Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:18A-9

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • 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: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
16. a. This act shall not apply to any fraternal beneficiary society. For the purposes of this act, “insurance company” shall include a corporation, and any person, partnership or unincorporated association required as an insurer to procure from the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance the certificate prescribed by section 1 of an act entitled “An act to regulate the transaction of the business of insurance by individuals, partnerships and unincorporated associations in this State” approved July 11, 1939 (P.L.1939, c.188; C. 17:49-1), or under any other statute now in force or hereafter enacted, engaging in any kind or kinds of business specified in R.S.17:17-1, subject to the insurance laws of this State; provided, however, that no company or society, which by its act or certificate of incorporation has for its object the assistance of sick, needy or disabled members, the defraying of funeral expenses of deceased members and the provision for the wants of the surviving spouses and families of members after death, shall be deemed an insurance company within the purview of this act.

b. (1) For the purposes of P.L.1945, c.132 (C. 54:18A-1 et al.), “insurance company” shall include, beginning January 1, 1992, a health service corporation established pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1985, c.236 (C. 17:48E-1 et al.), with respect to its experience rated health insurance. An “insurance company” shall also include any life, accident, or health insurance company in which a health service corporation owns stock, controls, or otherwise becomes affiliated with, as provided in subsection e. of section 3 of P.L.1985, c.236 (C. 17:48E-3).

(2) For the purposes of P.L.1945, c.132 (C. 54:18A-1 et al.), “insurance company” shall include, beginning January 1, 2005, a health service corporation established pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1985, c.236 (C. 17:48E-1 et al.), with respect to its experience rated and community rated health insurance. An “insurance company” shall also include any life, accident, or health insurance company in which a health service corporation owns stock, controls, or otherwise becomes affiliated with, as provided in subsection e. of section 3 of P.L.1985, c.236 (C. 17:48E-3).

(3) For the purposes of P.L.1945, c.132 (C. 54:18A-1 et al.), “insurance company” shall include, beginning January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, a dental service corporation established pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1968, c.305 (C. 17:48C-1 et seq.), notwithstanding the provisions of section 32 of P.L.1968, c.305 (C. 17:48C-32) and any other law to the contrary, and provided that notwithstanding section 1 of P.L.1945, c.132 (C. 54:18A-1) as to the payment of tax, tax liability due on a dental service corporation’s business done during that calendar year shall be paid on March 1, 2010, with the filing of a return in a manner as shall be specified by the Director of the Division of Taxation and the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.

L.1945, c.132, s.16; amended 1985, c.515, s.14; 1989, c.295, s.3; 2005, c.128, s.2; 2009, c.75, s.3.

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