(1) Only a corporation incorporated and licensed under Part 2, Domestic Organizations, may do business in this state as an organization.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-8-301

  • 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
  • License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. 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
(2) To do business in this state as an organization, a foreign corporation doing a similar business in other states shall incorporate a subsidiary and license it under Part 2, Domestic Organizations, for its Utah business. Except as to Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies, the laws applicable to a domestic organization apply only to the domestic organization and not to its foreign parent corporation.