Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Association account: means the Utah Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association Account created by Section 31A-28-205. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
board of directors: means the group of persons with responsibility over, or management of, a corporation, however designated. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:
an insurer is unable to pay the insurer's obligations as the obligations are due;
(b)
an insurer's total adjusted capital is less than the insurer's mandatory control level RBC under Subsection 31A-17-601(8)(c); or
(c)
an insurer's admitted assets are less than the insurer's liabilities. 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
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.
Member: means a person having membership rights in an insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Member insurer: means any person who:
(a)
writes any kind of insurance to which this part applies under Section 31A-28-202, including the exchange of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts; and
Net direct written premiums: means direct gross premiums written in this state on insurance policies that this part applies to, less return premiums and dividends paid or credited to policyholders on the direct business. See Utah Code 31A-28-203
Rate: means :
(i)
the cost of a given unit of insurance; or
(ii)
for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as:
(A)
a single number; or
(B)
a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of:
Surplus: means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
(a)
To provide the funds necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the association, the board of directors shall assess the member insurers at the time and in the amount the board finds necessary.
(b)
An assessment under this section:
(i)
is due not less than 30 days after written notice to the member insurers; and
(ii)
accrues interest to the extent unpaid after the due date at the greater of:
(A)
10% per annum; or
(B)
the then legal rate of interest provided in Section 15-1-1.
(2)
An assessment is to be made in the amount necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the association under Section 31A-28-207 for an insolvent insurer.
(3)
An assessment against a member insurer is in the proportion that the net direct written premiums of the member insurer for the preceding calendar year on the kinds of insurance for which this part applies bears to the net direct written premiums of all member insurers for the preceding calendar year on the kinds of insurance for which this part applies.
(4)
A member insurer may not be assessed in any year for an amount greater than 2% of that member insurer’s net direct written premiums for the preceding calendar year on the kinds of insurance for which this part applies.
(5)
If the maximum assessment, together with the other assets of the association in the association account, do not provide in any one year an amount sufficient to make all necessary payments, the funds available shall be prorated and the unpaid portion shall be paid as soon as funds become available.
(6)
The association may exempt or defer, in whole or in part, the assessment of any member insurer, if the assessment would cause the member insurer’s financial statement to reflect amounts of capital or surplus less than the minimum amounts required for a certificate of authority by any jurisdiction in which the member insurer is authorized to transact insurance.
(7)
Each member insurer may set off against any assessment authorized payments made on covered claims and expenses incurred in the payment of the claims by the member insurer, if they are chargeable to the association account.
