Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 518C - County and State Mutual Insurance Guaranty Association

• Account: means the same as defined in section 554. See Iowa Code 554E.1
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Association: means the Iowa county and state mutual insurance guaranty association established pursuant to section 518C. See Iowa Code 518C.3
• Board: means the engineering and land surveying examining board provided by this chapter. See Iowa Code 542B.2
• Claimant: means an insured making a first-party claim or a person instituting a liability claim against an insolvent insurer. See Iowa Code 518C.3
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 518C.3
• Contract: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
• 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.
• Covered claim: means an unpaid claim, including one for unearned premiums, which arises out of and is within the coverage and subject to the applicable limits of an insurance policy subject to this chapter which is issued by an insurer, if the insurer becomes an insolvent insurer on or after July 1, 2000, and one of the following conditions exists:
   (1) The claimant is a resident of this state at the time of the event giving rise to the covered claim. See Iowa Code 518C.3
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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}
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Insolvent insurer: means an insurer against which a final order of liquidation with a finding of insolvency has been entered on or after July 1, 2000, by a court of competent jurisdiction of this state. See Iowa Code 518C.3
• Insurer: means a person licensed to transact insurance business in this state under either chapter 518 or chapter 518A either at the time the policy was issued or when the insured event occurred. See Iowa Code 518C.3
• 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.
• month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Net direct written premiums: means direct gross premiums written in this state on insurance policies subject to this chapter, less return premiums and dividends paid or credited to policyholders on such direct business. See Iowa Code 518C.3
• 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.
• 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, corporation, partnership, association, or voluntary organization. See Iowa Code 518C.3
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Sale: means any sale, offer for sale, or attempt to sell or lease any land, to the public in this state, for cash or on credit. See Iowa Code 543C.1
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Transaction: means a sale, trade, exchange, transfer, payment, or conversion of a digital asset or any other property or any other action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs. See Iowa Code 554E.1
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1