Captive insurance company: includes any of the following formed or holding a certificate of authority under this chapter:
(i)
a branch captive insurance company;
(ii)
a pure captive insurance company;
(iii)
an association captive insurance company;
(iv)
a sponsored captive insurance company;
(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;
Commissioner: means Utah's Insurance Commissioner or the commissioner's designee. See Utah Code 31A-37-102
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
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
Reinsurance: means an insurance transaction where an insurer, for consideration, transfers any portion of the risk it has assumed to another insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
Reinsurer: means a person licensed in this state as an insurer with the authority to assume reinsurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
(a)
A captive insurance company may cede risks to any insurance company approved by the commissioner.
(b)
Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c), a captive insurance company may provide reinsurance on risks ceded by any other insurer with prior approval of the commissioner.
(c)
A captive insurance company may not provide reinsurance on a punitive damages risk ceded by an insurer, unless the punitive damages risk is the risk of the captive insurance company’s:
(i)
parent;
(ii)
affiliated company; or
(iii)
controlled unaffiliated business.
(2)
(a)
A captive insurance company may take credit for reserves on risks or portions of risks ceded to reinsurers if the captive insurance company complies with:
Unless the reinsurer is in compliance with Section 31A-17-404, 31A-17-404.1, 31A-17-404.3, or 31A-17-404.4 or a rule adopted under Subsection (2)(a)(ii), a captive insurance company may not take credit for:
