Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 22 - State Training and Certification Requirements

• Accident and health insurance: means insurance to provide protection against economic losses resulting from:

  (i)	a medical condition including: (A)  a medical care expense; or (B)  the risk of disability;

  (ii)	accident; or

  (iii)

  sickness. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Agency: means : (a)  a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an individual does business under an assumed name; and (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 consultant: means a person who: (a)  advises another person about insurance needs and coverages; (b)  is compensated by the person advised on a basis not directly related to the insurance placed; and (c)  except as provided in Section 31A-23a-501, is not compensated directly or indirectly by an insurer or producer for advice given. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. health insurance: means insurance providing: (i)  a health care benefit; or (ii)  payment of an incurred health care expense. 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 Managing general agent: means a person that: (i)  manages all or part of the insurance business of an insurer, including the management of a separate division, department, or underwriting office; (ii)  acts as an agent for the insurer whether it is known as a managing general agent, manager, or other similar term; (iii)  produces and underwrites an amount of gross direct written premium equal to, or more than, 5% of the policyholder surplus as reported in the last annual statement of the insurer in any one quarter or year: (A)  with or without the authority; (B)  separately or together with an affiliate; and (C)  directly or indirectly; and (iv)  (A)  adjusts or pays claims in excess of an amount determined by the commissioner; or (B)  negotiates reinsurance on behalf of the insurer. See Utah Code 31A-23a-102 Motor club: means a person: (a)  licensed under: (i)  Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations; (ii)  Chapter 11, Motor Clubs; or (iii)  Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers; and (b)  that promises for an advance consideration to provide for a stated period of time one or more: (i)  legal services under Subsection 31A-11-102(1)(b); (ii)  bail services under Subsection 31A-11-102(1)(c); or (iii)  (A)  trip reimbursement; (B)  towing services; (C)  emergency road services; (D)  stolen automobile services; (E)  a combination of the services listed in Subsections (126)(b)(iii)(A) through (D); or (F)  other services given in Subsections 31A-11-102(1)(b) through (f). See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Negotiate: means the act of conferring directly with or offering advice directly to a purchaser or prospective purchaser of a particular contract of insurance concerning a substantive benefit, term, or condition of the contract if the person engaged in that act: (a)  sells insurance; or (b)  obtains insurance from insurers for purchasers. See Utah Code 31A-23a-102 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Political subdivision: means : (a)  a county; (b)  a municipality, as defined in Section 10-1-104; (c)  a special district; (d)  a special service district; (e)  an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103; (f)  a community reinvestment agency; (g)  a local building authority; or (h)  a conservation district. See Utah Code 63G-22-102 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 Public employee: means any individual employed by or volunteering for a state agency or a political subdivision who is not a public official. See Utah Code 63G-22-102 Public official: means : (i)  an appointed official or an elected official as those terms are defined in Section 63A-17-502; or (ii)  an individual elected or appointed to a county office, municipal office, school board or school district office, special district office, or special service district office. See Utah Code 63G-22-102 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 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-23a-102 Solicit: means : (a)  attempting to sell insurance; (b)  asking or urging a person to apply for: (i)  a particular kind of insurance; and (ii)  insurance from a particular insurance company; (c)  advertising insurance, including advertising for the purpose of obtaining leads for the sale of insurance; or (d)  holding oneself out as being in the insurance business. See Utah Code 31A-23a-102 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 agency: means a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of the executive branch of state government. See Utah Code 63G-22-102 Surplus: means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Taxed interlocal entity: means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-13-602. See Utah Code 63G-22-102