22-3-407.  Receipts not normally apportioned — Insurance policy or contract.

(1)  This section does not apply to a contract to which Section 22-3-409 applies.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 22-3-407

  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
(2) 

(a)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (3), a fiduciary shall allocate to principal the proceeds of a life insurance policy or other contract received by the fiduciary as beneficiary, including a contract that insures against damage to, destruction of, or loss of title to an asset.

(b)  The fiduciary shall allocate dividends on an insurance policy:

(i)  to income, to the extent premiums on the policy are paid from income; and

(ii)  to principal, to the extent premiums on the policy are paid from principal.

(3)  A fiduciary shall allocate to income proceeds of a contract that insures the fiduciary against loss of:

(a)  occupancy or other use by a current income beneficiary;

(b)  income; or

(c)  subject to Section 22-3-403, profits from a business.

Amended by Chapter 348, 2020 General Session