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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-9-504

  • Insurance: includes :
(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;
(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
(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
  • Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • (a)  If the commissioner believes that a fraternal does not satisfy the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall call a hearing. If the commissioner then finds that the fraternal does not satisfy the requirements:

    (i)  if the fraternal is domestic, the commissioner shall petition for rehabilitation under Section 31A-27a-207 to rehabilitate the fraternal or, if that is not possible, convert the fraternal to a mutual; or

    (ii)  if the fraternal is nondomestic, the commissioner shall order it to comply as soon as practicable with the requirements of this chapter or lose its tax exemption.

    (b)  An order issued under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) shall specify the ways the nondomestic fraternal does not comply with this chapter.

    (2)  If the fraternal does not promptly comply with the requirements of this chapter, after notice of the adverse results of a hearing under Subsection (1), it is subject to taxation as a mutual life insurance company. This tax is retroactive to the date on which the commissioner gave the fraternal notice of the hearing under Subsection (1).

    Amended by Chapter 309, 2007 General Session