Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63E > Chapter 1 - Independent Entities Act

• Accident and health insurance: means insurance to provide protection against economic losses resulting from:

  (i)	a medical condition including: (A)  a medical care expense; or (B)  the risk of disability;

  (ii)	accident; or

  (iii)

  sickness. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it. 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 Asset: means property of all kinds, real and personal, tangible and intangible, and includes: (a)  cash, except reasonable compensation or salary for services rendered; (b)  stock or other investments; (c)  goodwill; (d)  real property; (e)  an ownership interest; (f)  a license; (g)  a cause of action; and (h)  any similar property. See Utah Code 63E-1-401 Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Authorizing statute: means the statute creating an entity as an independent entity. See Utah Code 63E-1-102 Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC Business interest: means : (a)  holding the position of trustee, director, officer, or other similar position with a business entity; or (b)  the ownership, either legally or equitably, of at least 10% of the outstanding shares of a corporation or 10% interest in any other business entity, being held by: (i)  an individual; (ii)  the individual's spouse; (iii)  a minor child of the individual; or (iv)  any combination of Subsections (2)(b)(i) through (iii). See Utah Code 63E-1-401 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 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Committee: means the Retirement and Independent Entities Committee created by Section 63E-1-201. See Utah Code 63E-1-102 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. 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. Credit accident and health insurance: means insurance on a debtor to provide indemnity for payments coming due on a specific loan or other credit transaction while the debtor has a disability. See Utah Code 31A-22-802 Credit life insurance: means life insurance on the life of a debtor in connection with a specific loan or credit transaction. See Utah Code 31A-22-802 Creditor: means the lender of money or the vendor or lessor of goods, services, or property, for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction, or any successor to the right, title, or interest of any lender or vendor. See Utah Code 31A-22-802 Debtor: means a borrower of money or a purchaser, including a lessee under a lease intended as security, of goods, services, or property, for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction. See Utah Code 31A-22-802 Endorsement: means a written agreement attached to a policy or certificate to modify the policy or certificate coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Filed: means that a filing is: (i)  submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable statute, rule, or filing order; (ii)  received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute, rule, or filing order; and (iii)  accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with: (A)  Section 31A-3-103; or (B)  rule. 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 government requestor: means : (1)  the governor; (2)  an executive branch officer other than the governor; (3)  an executive branch agency; (4)  a legislator, including a legislative sponsor of legislation creating an independent entity; or (5)  a legislative committee. See Utah Code 63E-1-301 health insurance: means insurance providing: (i)  a health care benefit; or (ii)  payment of an incurred health care expense. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Indebtedness: means the total amount payable by a debtor to a creditor in connection with a credit transaction, including principal finance charges and interest. See Utah Code 31A-22-802 Independent entity: means an entity having a public purpose relating to the state or its citizens that is individually created by the state or is given by the state the right to exist and conduct its affairs as an: (i)  independent state agency; or (ii)  independent corporation. See Utah Code 63E-1-102 Individual: means a natural person. 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 Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes: (i)  a policyholder; (ii)  a subscriber; (iii)  a member; and (iv)  a beneficiary. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Interested party: means a person that held or holds the position of trustee, director, officer, or other similar position with an independent entity within: (a)  five years prior to the date of an action described in Subsection (5); or (b)  during the privatization of an independent entity. See Utah Code 63E-1-401 Life insurance: means : (i)  insurance on a human life; and (ii)  insurance pertaining to or connected with human life. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Lobbyist: is a person that provided or provides services as a lobbyist, as defined in Section 36-11-102, within: (a)  five years prior to the date of an action described in Subsection (5); or (b)  during the privatization of an independent entity. See Utah Code 63E-1-401 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 Policy: includes a service contract issued by: (i)  a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs; (ii)  a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and (iii)  a corporation licensed under: (A)  Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or (B)  Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Premium: includes , however designated: (i)  an assessment; (ii)  a membership fee; (iii)  a required contribution; or (iv)  monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Privatized: means an action described in Subsection (5)(b) taken under circumstances in which the operations of the independent entity are continued by a successor entity that: (i)  is privately owned; (ii)  is unaffiliated to the state; and (iii)  receives any asset of the independent entity. See Utah Code 63E-1-401 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Quasi-public corporation: means an artificial person, private in ownership, individually created as a corporation by the state, which has accepted from the state the grant of a franchise or contract involving the performance of a public purpose relating to the state or its citizens. See Utah Code 63E-1-102 Rate: means : (i)  the cost of a given unit of insurance; or (ii)  for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as: (A)  a single number; or (B)  a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of: (I)  expenses; (II)  profit; and (III)  individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. 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 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:Utah Code 68-3-12.5