A stop-loss insurance contract or a re-insurance contract issued to a small employer that establishes a self-funded or partially self-funded health plan:

(1) is not reinsurance under this title, and is not subject to the regulations for reinsurance under this title;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-43-202

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Small employer: means , in connection with a health benefit plan and with respect to a calendar year and to a plan year, an employer who:
              (182)(a)(i)
                   (182)(a)(i)(A) employed at least one but not more than 50 eligible employees on business days during the preceding calendar year; or
                   (182)(a)(i)(B) if the employer did not exist for the entirety of the preceding calendar year, reasonably expects to employ an average of at least one but not more than 50 eligible employees on business days during the current calendar year;
              (182)(a)(ii) employs at least one employee on the first day of the plan year; and
              (182)(a)(iii) for an employer who has common ownership with one or more other employers, is treated as a single employer under Utah Code 31A-1-301
(2) is subject to regulation as stop-loss insurance under this chapter; and
(3) is subject to the contract provisions of this title in the same manner as insurance contracts issued by any other insurer.