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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-37-502

  • 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
  • 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
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • 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
     (1)(a) As provided in this section, the commissioner, or a person appointed by the commissioner, may examine each captive insurance company at least once every five years, or more frequently if the commissioner determines a more frequent examination is prudent.
     (1)(b) The five-year period described in Subsection (1)(a) shall be determined on the basis of five full annual accounting periods of operation.
     (1)(c) The examination is to be made as of:

          (1)(c)(i) December 31 of the full five-year period; or
          (1)(c)(ii) the last day of the month of an annual accounting period authorized for a captive insurance company under this section.
(2) During an examination under this section the commissioner, or a person appointed by the commissioner, shall thoroughly inspect and examine the affairs of the captive insurance company to ascertain all or any combination of the following:

     (2)(a) the financial condition of the captive insurance company;
     (2)(b) the ability of the captive insurance company to fulfill the insurance policy obligations of the captive insurance company; and
     (2)(c) whether the captive insurance company has complied with this chapter.
(3) A captive insurance company that is inspected and examined under this section shall pay, as provided in Subsection 31A-37-201(6)(b), the expenses and charges of an inspection and examination.