(1) A captive insurance company may not adopt a name that is:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-37-203

  • Application: means a document:
         (10)(a)
              (10)(a)(i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and
              (10)(a)(ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to:
                   (10)(a)(ii)(A) insure the risk under:
                        (10)(a)(ii)(A)(I) the coverage as originally offered; or
                        (10)(a)(ii)(A)(II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or
                   (10)(a)(ii)(B) decline to insure the risk; or
         (10)(b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Captive insurance company: includes any of the following formed or holding a certificate of authority under this chapter:
              (9)(b)(i) a branch captive insurance company;
              (9)(b)(ii) a pure captive insurance company;
              (9)(b)(iii) an association captive insurance company;
              (9)(b)(iv) a sponsored captive insurance company;
              (9)(b)(v) an industrial insured captive insurance company, including an industrial insured captive insurance company formed as a risk retention group captive in this state pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986;
              (9)(b)(vi) a special purpose captive insurance company; or
              (9)(b)(vii) a special purpose financial captive insurance company. See Utah Code 31A-37-102
  • Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:
         (23)(a) an insured under a group insurance policy; or
         (23)(b) a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Insurance: includes :
              (96)(b)(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;
              (96)(b)(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
              (96)(b)(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:
              (104)(a)(i) a fraternal benefit society;
              (104)(a)(ii) an issuer of a gift annuity other than an annuity specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
              (104)(a)(iii) a motor club;
              (104)(a)(iv) an employee welfare plan;
              (104)(a)(v) a person purporting or intending to do an insurance business as a principal on that person's own account; and
              (104)(a)(vi) a health maintenance organization. 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
     (1)(a) the same as any other existing business name registered in this state;
     (1)(b) deceptively similar to any other existing business name registered in this state; or
     (1)(c) likely to be:

          (1)(c)(i) confused with any other existing business name registered in this state; or
          (1)(c)(ii) mistaken for any other existing business name registered in this state.
(2) An applicant captive insurance company that submits an application for a certificate of authority on or after May 14, 2019, or a captive insurance company that changes its name on or after May 14, 2019, shall include the word “insurance” or a term of equivalent meaning in its name.