Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 28 > Part 2 - Property and Casualty Guaranty Association

• Administrator: means the same as that term is defined in Subsection (187). See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Affiliate: is a s defined in Section 31A-1-301. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
• Agency: means :
       (6)(a) a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and
       (6)(b) an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section 31A-23a-301, 31A-25-207, or 31A-26-209. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Association account: means the Utah Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association Account created by Section 31A-28-205. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
• Bioprospecting: means the removal from a natural environment for research or commercial use of:
            (1)(a)(i) a naturally occurring microorganism, plant, or fungus; or
            (1)(a)(ii) information concerning a naturally occurring microorganism's, plant's, or fungus' physical or genetic properties. See Utah Code 65A-14-102
• board of directors: means the group of persons with responsibility over, or management of, a corporation, however designated. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Casualty insurance: means liability insurance. 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
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Claimant: means :
            (3)(a)(i) an insured making a first-party claim; or
            (3)(a)(ii) a person instituting a liability claim. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
• Commercially viable technology: means a technology that:
       (2)(a) has been successfully implemented on a commercial scale in similar conditions;
       (2)(b) is shown to be economically viable; and
       (2)(c) is reasonably compatible with the operator's overall extraction process. See Utah Code 65A-17-101
• Commissioner: means the Great Salt Lake commissioner appointed under Section 73-32-201. See Utah Code 65A-16-101
• Common source of supply: means the mineral or element estate contained within the Great Salt Lake meander line. See Utah Code 65A-17-101
• Conservation organization: means an institution, corporation, foundation, or association that is:
       (2)(a) private;
       (2)(b) nonprofit; and
       (2)(c) founded for the purpose of promoting conservation of natural resources. See Utah Code 65A-16-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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
• 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.
• Council: means the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council created in Section 73-32-302. See Utah Code 65A-16-101
• Covered claim: means an unpaid claim, including an unpaid claim under a personal lines policy for unearned premiums submitted by a claimant, if:
            (4)(a)(i) the claim arises out of the coverage;
            (4)(a)(ii) the claim is within the coverage;
            (4)(a)(iii) the claim is not in excess of the applicable limits of an insurance policy to which this part applies;
            (4)(a)(iv) the insurer who issued the policy becomes an insolvent insurer; and
            (4)(a)(v)

                 (4)(a)(v)(A) the claimant or insured is a resident of this state at the time of the insured event; or

                 (4)(a)(v)(B) the claim is a first-party claim for damage to property that is permanently located in this state. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
• Credit insurance: includes :
            (37)(b)(i) credit accident and health insurance;
            (37)(b)(ii) credit life insurance;
            (37)(b)(iii) credit property insurance;
            (37)(b)(iv) credit unemployment insurance;
            (37)(b)(v) guaranteed automobile protection insurance;
            (37)(b)(vi) involuntary unemployment insurance;
            (37)(b)(vii) mortgage accident and health insurance;
            (37)(b)(viii) mortgage guaranty insurance; and
            (37)(b)(ix) mortgage life insurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Creditor: means a person, including an insured, having a claim, whether:
       (39)(a) matured;
       (39)(b) unmatured;
       (39)(c) liquidated;
       (39)(d) unliquidated;
       (39)(e) secured;
       (39)(f) unsecured;
       (39)(g) absolute;
       (39)(h) fixed; or
       (39)(i) contingent. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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 Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. See Utah Code 65A-1-1
• Division: means the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. See Utah Code 65A-16-101
• Eligible applicant: means two or more conservation organizations that submit a joint grant application to the division under Section 65A-16-201 and meet the criteria listed in Subsection 65A-16-201(3)(a). See Utah Code 65A-16-101
• Emergency trigger: means the salinity levels of the Gilbert Bay of the Great Salt Lake do not satisfy the ecological conditions required for healthy brine shrimp and brine fly reproduction. See Utah Code 65A-17-101
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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
• 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
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grant money: means money awarded to an eligible applicant pursuant to this chapter. See Utah Code 65A-16-101
• Grantee: means an eligible applicant that receives a grant authorized under this chapter. See Utah Code 65A-16-101
• Great Salt Lake meander line: means the official meander line, completed in 1966, of the Great Salt Lake unless otherwise established by court order or negotiated boundary settlement. See Utah Code 65A-17-101
• Great Salt Lake watershed: means the area comprised of the Great Salt Lake, the Bear River watershed, the Jordan River watershed, the Utah Lake watershed, the Weber River watershed, and the West Desert watershed. See Utah Code 65A-16-101
• health insurance: means insurance providing:
            (84)(a)(i) a health care benefit; or
            (84)(a)(ii) payment of an incurred health care expense. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• 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
• Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• insolvent: means that:
       (95)(a) an insurer is unable to pay the insurer's obligations as the obligations are due;
       (95)(b) an insurer's total adjusted capital is less than the insurer's mandatory control level RBC under Subsection 31A-17-601(8)(c); or
       (95)(c) an insurer's admitted assets are less than the insurer's liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Insolvent insurer: means a member insurer that is placed under an order of liquidation by a court of competent jurisdiction with a finding of insolvency. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
• 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
• Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes:
            (103)(a)(i) a policyholder;
            (103)(a)(ii) a subscriber;
            (103)(a)(iii) a member; and
            (103)(a)(iv) a beneficiary. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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.
• Liability insurance: includes :
            (112)(b)(i) vehicle liability insurance;
            (112)(b)(ii) residential dwelling liability insurance; and
            (112)(b)(iii) making inspection of, and issuing a certificate of inspection upon, an elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus of any kind when done in connection with insurance on the elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• License: includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• 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
• Member: means a person having membership rights in an insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Member insurer: means any person who:
       (6)(a) writes any kind of insurance to which this part applies under Section 31A-28-202, including the exchange of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts; and
       (6)(b) is licensed to transact insurance in this state. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
• Mineral or element: means :
       (10)(a) a rare earth element;
       (10)(b) a trace element or mineral;
       (10)(c) a chemical compound that includes a rare earth element or trace element or mineral; or
       (10)(d) a mineral or element that is attached, embedded to, or is a by-product of another mineral or element. See Utah Code 65A-17-101
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Net direct written premiums: means direct gross premiums written in this state on insurance policies that this part applies to, less return premiums and dividends paid or credited to policyholders on the direct business. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
• 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.
• Ocean marine insurance: means insurance against loss of or damage to:
       (138)(a) ships or hulls of ships;
       (138)(b) goods, freight, cargoes, merchandise, effects, disbursements, profits, money, securities, choses in action, evidences of debt, valuable papers, bottomry, respondentia interests, or other cargoes in or awaiting transit over the oceans or inland waterways;
       (138)(c) earnings such as freight, passage money, commissions, or profits derived from transporting goods or people upon or across the oceans or inland waterways; or
       (138)(d) a vessel owner or operator as a result of liability to employees, passengers, bailors, owners of other vessels, owners of fixed objects, customs or other authorities, or other persons in connection with maritime activity. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Operator: means a person qualified to do business in the state pursuing the extraction of minerals or elements from the Great Salt Lake. See Utah Code 65A-17-101
• Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Paying quantities: means the revenue generated from the sale of the mineral or element being produced exceeds the costs associated with obtaining the mineral or element, including any royalty obligation. See Utah Code 65A-17-101
• 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
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Personal lines policy: means an insurance policy issued to an individual that:
       (8)(a) insures a motor vehicle used for personal purposes and not used in trade or business; or
       (8)(b) insures a residential dwelling. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
• 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
• Policyholder: means a person who controls a policy, binder, or oral contract by ownership, premium payment, or otherwise. 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
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Program: means the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Program created under Section 65A-16-201. See Utah Code 65A-16-101
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Reinsurer: means a person licensed in this state as an insurer with the authority to assume reinsurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Residence: means , for entities other than a natural person, the state where the principal place of business of a claimant, insured, or policyholder is located at the time of the insured event. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Security: means a:
            (176)(a)(i) note;
            (176)(a)(ii) stock;
            (176)(a)(iii) bond;
            (176)(a)(iv) debenture;
            (176)(a)(v) evidence of indebtedness;
            (176)(a)(vi) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
            (176)(a)(vii) collateral-trust certificate;
            (176)(a)(viii) preorganization certificate or subscription;
            (176)(a)(ix) transferable share;
            (176)(a)(x) investment contract;
            (176)(a)(xi) voting trust certificate;
            (176)(a)(xii) certificate of deposit for a security;
            (176)(a)(xiii) certificate of interest of participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
            (176)(a)(xiv) commodity contract or commodity option;
            (176)(a)(xv) certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in Subsections (176)(a)(i) through (xiv); or
            (176)(a)(xvi) another interest or instrument commonly known as a security. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Sovereign lands: means those lands lying below the ordinary high water mark of navigable bodies of water at the date of statehood and owned by the state by virtue of its sovereignty. See Utah Code 65A-1-1
• 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
• State lands: means all lands administered by the division. See Utah Code 65A-1-1
• Surplus: means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Title insurance: means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• UP causeway breach: means a breach in the 21-mile Union Pacific Railroad causeway across the Great Salt Lake that separates the Great Salt Lake into Gunnison Bay and Gilbert Bay. See Utah Code 65A-17-101
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• waste: means :
            (18)(a)(i) the failure of an operation to provide the state with a full and fair return on each separately identified mineral or element;
            (18)(a)(ii) an unnecessary depletion, diminishment, or reduction of the quantity or quality of a mineral or element; or
            (18)(a)(iii) imprudent and uneconomical operations. See Utah Code 65A-17-101
• 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