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
A special purpose financial captive insurance company is subject to a rule made under Section 31A-37-106 that is in effect on or after May 5, 2008.
(3)
The commissioner may, by order, exempt a special purpose financial captive insurance company from a provision of Chapter 37, Captive Insurance Companies Act, or a rule made under Section 31A-37-106 if the commissioner determines that the application of the provision or rule is inappropriate on the basis of the special purpose financial captive insurance company’s plan of operation.
