Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 37 > Part 4 - Sponsored Captive Insurance Companies

• Actuary: is a s defined by the commissioner by rule, made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Affiliate: means a person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Application: means a document:

  (a)

  (i)  completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and (ii)  that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to: (A)  insure the risk under: (I)  the coverage as originally offered; or (II)  a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or (B)  decline to insure the risk; or

  (b)

  used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. 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 entity: means : (a)  a corporation; (b)  an association; (c)  a partnership; (d)  a limited liability company; (e)  a limited liability partnership; or (f)  another legal entity. 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; (vi)  a special purpose captive insurance company; or (vii)  a special purpose financial captive insurance company. See Utah Code 31A-37-102 Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to: (a)  an insured under a group insurance policy; or (b)  a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Commissioner: means Utah's Insurance Commissioner or the commissioner's designee. See Utah Code 31A-37-102 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Division: means the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. See Utah Code 65A-1-1 Employee: means : (a)  an individual employed by an employer; or (b)  an individual who meets the requirements of Subsection (53)(b). See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC Filing: when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the department including: (a)  a policy; (b)  a rate; (c)  a form; (d)  a document; (e)  a plan; (f)  a manual; (g)  an application; (h)  a report; (i)  a certificate; (j)  an endorsement; (k)  an actuarial certification; (l)  a licensee annual statement; (m)  a licensee renewal application; (n)  an advertisement; (o)  a binder; or (p)  an outline of coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Form: means one of the following prepared for general use: (i)  a policy; (ii)  a certificate; (iii)  an application; (iv)  an outline of coverage; or (v)  an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 insolvent: means that: (a)  an insurer is unable to pay the insurer's obligations as the obligations are due; (b)  an insurer's total adjusted capital is less than the insurer's mandatory control level RBC under Subsection 31A-17-601(8)(c); or (c)  an insurer's admitted assets are less than the insurer's liabilities. 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 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 (vi)  a health maintenance organization. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Member: means a person having membership rights in an insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Participant: means an entity that is insured by a sponsored captive insurance company: (a)  if the losses of the participant are limited through a participant contract to the assets of a protected cell; and (b)  (i)  the entity is permitted to be a participant under Section 31A-37-403; or (ii)  the entity is an affiliate of an entity permitted to be a participant under Section 31A-37-403. See Utah Code 31A-37-102 Participant contract: means a contract by which a sponsored captive insurance company: (a)  insures the risks of a participant; and (b)  limits the losses of the participant to the assets of a protected cell. See Utah Code 31A-37-102 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: includes : (a)  an individual; (b)  a partnership; (c)  a corporation; (d)  an incorporated or unincorporated association; (e)  a joint stock company; (f)  a trust; (g)  a limited liability company; (h)  a reciprocal; (i)  a syndicate; or (j)  another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Protected cell: means a separate account established and maintained by a sponsored captive insurance company for one participant. See Utah Code 31A-37-102 Reinsurer: means a person licensed in this state as an insurer with the authority to assume reinsurance. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Security: means a: (i)  note; (ii)  stock; (iii)  bond; (iv)  debenture; (v)  evidence of indebtedness; (vi)  certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement; (vii)  collateral-trust certificate; (viii)  preorganization certificate or subscription; (ix)  transferable share; (x)  investment contract; (xi)  voting trust certificate; (xii)  certificate of deposit for a security; (xiii)  certificate of interest of participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease; (xiv)  commodity contract or commodity option; (xv)  certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed in Subsections (171)(a)(i) through (xiv); or (xvi)  another interest or instrument commonly known as a security. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Sponsor: means an entity that: (a)  meets the requirements of Section 31A-37-402; and (b)  is approved by the commissioner to: (i)  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 State lands: means all lands administered by the division. See Utah Code 65A-1-1 Treasury rates: means the United States Treasury strip asked yield as published in the Wall Street Journal as of a balance sheet date. See Utah Code 31A-37-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5