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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-5-301

  • 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:
(i) a corporation doing business:
(A) as:
(I) an insurance producer;
(II) a surplus lines producer;
(III) a limited line producer;
(IV) a consultant;
(V) a managing general agent;
(VI) a reinsurance intermediary;
(VII) a third party administrator; or
(VIII) an adjuster; and
(B) under:
(I) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries;
(II) Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or
(III) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or
(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 :
    (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
  • Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Person: includes :
    (a) an individual;
    (b) a partnership;
    (c) a corporation;
    (d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
    (e) a joint stock company;
    (f) a trust;
    (g) a limited liability company;
    (h) a reciprocal;
    (i) a syndicate; or
    (j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Security: means a:
    (i) note;
    (ii) stock;
    (iii) bond;
    (iv) debenture;
    (v) evidence of indebtedness;
    (vi) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
    (vii) collateral-trust certificate;
    (viii) preorganization certificate or subscription;
    (ix) transferable share;
    (x) investment contract;
    (xi) voting trust certificate;
    (xii) certificate of deposit for a security;
    (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;
    (xiv) commodity contract or commodity option;
    (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 (171)(a)(i) through (xiv); or
    (xvi) another interest or instrument commonly known as a security. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Sell: means to exchange a contract of insurance:
    (a) by any means;
    (b) for money or its equivalent; and
    (c) on behalf of an insurance company. 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
  • (a)  Except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (c), no security issued by a domestic or nondomestic insurance corporation may be sold in this state by or for the corporation or any other person unless it is registered under Section 31A-5-302 and otherwise complies with this chapter. Securities that comply with this chapter are not subject to Title 61, Chapter 1, Utah Uniform Securities Act.

    (b)  Securities and transactions exempt under Section 61-1-14 are also exempt under this chapter.

    (c)  Any exemption under Section 61-1-14 may be revoked by the commissioner for a particular insurance corporation by an order after a hearing. The order shall explain the reasons for the revocation.
  • (2) 

    (a)  No person which is organizing or is acquiring additional funds in this state or elsewhere solely or partly for the purpose of organizing a corporation under this chapter, may register or sell its securities in this state, directly or indirectly, unless it obtains an organization permit under Section 31A-5-204.

    (b)  No security may be registered or sold in this state if the person registering or selling the security, or any person affiliated with the person, represents that an insurer will be organized or purchased in this state with the proceeds of the sale, unless the issuer first obtains an organization permit under Section 31A-5-204.

    (3)  If a security is issued or sold in violation of this chapter, the transaction is valid and enforceable by an outsider against the corporation or against an insider, and is valid and enforceable by the corporation against an insider.

    (4)  This section does not apply to securities issued prior to July 1, 1986.

    Amended by Chapter 204, 1986 General Session