meets the requirements of Section 31A-37-402; and
       (28)(b) is approved by the commissioner to:

            (28)(b)(i) provide all or part of the capital and surplus required by applicable law in an amount of not less than $350,000, which amount the commissioner may increase by order if the commissioner considers it necessary; and

            (28)(b)(ii) organize and operate a sponsored captive insurance company. See Utah Code 31A-37-102
• Sponsored captive insurance company: means a captive insurance company:
       (29)(a) in which the minimum capital and surplus required by applicable law is provided by one or more sponsors;
       (29)(b) that is formed or holding a certificate of authority under this chapter;
       (29)(c) that insures the risks of a separate participant through the contract; and
       (29)(d) that segregates each participant's liability through one or more protected cells. See Utah Code 31A-37-102