Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 17 > Part 6 – Risk-Based Capital
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- Accident and health insurance: means insurance to provide protection against economic losses resulting from:(1)(a)(i) a medical condition including:(1)(a)(i)(A) a medical care expense; or(1)(a)(i)(B) the risk of disability;(1)(a)(ii) accident; or(1)(a)(iii) sickness. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Affiliate: means a person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Application: means a document:
(10)(a)(10)(a)(i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and(10)(a)(ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to:(10)(a)(ii)(A) insure the risk under:(10)(a)(ii)(A)(I) the coverage as originally offered; or(10)(a)(ii)(A)(II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or(10)(a)(ii)(B) decline to insure the risk; or(10)(b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section
10-3c-102 . See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Commission: means the State Bonding Commission created in Section 63B-1-201. See Utah Code 63B-1-101
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corrective order: means an order issued by the commissioner specifying corrective action that the commissioner determines is required. See Utah Code 31A-17-601
- Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Disability: means a physiological or psychological condition that partially or totally limits an individual's ability to:
(51)(a) perform the duties of:(51)(a)(i) that individual's occupation; or(51)(a)(ii) an occupation for which the individual is reasonably suited by education, training, or experience; or(51)(b) perform two or more of the following basic activities of daily living:(51)(b)(i) eating;(51)(b)(ii) toileting;(51)(b)(iii) transferring;(51)(b)(iv) bathing; or(51)(b)(v) dressing. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Division: means the Division of Facilities Construction and Management. See Utah Code 63B-1-101
- Domestic insurer: means an insurer organized under the laws of this state. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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) Section31A-3-103 ; or(69)(a)(iii)(B) rule. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including:
(70)(a) a policy;(70)(b) a rate;(70)(c) a form;(70)(d) a document;(70)(e) a plan;(70)(f) a manual;(70)(g) an application;(70)(h) a report;(70)(i) a certificate;(70)(j) an endorsement;(70)(k) an actuarial certification;(70)(l) a licensee annual statement;(70)(m) a licensee renewal application;(70)(n) an advertisement;(70)(o) a binder; or(70)(p) an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Foreign insurer: means an insurer domiciled outside of this state, including an alien insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Form: means one of the following prepared for general use:
(74)(a)(i) a policy;(74)(a)(ii) a certificate;(74)(a)(iii) an application;(74)(a)(iv) an outline of coverage; or(74)(a)(v) an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Health organization: means :
(3)(a) an entity that is authorized under Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations, or Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans; and(3)(b) that is:(3)(b)(i) a health maintenance organization;(3)(b)(ii) a limited health service organization;(3)(b)(iii) a dental or vision plan;(3)(b)(iv) a hospital, medical, and dental indemnity or service corporation; or(3)(b)(v) other managed care organization. See Utah Code 31A-17-601- Highway: includes :
(15)(a) a public bridge;(15)(b) a county way;(15)(c) a county road;(15)(d) a common road; and(15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Indemnity: means the payment of an amount to offset all or part of an insured loss. 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 Subsections31A-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- Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
- Land: includes :
(18)(a) land;(18)(b) a tenement;(18)(c) a hereditament;(18)(d) a water right;(18)(e) a possessory right; and(18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Life insurance: means :
(114)(a)(i) insurance on a human life; and(114)(a)(ii) insurance pertaining to or connected with human life. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Life or accident and health insurer: means :
(4)(a) an insurance company licensed to write life insurance, accident and health insurance, or both; or(4)(b) a licensed property casualty insurer writing only disability insurance. See Utah Code 31A-17-601- Managed care organization: means a person:
(122)(a) licensed as a health maintenance organization under Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans; or(122)(b)(122)(b)(i) licensed under:(122)(b)(i)(A) Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations;(122)(b)(i)(B) Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or(122)(b)(i)(C) Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers; and(122)(b)(ii) that requires an enrollee to use, or offers incentives, including financial incentives, for an enrollee to use, network providers. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- minimum required capital: means the capital that must be constantly maintained by a stock insurance corporation as required by statute. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mutual: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Person: includes :
(146)(a) an individual;(146)(b) a partnership;(146)(c) a corporation;(146)(d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;(146)(e) a joint stock company;(146)(f) a trust;(146)(g) a limited liability company;(146)(h) a reciprocal;(146)(i) a syndicate; or(146)(j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Policy: includes a service contract issued by:
(150)(b)(i) a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs;(150)(b)(ii) a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and(150)(b)(iii) a corporation licensed under:(150)(b)(iii)(A) Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or(150)(b)(iii)(B) Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Premium: includes , however designated:
(156)(b)(i) an assessment;(156)(b)(ii) a membership fee;(156)(b)(iii) a required contribution; or(156)(b)(iv) monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- producer: means a person licensed or required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Property and casualty insurer: means any insurance company licensed to write lines of insurance other than life but does not include a monoline mortgage guaranty insurer, financial guaranty insurer, or title insurer. See Utah Code 31A-17-601
- Rate: means :
(163)(a)(i) the cost of a given unit of insurance; or(163)(a)(ii) for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as:(163)(a)(ii)(A) a single number; or(163)(a)(ii)(B) a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of:(163)(a)(ii)(B)(I) expenses;(163)(a)(ii)(B)(II) profit; and(163)(a)(ii)(B)(III) individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301- RBC: means risk-based capital. See Utah Code 31A-17-601
- RBC instructions: means the RBC report including the National Association of Insurance Commissioner's risk-based capital instructions that govern the year for which an RBC report is prepared. See Utah Code 31A-17-601
- RBC plan: means a comprehensive financial plan containing the elements specified in Subsection 31A-17-603(2). See Utah Code 31A-17-601
- RBC report: means the report required in Section 31A-17-602. See Utah Code 31A-17-601
- 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
- Road: includes :
(33)(a) a public bridge;(33)(b) a county way;(33)(c) a county road;(33)(d) a common road; and(33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Surplus: means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
- Total adjusted capital: means the sum of an insurer's or health organization's statutory capital and surplus as determined in accordance with:
(189)(a) the statutory accounting applicable to the annual financial statements required to be filed under Section31A-4-113 ; and(189)(b) another item provided by the RBC instructions, as RBC instructions is defined in Section31A-17-601 . See Utah Code 31A-1-301- Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Writing: includes :
(48)(a) printing;(48)(b) handwriting; and(48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5