31A-17-512.  Reserve calculation — Indeterminate premium plans.
     In the case of any plan of life insurance which provides for future premium determination, the amounts of which are to be determined by the insurance company based on then estimates of future experience, or in the case of any plan of life insurance or annuity which is of such a nature that the minimum reserves cannot be determined by the methods described in Sections 31A-17-507, 31A-17-508, and 31A-17-511, the reserves which are held under any such plan shall:

(1)  be appropriate in relation to the benefits and the pattern of premiums for that plan; and

Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-17-512

  • 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
  • insurance company: means a person doing an insurance business as a principal including:
    (i) a fraternal benefit society;
    (ii) an issuer of a gift annuity other than an annuity specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
    (iii) a motor club;
    (iv) an employee welfare plan;
    (v) a person purporting or intending to do an insurance business as a principal on that person's own account; and
    (vi) a health maintenance organization. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • life insurance: means a contract that incorporates mortality risk, including annuity and pure endowment contracts, and as may be specified in the valuation manual. See Utah Code 31A-17-501
  • Premium: includes , however designated:
    (i) an assessment;
    (ii) a membership fee;
    (iii) a required contribution; or
    (iv) monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
    (2)  be computed by a method which is consistent with the principles of this part, as determined by rules promulgated by the commissioner.

    Amended by Chapter 258, 2015 General Session