(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, Chapter 27a, Insurer Receivership Act, applies to a special purpose financial captive insurance company.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-37a-502

  • Application: means a document:
         (10)(a)
              (10)(a)(i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and
              (10)(a)(ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to:
                   (10)(a)(ii)(A) insure the risk under:
                        (10)(a)(ii)(A)(I) the coverage as originally offered; or
                        (10)(a)(ii)(A)(II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or
                   (10)(a)(ii)(B) decline to insure the risk; or
         (10)(b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. 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.
  • Captive insurance company: means :
         (21)(a) an insurer:
              (21)(a)(i) owned by a parent organization; and
              (21)(a)(ii) whose purpose is to insure risks of the parent organization and other risks as authorized under:
                   (21)(a)(ii)(A) Chapter 37, Captive Insurance Companies Act; and
                   (21)(a)(ii)(B) Chapter 37a, Special Purpose Financial Captive Insurance Company Act; or
         (21)(b) in the case of a group or association, an insurer:
              (21)(b)(i) owned by the insureds; and
              (21)(b)(ii) whose purpose is to insure risks of:
                   (21)(b)(ii)(A) a member organization;
                   (21)(b)(ii)(B) a group member; or
                   (21)(b)(ii)(C) an affiliate of:
                        (21)(b)(ii)(C)(I) a member organization; or
                        (21)(b)(ii)(C)(II) a group member. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Creditor: means a person, including an insured, having a claim, whether:
         (39)(a) matured;
         (39)(b) unmatured;
         (39)(c) liquidated;
         (39)(d) unliquidated;
         (39)(e) secured;
         (39)(f) unsecured;
         (39)(g) absolute;
         (39)(h) fixed; or
         (39)(i) contingent. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • 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.
  • Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Reinsurance: means an insurance transaction where an insurer, for consideration, transfers any portion of the risk it has assumed to another insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Security: means a:
              (176)(a)(i) note;
              (176)(a)(ii) stock;
              (176)(a)(iii) bond;
              (176)(a)(iv) debenture;
              (176)(a)(v) evidence of indebtedness;
              (176)(a)(vi) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
              (176)(a)(vii) collateral-trust certificate;
              (176)(a)(viii) preorganization certificate or subscription;
              (176)(a)(ix) transferable share;
              (176)(a)(x) investment contract;
              (176)(a)(xi) voting trust certificate;
              (176)(a)(xii) certificate of deposit for a security;
              (176)(a)(xiii) certificate of interest of participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
              (176)(a)(xiv) commodity contract or commodity option;
              (176)(a)(xv) certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in Subsections (176)(a)(i) through (xiv); or
              (176)(a)(xvi) another interest or instrument commonly known as a security. 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
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
(2) Upon an order of supervision, rehabilitation, or liquidation of a special purpose financial captive insurance company, the receiver shall manage the assets and liabilities of the special purpose financial captive insurance company pursuant to this chapter.
(3) An amount recoverable by the receiver of a special purpose financial captive insurance company under a reinsurance contract may not be reduced or diminished as a result of the entry of an order of conservation, rehabilitation, or liquidation with respect to a ceding insurer, notwithstanding a contract or other documentation governing the special purpose financial captive insurance company insurance securitization.
(4) The following applies notwithstanding Chapter 27a, Insurer Receivership Act, or another law of this state:

     (4)(a) An application, petition, a temporary restraining order, or injunction issued pursuant to Chapter 27a, Insurer Receivership Act, with respect to a ceding insurer does not prohibit the transaction of business by a special purpose financial captive insurance company, including:

          (4)(a)(i) a payment by a special purpose financial captive insurance company made with respect to a special purpose financial captive insurance company security; or
          (4)(a)(ii) an action or proceeding against a special purpose financial captive insurance company or its assets.
     (4)(b)

          (4)(b)(i) Subject to Subsection (4)(b)(ii), the commencement of a summary proceeding with respect to a special purpose financial captive insurance company and an order issued by the court in the summary proceeding may not prohibit:

               (4)(b)(i)(A) a payment by a special purpose financial captive insurance company; or
               (4)(b)(i)(B) the special purpose financial captive insurance company from taking an action required to make a payment described in this Subsection (4)(b)(i).
          (4)(b)(ii) Subsection (4)(b)(i) applies only if the payment is made:

               (4)(b)(ii)(A) pursuant to a special purpose financial captive insurance company security or reinsurance contract; and
               (4)(b)(ii)(B) consistent with the special purpose financial captive insurance company’s plan of operation and any order issued to the special purpose financial captive insurance company pursuant to Section 31A-37a-201.
     (4)(c) A receiver of a ceding insurer may not void a nonfraudulent transfer by a ceding insurer to a special purpose financial captive insurance company of money or other property made pursuant to a reinsurance contract.
     (4)(d) A receiver of a special purpose financial captive insurance company may not void a nonfraudulent transfer by the special purpose financial captive insurance company of money or other property:

          (4)(d)(i)

               (4)(d)(i)(A) made to a ceding insurer pursuant to a reinsurance contract; or
               (4)(d)(i)(B) made to or for the benefit of a holder of a special purpose financial captive insurance company security with respect to the special purpose financial captive insurance company security; and
          (4)(d)(ii) made consistent with the special purpose financial captive insurance company’s plan of operation and an order issued to the special purpose financial captive insurance company pursuant to Section 31A-37a-201.
(5)

     (5)(a) Except to fulfill an obligation under a reinsurance contract and notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, Chapter 37, Captive Insurance Companies Act, or other laws of this state, the assets of a special purpose financial captive insurance company may not be consolidated with or included in the estate of a ceding insurer in a delinquency proceeding against the ceding insurer pursuant to this chapter for any purpose including a distribution to a creditor of the ceding insurer.
     (5)(b) This Subsection (5) applies to assets that include an asset held in trust:

          (5)(b)(i) on a funds-withheld basis; or
          (5)(b)(ii) under another arrangement to secure the special purpose financial captive insurance company’s obligations under a reinsurance contract.