A domestic mutual life insurance company may be converted into a fraternal under Chapter 9, Insurance Fraternals, in the following manner:

(1) The board of directors of the company shall adopt a plan of conversion stating:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-5-509

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • board of directors: means the group of persons with responsibility over, or management of, a corporation, however designated. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • 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
  • Filed: means that a filing is:
              (69)(a)(i) submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order;
              (69)(a)(ii) received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and
              (69)(a)(iii) accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with:
                   (69)(a)(iii)(A) Section 31A-3-103; or
                   (69)(a)(iii)(B) rule. 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
  • 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
  • Mutual: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
     (1)(a) the basis for and the purposes of the proposed action;
     (1)(b) the proposed articles and bylaws for the new fraternal; and
     (1)(c) the proposed procedure and estimated expenses for implementing the conversion.
(2) The plan shall be filed with the commissioner for approval, together with the information under Subsection 31A-9-205(2) required by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve the plan unless he finds, after a hearing, that:

     (2)(a) the conversion would be contrary to the law;
     (2)(b) the new fraternal would not satisfy the requirements for a certificate of authority under Section 31A-5-212 as incorporated by Section 31A-9-210; or
     (2)(c) the plan would be contrary to the interests of the policyholders or the public.
(3) After being approved by the commissioner, the plan shall be submitted to the policyholders for their approval.
(4) A copy of the plan adopted by the policyholders shall be filed with the commissioner, with a statement indicating the number and percentages of policyholders voting, the method of voting, and the number of votes cast in favor of the plan.
(5) If all requirements of the law are met, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of authority for the new fraternal. Upon this issuance, the mutual ceases its legal existence and the corporate existence of the new fraternal begins. The new fraternal is considered as having been incorporated on the date the converted mutual was incorporated. The new fraternal has all of the assets and is liable for all of the obligations of the converted mutual. The commissioner may grant a fraternal an adjustment period, not to exceed one year, for compliance with the requirements of Chapter 9, Insurance Fraternals. The commissioner’s extension shall specify the extent to which particular provisions of Chapter 9, Insurance Fraternals, do not apply.