Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 8 > Chapter 205 > Subchapter 2 - Interstate Branching and Activities

• Aggregator site: means a website that provides access to information regarding insurance products from more than one insurer, including product and insurer information, for use in comparison shopping. See
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Blanket travel insurance: means a policy of travel insurance issued to any eligible group providing coverage for specific classes of persons defined in the policy with coverage provided to all members of the eligible group without a separate charge to individual members of the eligible group. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Financial Regulation. See
• Continuing care: means the furnishing in a facility, pursuant to a continuing care contract, of board and a variety of living arrangements together with nursing, medical, health and health-related services, assistance with the personal activities of daily living, or any combination of these services, including a priority commitment for nursing care, to two or more individuals who are not related by consanguinity or affinity to the person furnishing such care, for a term in excess of one year or for the duration of that individual's life, including mutually terminable contracts. See
• Continuing care contract: means a contract under which a provider is to furnish continuing care to a specified individual in return for payment of an entrance fee that is in addition to, or in lieu of, the payment of regular periodic charges for the care and services involved. See
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Financial Regulation. See
• Entrance fee: means an initial or deferred transfer to a provider of a sum of money or other property, or portion thereof, made or promised to be made as consideration for acceptance of a specified individual as a resident in a facility. See
• 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.
• Facility: means a place or places in which a resident receives continuing care. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Fulfillment materials: means documentation sent to the purchaser of a travel protection plan confirming the purchase and providing the travel protection plan's coverage and assistance details. See
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Limited lines travel insurance producer: means a:

• National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, trust, state, partnership, committee, corporation, association, or other organizations such as joint-stock companies or insurance companies, or a political subdivision or instrumentality of a state, including a municipal corporation. See
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
• Provider: means the person who enters into a contract to provide continuing care to a resident. See
• Rate: means the cost of services and insurance per exposure base unit, or cost per unit of insurance, or charge to residents for services rendered, prior to the application of individual risk variations based upon loss or expense considerations. See
• Resident: means the individual designated in a continuing care contract as the one who is to receive continuing care. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
• Travel administrator: means a person who directly or indirectly underwrites, collects charges, collateral, or premiums from, or adjusts or settles claims on residents of this State, in connection with travel insurance, except that a person shall not be considered a travel administrator if that person's only actions that would otherwise cause it to be considered a travel administrator are among the following:

• Travel insurance: means insurance coverage for personal risks incident to planned travel, including:

• Travel protection plan: means a plan that provides one or more of the following: travel insurance, travel assistance services, or cancellation fee waivers. See
• Travel retailer: means a business entity that makes, arranges, or offers travel services and may offer and disseminate travel insurance as a service to its customers on behalf of and under the direction of a limited lines travel insurance producer. See