(1)  Except for exemptions specifically granted under this title, nonprofit health service insurance corporations organized or operating under this chapter are subject to all of the provisions of this title.

Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-7-103

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means an insurance corporation, except when referring to:
(i) a corporation doing business:
(A) as:
(I) an insurance producer;
(II) a surplus lines producer;
(III) a limited line producer;
(IV) a consultant;
(V) a managing general agent;
(VI) a reinsurance intermediary;
(VII) a third party administrator; or
(VIII) an adjuster; and
(B) under:
(I) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries;
(II) Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or
(III) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or
(ii) a noninsurer that is part of a holding company system under Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies. 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Mutual: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • Surplus: means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and liabilities. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
  • (2)  Nonprofit health service corporations are exempt from the provisions of Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations, except where sections or parts are specifically referenced and made applicable in this chapter, in which case the referenced provisions under Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations, that apply to mutual corporations apply to nonprofit health service insurance corporations.

    (3)  Title 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act, and Title 16, Chapter 10a, Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, do not apply to nonprofit health service insurance corporations except as specifically made applicable by:

    (a)  this chapter;

    (b)  a provision adopted by reference under this chapter; or

    (c)  a rule adopted by the commissioner to deal with corporate law issues of nonprofit health service insurance corporations which are not settled under this chapter.

    (4)  Any insurer authorized under this chapter that is not in compliance with the applicable capital and surplus requirements, yet has assets in excess of its liabilities, has until July 1, 1988, to comply with the applicable capital and surplus requirements. One-half of any shortage in capital and surplus on July 1, 1986, shall be remedied by July 1, 1987.

    Amended by Chapter 300, 2000 General Session