Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-21-401

• 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 Application: means a document: (a)  (i)  completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and (ii)  that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to: (A)  insure the risk under: (I)  the coverage as originally offered; or (II)  a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or (B)  decline to insure the risk; or (b)  used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. 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 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      This part applies to all mass marketed life or accident and health insurance, notwithstanding Subsection 31A-1-103(3). This part may not be construed to limit the application of other provisions of this title to insurers effecting mass marketed life or accident and health insurance policies on persons in this state. Amended by Chapter 116, 2001 General Session   Previous section Next section    Part 4 Contents