In accordance with the provisions of this section, a captive insurance company, other than a risk retention group, may apply, without fee, to the commissioner for a certificate of dormancy.
Association: means a legal association of two or more persons that meets the following requirements:
(a)
the persons are exposed to similar or related liability because of related, similar, or common business trade, products, services, premises, or operations; and
(b)
(i)
the association or the association's member organizations:
(A)
own, control, or hold with power to vote all of the outstanding voting securities of an association captive insurance company incorporated as a stock insurer;
(B)
have complete voting control over an association captive insurance company incorporated as a mutual insurer; or
(C)
have complete voting control over an association captive insurance company formed as a limited liability company; or
(ii)
the association's member organizations collectively constitute all of the subscribers of an association captive insurance company formed as a reciprocal insurer. See Utah Code 31A-37-102
business of insurance: includes :
(a)
providing health care insurance by an organization that is or is required to be licensed under this title;
(b)
providing a benefit to an employee in the event of a contingency not within the control of the employee, in which the employee is entitled to the benefit as a right, which benefit may be provided either:
(i)
by a single employer or by multiple employer groups; or
(ii)
through one or more trusts, associations, or other entities;
(c)
providing an annuity:
(i)
including an annuity issued in return for a gift; and
(ii)
except an annuity provided by a person specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305(2) and (3);
(d)
providing the characteristic services of a motor club;
(e)
providing another person with insurance;
(f)
making as insurer, guarantor, or surety, or proposing to make as insurer, guarantor, or surety, a contract or policy offering title insurance;
(g)
transacting or proposing to transact any phase of title insurance, including:
(i)
solicitation;
(ii)
negotiation preliminary to execution;
(iii)
execution of a contract of title insurance;
(iv)
insuring; and
(v)
transacting matters subsequent to the execution of the contract and arising out of the contract, including reinsurance;
(h)
transacting or proposing a life settlement; and
(i)
doing, or proposing to do, any business in substance equivalent to Subsections (95)(a) through (h) in a manner designed to evade this title. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
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
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
provide all or part of the capital and surplus required by applicable law in an amount of not less than $350,000, which amount the commissioner may increase by order if the commissioner considers it necessary; and
(ii)
organize and operate a sponsored captive insurance company. See Utah Code 31A-37-102
Sponsored captive insurance company: means a captive insurance company:
(a)
in which the minimum capital and surplus required by applicable law is provided by one or more sponsors;
(b)
that is formed or holding a certificate of authority under this chapter;
(c)
that insures the risks of a separate participant through the contract; and
(d)
that segregates each participant's liability through one or more protected cells. See Utah Code 31A-37-102
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
Surplus: means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
(2)
(a)
A captive insurance company, other than a risk retention group, is eligible for a certificate of dormancy if the captive insurance company:
(i)
has ceased transacting the business of insurance, including the issuance of insurance policies; and
(ii)
has no remaining insurance liabilities or obligations associated with insurance business transactions or insurance policies.
(b)
For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(ii), the commissioner may disregard liabilities or obligations for which the captive insurance company has withheld sufficient funds or that are otherwise sufficiently secured.
(3)
Except as provided in Subsection (4), a captive insurance company that holds a certificate of dormancy is subject to all requirements of this chapter.
(4)
A captive insurance company that holds a certificate of dormancy:
(a)
shall possess and maintain unimpaired paid-in capital and unimpaired paid-in surplus of:
(i)
in the case of a pure captive insurance company or a special purpose captive insurance company, not less than $25,000;
(ii)
in the case of an association captive insurance company, not less than $75,000; or
(iii)
in the case of a sponsored captive insurance company, not less than $50,000, of which the sponsor provides at least $20,000; and
(b)
is not required to:
(i)
subject to Subsection (5), submit an annual audit or statement of actuarial opinion;
(ii)
maintain an active agreement with an independent auditor or actuary; or
(iii)
hold an annual meeting of the captive insurance company in the state.
(5)
The commissioner may require a captive insurance company that holds a certificate of dormancy to submit an annual audit if the commissioner determines that there are concerns regarding the captive insurance company’s solvency or liquidity.
(6)
To maintain a certificate of dormancy and in lieu of a certificate of authority renewal fee, no later than July 1 of each year, a captive insurance company shall pay an annual dormancy renewal fee that is equal to 50% of the captive insurance’s company’s certificate of authority renewal fee.
(7)
A captive insurance company may consecutively renew a certificate of dormancy no more than five times.
