(1) Except as otherwise provided in this code, a domestic stock or mutual insurance corporation, including an incorporated mutual benefit association, a county mutual, a reciprocal insurer, or an incorporated cooperative association, holding a valid certificate of authority on July 1, 1986, continues to be authorized within the limits of its certificate of authority. Incorporated mutual benefit associations, county mutuals, reciprocal insurers, and cooperative associations become Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations, mutuals by operation of law on July 1, 1986.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-5-108

  • 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
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means an insurance corporation, except when referring to:
              (34)(a)(i) a corporation doing business:
                   (34)(a)(i)(A) as:
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(I) an insurance producer;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(II) a surplus lines producer;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(III) a limited line producer;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(IV) a consultant;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(V) a managing general agent;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(VI) a reinsurance intermediary;
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(VII) a third party administrator; or
                        (34)(a)(i)(A)(VIII) an adjuster; and
                   (34)(a)(i)(B) under:
                        (34)(a)(i)(B)(I) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries;
                        (34)(a)(i)(B)(II) Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or
                        (34)(a)(i)(B)(III) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or
              (34)(a)(ii) a noninsurer that is part of a holding company system under Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies. 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
  • Mutual: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
(2) If timely adjustment to the requirements of Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations, would cause an existing stock or mutual insurance corporation hardship, disproportionate expense, or serious inconvenience, the commissioner may, upon the corporation’s request, grant an extension for compliance with specified requirements, if the interests of insureds and the public are not endangered. The extension may not be beyond July 1, 1988.