H.B. 61

1

PORTABLE ELECTRONICS INSURANCE RELATED
2 AMENDMENTS
3 2012 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Todd E. Kiser
6 Senate Sponsor: John L. Valentine
7
8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies the Insurance Code to enact the Portable Electronics Insurance Act,
11 address adjusting of portable electronics insurance claims, and make conforming
12 amendments.
13 Highlighted Provisions:
14 This bill:
15 . modifies definitions;
16 . enacts the Portable Electronics Insurance Act, including:
17 . defining terms;
18 . requiring vendors to hold a limited lines license to sell or offer coverage under a
19 portable electronics insurance policy;
20 . providing for application and fees to obtain limited lines license;
21 . addressing employees and authorized representatives of vendors;
22 . providing for penalties for violation of part;
23 . imposing requirements for the sale of portable electronics insurance;
24 . addressing terminating or changing a portable electronics insurance policy; and
25 . addressing billing;
26 . addresses portable electronics claims adjusting and supervision of nonlicensed
27 individuals; and

28 . makes technical and conforming changes.
29 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
30 None
31 Other Special Clauses:
32 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2012.
33 Utah Code Sections Affected:
34 AMENDS:
35 31A-1-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapters 284 and 366
36 31A-23a-106, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 284
37 31A-26-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1995, Chapter 20
38 ENACTS:
39 31A-22-1801, Utah Code Annotated 1953
40 31A-22-1802, Utah Code Annotated 1953
41 31A-22-1803, Utah Code Annotated 1953
42 31A-22-1804, Utah Code Annotated 1953
43 31A-22-1805, Utah Code Annotated 1953
44 31A-22-1806, Utah Code Annotated 1953
45 31A-22-1807, Utah Code Annotated 1953
46 31A-22-1808, Utah Code Annotated 1953
47 31A-22-1809, Utah Code Annotated 1953
48 31A-26-216, Utah Code Annotated 1953
49
50 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
51 Section 1. Section 31A-1-301 is amended to read:
52 31A-1-301. Definitions.
53 As used in this title, unless otherwise specified:
54 (1) (a) "Accident and health insurance" means insurance to provide protection against
55 economic losses resulting from:
56 (i) a medical condition including:
57 (A) a medical care expense; or
58 (B) the risk of disability;

59 (ii) accident; or
60 (iii) sickness.
61 (b) "Accident and health insurance":
62 (i) includes a contract with disability contingencies including:
63 (A) an income replacement contract;
64 (B) a health care contract;
65 (C) an expense reimbursement contract;
66 (D) a credit accident and health contract;
67 (E) a continuing care contract; and
68 (F) a long-term care contract; and
69 (ii) may provide:
70 (A) hospital coverage;
71 (B) surgical coverage;
72 (C) medical coverage;
73 (D) loss of income coverage;
74 (E) prescription drug coverage;
75 (F) dental coverage; or
76 (G) vision coverage.
77 (c) "Accident and health insurance" does not include workers' compensation insurance.
78 (2) "Actuary" is as defined by the commissioner by rule, made in accordance with Title
79 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
80 (3) "Administrator" is defined in Subsection (161).
81 (4) "Adult" means an individual who has attained the age of at least 18 years.
82 (5) "Affiliate" means a person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common
83 control with, another person. A corporation is an affiliate of another corporation, regardless of
84 ownership, if substantially the same group of individuals manage the corporations.
85 (6) "Agency" means:
86 (a) a person other than an individual, including a sole proprietorship by which an
87 individual does business under an assumed name; and
88 (b) an insurance organization licensed or required to be licensed under Section
89 31A-23a-301 , 31A-25-207 , or 31A-26-209 .

90 (7) "Alien insurer" means an insurer domiciled outside the United States.
91 (8) "Amendment" means an endorsement to an insurance policy or certificate.
92 (9) "Annuity" means an agreement to make periodical payments for a period certain or
93 over the lifetime of one or more individuals if the making or continuance of all or some of the
94 series of the payments, or the amount of the payment, is dependent upon the continuance of
95 human life.
96 (10) "Application" means a document:
97 (a) (i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured;
98 and
99 (ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide
100 whether to:
101 (A) insure the risk under:
102 (I) the coverage as originally offered; or
103 (II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or
104 (B) decline to insure the risk; or
105 (b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an
106 annuity contract.
107 (11) "Articles" or "articles of incorporation" means:
108 (a) the original articles;
109 (b) a special law;
110 (c) a charter;
111 (d) an amendment;
112 (e) restated articles;
113 (f) articles of merger or consolidation;
114 (g) a trust instrument;
115 (h) another constitutive document for a trust or other entity that is not a corporation;
116 and
117 (i) an amendment to an item listed in Subsections (11)(a) through (h).
118 (12) "Bail bond insurance" means a guarantee that a person will attend court when
119 required, up to and including surrender of the person in execution of a sentence imposed under
120 Subsection 77-20-7 (1), as a condition to the release of that person from confinement.

121 (13) "Binder" is defined in Section 31A-21-102 .
122 (14) "Blanket insurance policy" means a group policy covering a defined class of
123 persons:
124 (a) without individual underwriting or application; and
125 (b) that is determined by definition without designating each person covered.
126 (15) "Board," "board of trustees," or "board of directors" means the group of persons
127 with responsibility over, or management of, a corporation, however designated.
128 (16) "Bona fide office" means a physical office in this state:
129 (a) that is open to the public;
130 (b) that is staffed during regular business hours on regular business days; and
131 (c) at which the public may appear in person to obtain services.
132 (17) "Business entity" means:
133 (a) a corporation;
134 (b) an association;
135 (c) a partnership;
136 (d) a limited liability company;
137 (e) a limited liability partnership; or
138 (f) another legal entity.
139 (18) "Business of insurance" is defined in Subsection (87).
140 (19) "Business plan" means the information required to be supplied to the
141 commissioner under Subsections 31A-5-204 (2)(i) and (j), including the information required
142 when these subsections apply by reference under:
143 (a) Section 31A-7-201 ;
144 (b) Section 31A-8-205 ; or
145 (c) Subsection 31A-9-205 (2).
146 (20) (a) "Bylaws" means the rules adopted for the regulation or management of a
147 corporation's affairs, however designated.
148 (b) "Bylaws" includes comparable rules for a trust or other entity that is not a
149 corporation.
150 (21) "Captive insurance company" means:
151 (a) an insurer:

152 (i) owned by another organization; and
153 (ii) whose exclusive purpose is to insure risks of the parent organization and an
154 affiliated company; or
155 (b) in the case of a group or association, an insurer:
156 (i) owned by the insureds; and
157 (ii) whose exclusive purpose is to insure risks of:
158 (A) a member organization;
159 (B) a group member; or
160 (C) an affiliate of:
161 (I) a member organization; or
162 (II) a group member.
163 (22) "Casualty insurance" means liability insurance.
164 (23) "Certificate" means evidence of insurance given to:
165 (a) an insured under a group insurance policy; or
166 (b) a third party.
167 (24) "Certificate of authority" is included within the term "license."
168 (25) "Claim," unless the context otherwise requires, means a request or demand on an
169 insurer for payment of a benefit according to the terms of an insurance policy.
170 (26) "Claims-made coverage" means an insurance contract or provision limiting
171 coverage under a policy insuring against legal liability to claims that are first made against the
172 insured while the policy is in force.
173 (27) (a) "Commissioner" or "commissioner of insurance" means Utah's insurance
174 commissioner.
175 (b) When appropriate, the terms listed in Subsection (27)(a) apply to the equivalent
176 supervisory official of another jurisdiction.
177 (28) (a) "Continuing care insurance" means insurance that:
178 (i) provides board and lodging;
179 (ii) provides one or more of the following:
180 (A) a personal service;
181 (B) a nursing service;
182 (C) a medical service; or

183 (D) any other health-related service; and
184 (iii) provides the coverage described in this Subsection (28)(a) under an agreement
185 effective:
186 (A) for the life of the insured; or
187 (B) for a period in excess of one year.
188 (b) Insurance is continuing care insurance regardless of whether or not the board and
189 lodging are provided at the same location as a service described in Subsection (28)(a)(ii).
190 (29) (a) "Control," "controlling," "controlled," or "under common control" means the
191 direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
192 and policies of a person. This control may be:
193 (i) by contract;
194 (ii) by common management;
195 (iii) through the ownership of voting securities; or
196 (iv) by a means other than those described in Subsections (29)(a)(i) through (iii).
197 (b) There is no presumption that an individual holding an official position with another
198 person controls that person solely by reason of the position.
199 (c) A person having a contract or arrangement giving control is considered to have
200 control despite the illegality or invalidity of the contract or arrangement.
201 (d) There is a rebuttable presumption of control in a person who directly or indirectly
202 owns, controls, holds with the power to vote, or holds proxies to vote 10% or more of the
203 voting securities of another person.
204 (30) "Controlled insurer" means a licensed insurer that is either directly or indirectly
205 controlled by a producer.
206 (31) "Controlling person" means a person that directly or indirectly has the power to
207 direct or cause to be directed, the management, control, or activities of a reinsurance
208 intermediary.
209 (32) "Controlling producer" means a producer who directly or indirectly controls an
210 insurer.
211 (33) (a) "Corporation" means an insurance corporation, except when referring to:
212 (i) a corporation doing business:
213 (A) as:

214 (I) an insurance producer;
215 (II) a limited line producer;
216 (III) a consultant;
217 (IV) a managing general agent;
218 (V) a reinsurance intermediary;
219 (VI) a third party administrator; or
220 (VII) an adjuster; and
221 (B) under:
222 (I) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and
223 Reinsurance Intermediaries;
224 (II) Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or
225 (III) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or
226 (ii) a noninsurer that is part of a holding company system under Chapter 16, Insurance
227 Holding Companies.
228 (b) "Stock corporation" means a stock insurance corporation.
229 (c) "Mutual" or "mutual corporation" means a mutual insurance corporation.
230 (34) (a) "Creditable coverage" has the same meaning as provided in federal regulations
231 adopted pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
232 (b) "Creditable coverage" includes coverage that is offered through a public health plan
233 such as:
234 (i) the Primary Care Network Program under a Medicaid primary care network
235 demonstration waiver obtained subject to Section 26-18-3 ;
236 (ii) the Children's Health Insurance Program under Section 26-40-106 ; or
237 (iii) the Ryan White Program Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, Pub. L.
238 101-381, and Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006, Pub. L. 109-415.
239 (35) "Credit accident and health insurance" means insurance on a debtor to provide
240 indemnity for payments coming due on a specific loan or other credit transaction while the
241 debtor has a disability.
242 (36) (a) "Credit insurance" means insurance offered in connection with an extension of
243 credit that is limited to partially or wholly extinguishing that credit obligation.
244 (b) "Credit insurance" includes:

245 (i) credit accident and health insurance;
246 (ii) credit life insurance;
247 (iii) credit property insurance;
248 (iv) credit unemployment insurance;
249 (v) guaranteed automobile protection insurance;
250 (vi) involuntary unemployment insurance;
251 (vii) mortgage accident and health insurance;
252 (viii) mortgage guaranty insurance; and
253 (ix) mortgage life insurance.
254 (37) "Credit life insurance" means insurance on the life of a debtor in connection with
255 an extension of credit that pays a person if the debtor dies.
256 (38) "Credit property insurance" means insurance:
257 (a) offered in connection with an extension of credit; and
258 (b) that protects the property until the debt is paid.
259 (39) "Credit unemployment insurance" means insurance:
260 (a) offered in connection with an extension of credit; and
261 (b) that provides indemnity if the debtor is unemployed for payments coming due on a:
262 (i) specific loan; or
263 (ii) credit transaction.
264 (40) "Creditor" means a person, including an insured, having a claim, whether:
265 (a) matured;
266 (b) unmatured;
267 (c) liquidated;
268 (d) unliquidated;
269 (e) secured;
270 (f) unsecured;
271 (g) absolute;
272 (h) fixed; or
273 (i) contingent.
274 (41) (a) "Customer service representative" means a person that provides an insurance
275 service and insurance product information:

276 (i) for the customer service representative's:
277 (A) producer; or
278 (B) consultant employer; and
279 (ii) to the customer service representative's employer's:
280 (A) customer;
281 (B) client; or
282 (C) organization.
283 (b) A customer service representative may only operate within the scope of authority of
284 the customer service representative's producer or consultant employer.
285 (42) "Deadline" means a final date or time:
286 (a) imposed by:
287 (i) statute;
288 (ii) rule; or
289 (iii) order; and
290 (b) by which a required filing or payment must be received by the department.
291 (43) "Deemer clause" means a provision under this title under which upon the
292 occurrence of a condition precedent, the commissioner is considered to have taken a specific
293 action. If the statute so provides, a condition precedent may be the commissioner's failure to
294 take a specific action.
295 (44) "Degree of relationship" means the number of steps between two persons
296 determined by counting the generations separating one person from a common ancestor and
297 then counting the generations to the other person.
298 (45) "Department" means the Insurance Department.
299 (46) "Director" means a member of the board of directors of a corporation.
300 (47) "Disability" means a physiological or psychological condition that partially or
301 totally limits an individual's ability to:
302 (a) perform the duties of:
303 (i) that individual's occupation; or
304 (ii) any occupation for which the individual is reasonably suited by education, training,
305 or experience; or
306 (b) perform two or more of the following basic activities of daily living:

307 (i) eating;
308 (ii) toileting;
309 (iii) transferring;
310 (iv) bathing; or
311 (v) dressing.
312 (48) "Disability income insurance" is defined in Subsection (78).
313 (49) "Domestic insurer" means an insurer organized under the laws of this state.
314 (50) "Domiciliary state" means the state in which an insurer:
315 (a) is incorporated;
316 (b) is organized; or
317 (c) in the case of an alien insurer, enters into the United States.
318 (51) (a) "Eligible employee" means:
319 (i) an employee who:
320 (A) works on a full-time basis; and
321 (B) has a normal work week of 30 or more hours; or
322 (ii) a person described in Subsection (51)(b).
323 (b) "Eligible employee" includes, if the individual is included under a health benefit
324 plan of a small employer:
325 (i) a sole proprietor;
326 (ii) a partner in a partnership; or
327 (iii) an independent contractor.
328 (c) "Eligible employee" does not include, unless eligible under Subsection (51)(b):
329 (i) an individual who works on a temporary or substitute basis for a small employer;
330 (ii) an employer's spouse; or
331 (iii) a dependent of an employer.
332 (52) "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer.
333 (53) "Employee benefits" means one or more benefits or services provided to:
334 (a) an employee; or
335 (b) a dependent of an employee.
336 (54) (a) "Employee welfare fund" means a fund:
337 (i) established or maintained, whether directly or through a trustee, by:

338 (A) one or more employers;
339 (B) one or more labor organizations; or
340 (C) a combination of employers and labor organizations; and
341 (ii) that provides employee benefits paid or contracted to be paid, other than income
342 from investments of the fund:
343 (A) by or on behalf of an employer doing business in this state; or
344 (B) for the benefit of a person employed in this state.
345 (b) "Employee welfare fund" includes a plan funded or subsidized by a user fee or tax
346 revenues.
347 (55) "Endorsement" means a written agreement attached to a policy or certificate to
348 modify the policy or certificate coverage.
349 (56) "Enrollment date," with respect to a health benefit plan, means:
350 (a) the first day of coverage; or
351 (b) if there is a waiting period, the first day of the waiting period.
352 (57) (a) "Escrow" means:
353 (i) a real estate settlement or real estate closing conducted by a third party pursuant to
354 the requirements of a written agreement between the parties in a real estate transaction; or
355 (ii) a settlement or closing involving:
356 (A) a mobile home;
357 (B) a grazing right;
358 (C) a water right; or
359 (D) other personal property authorized by the commissioner.
360 (b) "Escrow" includes the act of conducting a:
361 (i) real estate settlement; or
362 (ii) real estate closing.
363 (58) "Escrow agent" means:
364 (a) an insurance producer with:
365 (i) a title insurance line of authority; and
366 (ii) an escrow subline of authority; or
367 (b) a person defined as an escrow agent in Section 7-22-101 .
368 (59) (a) "Excludes" is not exhaustive and does not mean that another thing is not also

369 excluded.
370 (b) The items listed in a list using the term "excludes" are representative examples for
371 use in interpretation of this title.
372 (60) "Exclusion" means for the purposes of accident and health insurance that an
373 insurer does not provide insurance coverage, for whatever reason, for one of the following:
374 (a) a specific physical condition;
375 (b) a specific medical procedure;
376 (c) a specific disease or disorder; or
377 (d) a specific prescription drug or class of prescription drugs.
378 (61) "Expense reimbursement insurance" means insurance:
379 (a) written to provide a payment for an expense relating to hospital confinement
380 resulting from illness or injury; and
381 (b) written:
382 (i) as a daily limit for a specific number of days in a hospital; and
383 (ii) to have a one or two day waiting period following a hospitalization.
384 (62) "Fidelity insurance" means insurance guaranteeing the fidelity of a person holding
385 a position of public or private trust.
386 (63) (a) "Filed" means that a filing is:
387 (i) submitted to the department as required by and in accordance with applicable
388 statute, rule, or filing order;
389 (ii) received by the department within the time period provided in applicable statute,
390 rule, or filing order; and
391 (iii) accompanied by the appropriate fee in accordance with:
392 (A) Section 31A-3-103 ; or
393 (B) rule.
394 (b) "Filed" does not include a filing that is rejected by the department because it is not
395 submitted in accordance with Subsection (63)(a).
396 (64) "Filing," when used as a noun, means an item required to be filed with the
397 department including:
398 (a) a policy;
399 (b) a rate;

400 (c) a form;
401 (d) a document;
402 (e) a plan;
403 (f) a manual;
404 (g) an application;
405 (h) a report;
406 (i) a certificate;
407 (j) an endorsement;
408 (k) an actuarial certification;
409 (l) a licensee annual statement;
410 (m) a licensee renewal application;
411 (n) an advertisement; or
412 (o) an outline of coverage.
413 (65) "First party insurance" means an insurance policy or contract in which the insurer
414 agrees to pay a claim submitted to it by the insured for the insured's losses.
415 (66) "Foreign insurer" means an insurer domiciled outside of this state, including an
416 alien insurer.
417 (67) (a) "Form" means one of the following prepared for general use:
418 (i) a policy;
419 (ii) a certificate;
420 (iii) an application;
421 (iv) an outline of coverage; or
422 (v) an endorsement.
423 (b) "Form" does not include a document specially prepared for use in an individual
424 case.
425 (68) "Franchise insurance" means an individual insurance policy provided through a
426 mass marketing arrangement involving a defined class of persons related in some way other
427 than through the purchase of insurance.
428 (69) "General lines of authority" include:
429 (a) the general lines of insurance in Subsection (70);
430 (b) title insurance under one of the following sublines of authority:

431 (i) search, including authority to act as a title marketing representative;
432 (ii) escrow, including authority to act as a title marketing representative; and
433 (iii) title marketing representative only;
434 (c) surplus lines;
435 (d) workers' compensation; and
436 (e) any other line of insurance that the commissioner considers necessary to recognize
437 in the public interest.
438 (70) "General lines of insurance" include:
439 (a) accident and health;
440 (b) casualty;
441 (c) life;
442 (d) personal lines;
443 (e) property; and
444 (f) variable contracts, including variable life and annuity.
445 (71) "Group health plan" means an employee welfare benefit plan to the extent that the
446 plan provides medical care:
447 (a) (i) to an employee; or
448 (ii) to a dependent of an employee; and
449 (b) (i) directly;
450 (ii) through insurance reimbursement; or
451 (iii) through another method.
452 (72) (a) "Group insurance policy" means a policy covering a group of persons that is
453 issued:
454 (i) to a policyholder on behalf of the group; and
455 (ii) for the benefit of a member of the group who is selected under a procedure defined
456 in:
457 (A) the policy; or
458 (B) an agreement that is collateral to the policy.
459 (b) A group insurance policy may include a member of the policyholder's family or a
460 dependent.
461 (73) "Guaranteed automobile protection insurance" means insurance offered in

462 connection with an extension of credit that pays the difference in amount between the
463 insurance settlement and the balance of the loan if the insured automobile is a total loss.
464 (74) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (74)(b), "health benefit plan" means a policy
465 or certificate that:
466 (i) provides health care insurance;
467 (ii) provides major medical expense insurance; or
468 (iii) is offered as a substitute for hospital or medical expense insurance, such as:
469 (A) a hospital confinement indemnity; or
470 (B) a limited benefit plan.
471 (b) "Health benefit plan" does not include a policy or certificate that:
472 (i) provides benefits solely for:
473 (A) accident;
474 (B) dental;
475 (C) income replacement;
476 (D) long-term care;
477 (E) a Medicare supplement;
478 (F) a specified disease;
479 (G) vision; or
480 (H) a short-term limited duration; or
481 (ii) is offered and marketed as supplemental health insurance.
482 (75) "Health care" means any of the following intended for use in the diagnosis,
483 treatment, mitigation, or prevention of a human ailment or impairment:
484 (a) a professional service;
485 (b) a personal service;
486 (c) a facility;
487 (d) equipment;
488 (e) a device;
489 (f) supplies; or
490 (g) medicine.
491 (76) (a) "Health care insurance" or "health insurance" means insurance providing:
492 (i) a health care benefit; or

493 (ii) payment of an incurred health care expense.
494 (b) "Health care insurance" or "health insurance" does not include accident and health
495 insurance providing a benefit for:
496 (i) replacement of income;
497 (ii) short-term accident;
498 (iii) fixed indemnity;
499 (iv) credit accident and health;
500 (v) supplements to liability;
501 (vi) workers' compensation;
502 (vii) automobile medical payment;
503 (viii) no-fault automobile;
504 (ix) equivalent self-insurance; or
505 (x) a type of accident and health insurance coverage that is a part of or attached to
506 another type of policy.
507 (77) "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act" means the Health Insurance
508 Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936, as amended.
509 (78) "Income replacement insurance" or "disability income insurance" means insurance
510 written to provide payments to replace income lost from accident or sickness.
511 (79) "Indemnity" means the payment of an amount to offset all or part of an insured
512 loss.
513 (80) "Independent adjuster" means an insurance adjuster required to be licensed under
514 Section 31A-26-201 who engages in insurance adjusting as a representative of an insurer.
515 (81) "Independently procured insurance" means insurance procured under Section
516 31A-15-104 .
517 (82) "Individual" means a natural person.
518 (83) "Inland marine insurance" includes insurance covering:
519 (a) property in transit on or over land;
520 (b) property in transit over water by means other than boat or ship;
521 (c) bailee liability;
522 (d) fixed transportation property such as bridges, electric transmission systems, radio
523 and television transmission towers and tunnels; and

524 (e) personal and commercial property floaters.
525 (84) "Insolvency" means that:
526 (a) an insurer is unable to pay its debts or meet its obligations as the debts and
527 obligations mature;
528 (b) an insurer's total adjusted capital is less than the insurer's mandatory control level
529 RBC under Subsection 31A-17-601 (8)(c); or
530 (c) an insurer is determined to be hazardous under this title.
531 (85) (a) "Insurance" means:
532 (i) an arrangement, contract, or plan for the transfer of a risk or risks from one or more
533 persons to one or more other persons; or
534 (ii) an arrangement, contract, or plan for the distribution of a risk or risks among a
535 group of persons that includes the person seeking to distribute that person's risk.
536 (b) "Insurance" includes:
537 (i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for
538 damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
539 (ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a
540 business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
541 (iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement,
542 but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk.
543 (86) "Insurance adjuster" means a person who directs the investigation, negotiation, or
544 settlement of a claim under an insurance policy other than life insurance or an annuity, on
545 behalf of an insurer, policyholder, or a claimant under an insurance policy.
546 (87) "Insurance business" or "business of insurance" includes:
547 (a) providing health care insurance by an organization that is or is required to be
548 licensed under this title;
549 (b) providing a benefit to an employee in the event of a contingency not within the
550 control of the employee, in which the employee is entitled to the benefit as a right, which
551 benefit may be provided either:
552 (i) by a single employer or by multiple employer groups; or
553 (ii) through one or more trusts, associations, or other entities;
554 (c) providing an annuity:

555 (i) including an annuity issued in return for a gift; and
556 (ii) except an annuity provided by a person specified in Subsections 31A-22-1305 (2)
557 and (3);
558 (d) providing the characteristic services of a motor club as outlined in Subsection
559 (115);
560 (e) providing another person with insurance;
561 (f) making as insurer, guarantor, or surety, or proposing to make as insurer, guarantor,
562 or surety, a contract or policy of title insurance;
563 (g) transacting or proposing to transact any phase of title insurance, including:
564 (i) solicitation;
565 (ii) negotiation preliminary to execution;
566 (iii) execution of a contract of title insurance;
567 (iv) insuring; and
568 (v) transacting matters subsequent to the execution of the contract and arising out of
569 the contract, including reinsurance;
570 (h) transacting or proposing a life settlement; and
571 (i) doing, or proposing to do, any business in substance equivalent to Subsections
572 (87)(a) through (h) in a manner designed to evade this title.
573 (88) "Insurance consultant" or "consultant" means a person who:
574 (a) advises another person about insurance needs and coverages;
575 (b) is compensated by the person advised on a basis not directly related to the insurance
576 placed; and
577 (c) except as provided in Section 31A-23a-501 , is not compensated directly or
578 indirectly by an insurer or producer for advice given.
579 (89) "Insurance holding company system" means a group of two or more affiliated
580 persons, at least one of whom is an insurer.
581 (90) (a) "Insurance producer" or "producer" means a person licensed or required to be
582 licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance.
583 (b) (i) "Producer for the insurer" means a producer who is compensated directly or
584 indirectly by an insurer for selling, soliciting, or negotiating an insurance product of that
585 insurer.

586 (ii) "Producer for the insurer" may be referred to as an "agent."
587 (c) (i) "Producer for the insured" means a producer who:
588 (A) is compensated directly and only by an insurance customer or an insured; and
589 (B) receives no compensation directly or indirectly from an insurer for selling,
590 soliciting, or negotiating an insurance product of that insurer to an insurance customer or
591 insured.
592 (ii) "Producer for the insured" may be referred to as a "broker."
593 (91) (a) "Insured" means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a
594 promise in an insurance policy and includes:
595 (i) a policyholder;
596 (ii) a subscriber;
597 (iii) a member; and
598 (iv) a beneficiary.
599 (b) The definition in Subsection (91)(a):
600 (i) applies only to this title; and
601 (ii) does not define the meaning of this word as used in an insurance policy or
602 certificate.
603 (92) (a) "Insurer" means a person doing an insurance business as a principal including:
604 (i) a fraternal benefit society;
605 (ii) an issuer of a gift annuity other than an annuity specified in Subsections
606 31A-22-1305 (2) and (3);
607 (iii) a motor club;
608 (iv) an employee welfare plan; and
609 (v) a person purporting or intending to do an insurance business as a principal on that
610 person's own account.
611 (b) "Insurer" does not include a governmental entity to the extent the governmental
612 entity is engaged in an activity described in Section 31A-12-107 .
613 (93) "Interinsurance exchange" is defined in Subsection (144).
614 (94) "Involuntary unemployment insurance" means insurance:
615 (a) offered in connection with an extension of credit; and
616 (b) that provides indemnity if the debtor is involuntarily unemployed for payments

617 coming due on a:
618 (i) specific loan; or
619 (ii) credit transaction.
620 (95) "Large employer," in connection with a health benefit plan, means an employer
621 who, with respect to a calendar year and to a plan year:
622 (a) employed an average of at least 51 eligible employees on each business day during
623 the preceding calendar year; and
624 (b) employs at least two employees on the first day of the plan year.
625 (96) "Late enrollee," with respect to an employer health benefit plan, means an
626 individual whose enrollment is a late enrollment.
627 (97) "Late enrollment," with respect to an employer health benefit plan, means
628 enrollment of an individual other than:
629 (a) on the earliest date on which coverage can become effective for the individual
630 under the terms of the plan; or
631 (b) through special enrollment.
632 (98) (a) Except for a retainer contract or legal assistance described in Section
633 31A-1-103 , "legal expense insurance" means insurance written to indemnify or pay for a
634 specified legal expense.
635 (b) "Legal expense insurance" includes an arrangement that creates a reasonable
636 expectation of an enforceable right.
637 (c) "Legal expense insurance" does not include the provision of, or reimbursement for,
638 legal services incidental to other insurance coverage.
639 (99) (a) "Liability insurance" means insurance against liability:
640 (i) for death, injury, or disability of a human being, or for damage to property,
641 exclusive of the coverages under:
642 (A) Subsection (109) for medical malpractice insurance;
643 (B) Subsection (136) for professional liability insurance; and
644 (C) Subsection (170) for workers' compensation insurance;
645 (ii) for a medical, hospital, surgical, and funeral benefit to a person other than the
646 insured who is injured, irrespective of legal liability of the insured, when issued with or
647 supplemental to insurance against legal liability for the death, injury, or disability of a human

648 being, exclusive of the coverages under:
649 (A) Subsection (109) for medical malpractice insurance;
650 (B) Subsection (136) for professional liability insurance; and
651 (C) Subsection (170) for workers' compensation insurance;
652 (iii) for loss or damage to property resulting from an accident to or explosion of a
653 boiler, pipe, pressure container, machinery, or apparatus;
654 (iv) for loss or damage to property caused by:
655 (A) the breakage or leakage of a sprinkler, water pipe, or water container; or
656 (B) water entering through a leak or opening in a building; or
657 (v) for other loss or damage properly the subject of insurance not within another kind
658 of insurance as defined in this chapter, if the insurance is not contrary to law or public policy.
659 (b) "Liability insurance" includes:
660 (i) vehicle liability insurance;
661 (ii) residential dwelling liability insurance; and
662 (iii) making inspection of, and issuing a certificate of inspection upon, an elevator,
663 boiler, machinery, or apparatus of any kind when done in connection with insurance on the
664 elevator, boiler, machinery, or apparatus.
665 (100) (a) "License" means authorization issued by the commissioner to engage in an
666 activity that is part of or related to the insurance business.
667 (b) "License" includes a certificate of authority issued to an insurer.
668 (101) (a) "Life insurance" means:
669 (i) insurance on a human life; and
670 (ii) insurance pertaining to or connected with human life.
671 (b) The business of life insurance includes:
672 (i) granting a death benefit;
673 (ii) granting an annuity benefit;
674 (iii) granting an endowment benefit;
675 (iv) granting an additional benefit in the event of death by accident;
676 (v) granting an additional benefit to safeguard the policy against lapse; and
677 (vi) providing an optional method of settlement of proceeds.
678 (102) "Limited license" means a license that:

679 (a) is issued for a specific product of insurance; and
680 (b) limits an individual or agency to transact only for that product or insurance.
681 (103) "Limited line credit insurance" includes the following forms of insurance:
682 (a) credit life;
683 (b) credit accident and health;
684 (c) credit property;
685 (d) credit unemployment;
686 (e) involuntary unemployment;
687 (f) mortgage life;
688 (g) mortgage guaranty;
689 (h) mortgage accident and health;
690 (i) guaranteed automobile protection; and
691 (j) another form of insurance offered in connection with an extension of credit that:
692 (i) is limited to partially or wholly extinguishing the credit obligation; and
693 (ii) the commissioner determines by rule should be designated as a form of limited line
694 credit insurance.
695 (104) "Limited line credit insurance producer" means a person who sells, solicits, or
696 negotiates one or more forms of limited line credit insurance coverage to an individual through
697 a master, corporate, group, or individual policy.
698 (105) "Limited line insurance" includes:
699 (a) bail bond;
700 (b) limited line credit insurance;
701 (c) legal expense insurance;
702 (d) motor club insurance;
703 (e) car rental related insurance;
704 (f) travel insurance;
705 (g) crop insurance;
706 (h) self-service storage insurance;
707 (i) guaranteed asset protection waiver; [and]
708 (j) portable electronics insurance; and
709 [(j)] (k) another form of limited insurance that the commissioner determines by rule

710 should be designated a form of limited line insurance.
711 (106) "Limited lines authority" includes:
712 (a) the lines of insurance listed in Subsection (105); and
713 (b) a customer service representative.
714 (107) "Limited lines producer" means a person who sells, solicits, or negotiates limited
715 lines insurance.
716 (108) (a) "Long-term care insurance" means an insurance policy or rider advertised,
717 marketed, offered, or designated to provide coverage:
718 (i) in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital;
719 (ii) for not less than 12 consecutive months for a covered person on the basis of:
720 (A) expenses incurred;
721 (B) indemnity;
722 (C) prepayment; or
723 (D) another method;
724 (iii) for one or more necessary or medically necessary services that are:
725 (A) diagnostic;
726 (B) preventative;
727 (C) therapeutic;
728 (D) rehabilitative;
729 (E) maintenance; or
730 (F) personal care; and
731 (iv) that may be issued by:
732 (A) an insurer;
733 (B) a fraternal benefit society;
734 (C) (I) a nonprofit health hospital; and
735 (II) a medical service corporation;
736 (D) a prepaid health plan;
737 (E) a health maintenance organization; or
738 (F) an entity similar to the entities described in Subsections (108)(a)(iv)(A) through (E)
739 to the extent that the entity is otherwise authorized to issue life or health care insurance.
740 (b) "Long-term care insurance" includes:

741 (i) any of the following that provide directly or supplement long-term care insurance:
742 (A) a group or individual annuity or rider; or
743 (B) a life insurance policy or rider;
744 (ii) a policy or rider that provides for payment of benefits on the basis of:
745 (A) cognitive impairment; or
746 (B) functional capacity; or
747 (iii) a qualified long-term care insurance contract.
748 (c) "Long-term care insurance" does not include:
749 (i) a policy that is offered primarily to provide basic Medicare supplement coverage;
750 (ii) basic hospital expense coverage;
751 (iii) basic medical/surgical expense coverage;
752 (iv) hospital confinement indemnity coverage;
753 (v) major medical expense coverage;
754 (vi) income replacement or related asset-protection coverage;
755 (vii) accident only coverage;
756 (viii) coverage for a specified:
757 (A) disease; or
758 (B) accident;
759 (ix) limited benefit health coverage; or
760 (x) a life insurance policy that accelerates the death benefit to provide the option of a
761 lump sum payment:
762 (A) if the following are not conditioned on the receipt of long-term care:
763 (I) benefits; or
764 (II) eligibility; and
765 (B) the coverage is for one or more the following qualifying events:
766 (I) terminal illness;
767 (II) medical conditions requiring extraordinary medical intervention; or
768 (III) permanent institutional confinement.
769 (109) "Medical malpractice insurance" means insurance against legal liability incident
770 to the practice and provision of a medical service other than the practice and provision of a
771 dental service.

772 (110) "Member" means a person having membership rights in an insurance
773 corporation.
774 (111) "Minimum capital" or "minimum required capital" means the capital that must be
775 constantly maintained by a stock insurance corporation as required by statute.
776 (112) "Mortgage accident and health insurance" means insurance offered in connection
777 with an extension of credit that provides indemnity for payments coming due on a mortgage
778 while the debtor has a disability.
779 (113) "Mortgage guaranty insurance" means surety insurance under which a mortgagee
780 or other creditor is indemnified against losses caused by the default of a debtor.
781 (114) "Mortgage life insurance" means insurance on the life of a debtor in connection
782 with an extension of credit that pays if the debtor dies.
783 (115) "Motor club" means a person:
784 (a) licensed under:
785 (i) Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations;
786 (ii) Chapter 11, Motor Clubs; or
787 (iii) Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers; and
788 (b) that promises for an advance consideration to provide for a stated period of time
789 one or more:
790 (i) legal services under Subsection 31A-11-102 (1)(b);
791 (ii) bail services under Subsection 31A-11-102 (1)(c); or
792 (iii) (A) trip reimbursement;
793 (B) towing services;
794 (C) emergency road services;
795 (D) stolen automobile services;
796 (E) a combination of the services listed in Subsections (115)(b)(iii)(A) through (D); or
797 (F) other services given in Subsections 31A-11-102 (1)(b) through (f).
798 (116) "Mutual" means a mutual insurance corporation.
799 (117) "Network plan" means health care insurance:
800 (a) that is issued by an insurer; and
801 (b) under which the financing and delivery of medical care is provided, in whole or in
802 part, through a defined set of providers under contract with the insurer, including the financing

803 and delivery of an item paid for as medical care.
804 (118) "Nonparticipating" means a plan of insurance under which the insured is not
805 entitled to receive a dividend representing a share of the surplus of the insurer.
806 (119) "Ocean marine insurance" means insurance against loss of or damage to:
807 (a) ships or hulls of ships;
808 (b) goods, freight, cargoes, merchandise, effects, disbursements, profits, money,
809 securities, choses in action, evidences of debt, valuable papers, bottomry, respondentia
810 interests, or other cargoes in or awaiting transit over the oceans or inland waterways;
811 (c) earnings such as freight, passage money, commissions, or profits derived from
812 transporting goods or people upon or across the oceans or inland waterways; or
813 (d) a vessel owner or operator as a result of liability to employees, passengers, bailors,
814 owners of other vessels, owners of fixed objects, customs or other authorities, or other persons
815 in connection with maritime activity.
816 (120) "Order" means an order of the commissioner.
817 (121) "Outline of coverage" means a summary that explains an accident and health
818 insurance policy.
819 (122) "Participating" means a plan of insurance under which the insured is entitled to
820 receive a dividend representing a share of the surplus of the insurer.
821 (123) "Participation," as used in a health benefit plan, means a requirement relating to
822 the minimum percentage of eligible employees that must be enrolled in relation to the total
823 number of eligible employees of an employer reduced by each eligible employee who
824 voluntarily declines coverage under the plan because the employee:
825 (a) has other group health care insurance coverage; or
826 (b) receives:
827 (i) Medicare, under the Health Insurance for the Aged Act, Title XVIII of the Social
828 Security Amendments of 1965; or
829 (ii) another government health benefit.
830 (124) "Person" includes:
831 (a) an individual;
832 (b) a partnership;
833 (c) a corporation;

834 (d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
835 (e) a joint stock company;
836 (f) a trust;
837 (g) a limited liability company;
838 (h) a reciprocal;
839 (i) a syndicate; or
840 (j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert.
841 (125) "Personal lines insurance" means property and casualty insurance coverage sold
842 for primarily noncommercial purposes to:
843 (a) an individual; or
844 (b) a family.
845 (126) "Plan sponsor" is as defined in 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1002(16)(B).
846 (127) "Plan year" means:
847 (a) the year that is designated as the plan year in:
848 (i) the plan document of a group health plan; or
849 (ii) a summary plan description of a group health plan;
850 (b) if the plan document or summary plan description does not designate a plan year or
851 there is no plan document or summary plan description:
852 (i) the year used to determine deductibles or limits;
853 (ii) the policy year, if the plan does not impose deductibles or limits on a yearly basis;
854 or
855 (iii) the employer's taxable year if:
856 (A) the plan does not impose deductibles or limits on a yearly basis; and
857 (B) (I) the plan is not insured; or
858 (II) the insurance policy is not renewed on an annual basis; or
859 (c) in a case not described in Subsection (127)(a) or (b), the calendar year.
860 (128) (a) "Policy" means a document, including an attached endorsement or application
861 that:
862 (i) purports to be an enforceable contract; and
863 (ii) memorializes in writing some or all of the terms of an insurance contract.
864 (b) "Policy" includes a service contract issued by:

865 (i) a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs;
866 (ii) a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and
867 (iii) a corporation licensed under:
868 (A) Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or
869 (B) Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans.
870 (c) "Policy" does not include:
871 (i) a certificate under a group insurance contract; or
872 (ii) a document that does not purport to have legal effect.
873 (129) "Policyholder" means a person who controls a policy, binder, or oral contract by
874 ownership, premium payment, or otherwise.
875 (130) "Policy illustration" means a presentation or depiction that includes
876 nonguaranteed elements of a policy of life insurance over a period of years.
877 (131) "Policy summary" means a synopsis describing the elements of a life insurance
878 policy.
879 (132) "Preexisting condition," with respect to a health benefit plan:
880 (a) means a condition that was present before the effective date of coverage, whether or
881 not medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received before that day;
882 and
883 (b) does not include a condition indicated by genetic information unless an actual
884 diagnosis of the condition by a physician has been made.
885 (133) (a) "Premium" means the monetary consideration for an insurance policy.
886 (b) "Premium" includes, however designated:
887 (i) an assessment;
888 (ii) a membership fee;
889 (iii) a required contribution; or
890 (iv) monetary consideration.
891 (c) (i) "Premium" does not include consideration paid to a third party administrator for
892 the third party administrator's services.
893 (ii) "Premium" includes an amount paid by a third party administrator to an insurer for
894 insurance on the risks administered by the third party administrator.
895 (134) "Principal officers" for a corporation means the officers designated under

896 Subsection 31A-5-203 (3).
897 (135) "Proceeding" includes an action or special statutory proceeding.
898 (136) "Professional liability insurance" means insurance against legal liability incident
899 to the practice of a profession and provision of a professional service.
900 (137) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (137)(b), "property insurance" means
901 insurance against loss or damage to real or personal property of every kind and any interest in
902 that property:
903 (i) from all hazards or causes; and
904 (ii) against loss consequential upon the loss or damage including vehicle
905 comprehensive and vehicle physical damage coverages.
906 (b) "Property insurance" does not include:
907 (i) inland marine insurance; and
908 (ii) ocean marine insurance.
909 (138) "Qualified long-term care insurance contract" or "federally tax qualified
910 long-term care insurance contract" means:
911 (a) an individual or group insurance contract that meets the requirements of Section
912 7702B(b), Internal Revenue Code; or
913 (b) the portion of a life insurance contract that provides long-term care insurance:
914 (i) (A) by rider; or
915 (B) as a part of the contract; and
916 (ii) that satisfies the requirements of Sections 7702B(b) and (e), Internal Revenue
917 Code.
918 (139) "Qualified United States financial institution" means an institution that:
919 (a) is:
920 (i) organized under the laws of the United States or any state; or
921 (ii) in the case of a United States office of a foreign banking organization, licensed
922 under the laws of the United States or any state;
923 (b) is regulated, supervised, and examined by a United States federal or state authority
924 having regulatory authority over a bank or trust company; and
925 (c) meets the standards of financial condition and standing that are considered
926 necessary and appropriate to regulate the quality of a financial institution whose letters of credit

927 will be acceptable to the commissioner as determined by:
928 (i) the commissioner by rule; or
929 (ii) the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance
930 Commissioners.
931 (140) (a) "Rate" means:
932 (i) the cost of a given unit of insurance; or
933 (ii) for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either
934 expressed as:
935 (A) a single number; or
936 (B) a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations
937 based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of:
938 (I) expenses;
939 (II) profit; and
940 (III) individual insurer variation in loss experience.
941 (b) "Rate" does not include a minimum premium.
942 (141) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (141)(b), "rate service organization" means
943 a person who assists an insurer in rate making or filing by:
944 (i) collecting, compiling, and furnishing loss or expense statistics;
945 (ii) recommending, making, or filing rates or supplementary rate information; or
946 (iii) advising about rate questions, except as an attorney giving legal advice.
947 (b) "Rate service organization" does not mean:
948 (i) an employee of an insurer;
949 (ii) a single insurer or group of insurers under common control;
950 (iii) a joint underwriting group; or
951 (iv) an individual serving as an actuarial or legal consultant.
952 (142) "Rating manual" means any of the following used to determine initial and
953 renewal policy premiums:
954 (a) a manual of rates;
955 (b) a classification;
956 (c) a rate-related underwriting rule; and
957 (d) a rating formula that describes steps, policies, and procedures for determining

958 initial and renewal policy premiums.
959 (143) "Received by the department" means:
960 (a) the date delivered to and stamped received by the department, if delivered in
961 person;
962 (b) the post mark date, if delivered by mail;
963 (c) the delivery service's post mark or pickup date, if delivered by a delivery service;
964 (d) the received date recorded on an item delivered, if delivered by:
965 (i) facsimile;
966 (ii) email; or
967 (iii) another electronic method; or
968 (e) a date specified in:
969 (i) a statute;
970 (ii) a rule; or
971 (iii) an order.
972 (144) "Reciprocal" or "interinsurance exchange" means an unincorporated association
973 of persons:
974 (a) operating through an attorney-in-fact common to all of the persons; and
975 (b) exchanging insurance contracts with one another that provide insurance coverage
976 on each other.
977 (145) "Reinsurance" means an insurance transaction where an insurer, for
978 consideration, transfers any portion of the risk it has assumed to another insurer. In referring to
979 reinsurance transactions, this title sometimes refers to:
980 (a) the insurer transferring the risk as the "ceding insurer"; and
981 (b) the insurer assuming the risk as the:
982 (i) "assuming insurer"; or
983 (ii) "assuming reinsurer."
984 (146) "Reinsurer" means a person licensed in this state as an insurer with the authority
985 to assume reinsurance.
986 (147) "Residential dwelling liability insurance" means insurance against liability
987 resulting from or incident to the ownership, maintenance, or use of a residential dwelling that is
988 a detached single family residence or multifamily residence up to four units.

989 (148) (a) "Retrocession" means reinsurance with another insurer of a liability assumed
990 under a reinsurance contract.
991 (b) A reinsurer "retrocedes" when the reinsurer reinsures with another insurer part of a
992 liability assumed under a reinsurance contract.
993 (149) "Rider" means an endorsement to:
994 (a) an insurance policy; or
995 (b) an insurance certificate.
996 (150) (a) "Security" means a:
997 (i) note;
998 (ii) stock;
999 (iii) bond;
1000 (iv) debenture;
1001 (v) evidence of indebtedness;
1002 (vi) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
1003 (vii) collateral-trust certificate;
1004 (viii) preorganization certificate or subscription;
1005 (ix) transferable share;
1006 (x) investment contract;
1007 (xi) voting trust certificate;
1008 (xii) certificate of deposit for a security;
1009 (xiii) certificate of interest of participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in
1010 payments out of production under such a title or lease;
1011 (xiv) commodity contract or commodity option;
1012 (xv) certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for,
1013 receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the items listed
1014 in Subsections (150)(a)(i) through (xiv); or
1015 (xvi) another interest or instrument commonly known as a security.
1016 (b) "Security" does not include:
1017 (i) any of the following under which an insurance company promises to pay money in a
1018 specific lump sum or periodically for life or some other specified period:
1019 (A) insurance;

1020 (B) an endowment policy; or
1021 (C) an annuity contract; or
1022 (ii) a burial certificate or burial contract.
1023 (151) "Secondary medical condition" means a complication related to an exclusion
1024 from coverage in accident and health insurance.
1025 (152) (a) "Self-insurance" means an arrangement under which a person provides for
1026 spreading its own risks by a systematic plan.
1027 (b) Except as provided in this Subsection (152), "self-insurance" does not include an
1028 arrangement under which a number of persons spread their risks among themselves.
1029 (c) "Self-insurance" includes:
1030 (i) an arrangement by which a governmental entity undertakes to indemnify an
1031 employee for liability arising out of the employee's employment; and
1032 (ii) an arrangement by which a person with a managed program of self-insurance and
1033 risk management undertakes to indemnify its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, or
1034 employees for liability or risk that is related to the relationship or employment.
1035 (d) "Self-insurance" does not include an arrangement with an independent contractor.
1036 (153) "Sell" means to exchange a contract of insurance:
1037 (a) by any means;
1038 (b) for money or its equivalent; and
1039 (c) on behalf of an insurance company.
1040 (154) "Short-term care insurance" means an insurance policy or rider advertised,
1041 marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage that is similar to long-term care insurance,
1042 but that provides coverage for less than 12 consecutive months for each covered person.
1043 (155) "Significant break in coverage" means a period of 63 consecutive days during
1044 each of which an individual does not have creditable coverage.
1045 (156) "Small employer," in connection with a health benefit plan, means an employer
1046 who, with respect to a calendar year and to a plan year:
1047 (a) employed an average of at least two employees but not more than 50 eligible
1048 employees on each business day during the preceding calendar year; and
1049 (b) employs at least two employees on the first day of the plan year.
1050 (157) "Special enrollment period," in connection with a health benefit plan, has the

1051 same meaning as provided in federal regulations adopted pursuant to the Health Insurance
1052 Portability and Accountability Act.
1053 (158) (a) "Subsidiary" of a person means an affiliate controlled by that person either
1054 directly or indirectly through one or more affiliates or intermediaries.
1055 (b) "Wholly owned subsidiary" of a person is a subsidiary of which all of the voting
1056 shares are owned by that person either alone or with its affiliates, except for the minimum
1057 number of shares the law of the subsidiary's domicile requires to be owned by directors or
1058 others.
1059 (159) Subject to Subsection (85)(b), "surety insurance" includes:
1060 (a) a guarantee against loss or damage resulting from the failure of a principal to pay or
1061 perform the principal's obligations to a creditor or other obligee;
1062 (b) bail bond insurance; and
1063 (c) fidelity insurance.
1064 (160) (a) "Surplus" means the excess of assets over the sum of paid-in capital and
1065 liabilities.
1066 (b) (i) "Permanent surplus" means the surplus of a mutual insurer that is designated by
1067 the insurer as permanent.
1068 (ii) Sections 31A-5-211 , 31A-7-201 , 31A-8-209 , 31A-9-209 , and 31A-14-209 require
1069 that mutuals doing business in this state maintain specified minimum levels of permanent
1070 surplus.
1071 (iii) Except for assessable mutuals, the minimum permanent surplus requirement is the
1072 same as the minimum required capital requirement that applies to stock insurers.
1073 (c) "Excess surplus" means:
1074 (i) for a life insurer, accident and health insurer, health organization, or property and
1075 casualty insurer as defined in Section 31A-17-601 , the lesser of:
1076 (A) that amount of an insurer's or health organization's total adjusted capital that
1077 exceeds the product of:
1078 (I) 2.5; and
1079 (II) the sum of the insurer's or health organization's minimum capital or permanent
1080 surplus required under Section 31A-5-211 , 31A-9-209 , or 31A-14-205 ; or
1081 (B) that amount of an insurer's or health organization's total adjusted capital that

1082 exceeds the product of:
1083 (I) 3.0; and
1084 (II) the authorized control level RBC as defined in Subsection 31A-17-601 (8)(a); and
1085 (ii) for a monoline mortgage guaranty insurer, financial guaranty insurer, or title insurer
1086 that amount of an insurer's paid-in-capital and surplus that exceeds the product of:
1087 (A) 1.5; and
1088 (B) the insurer's total adjusted capital required by Subsection 31A-17-609 (1).
1089 (161) "Third party administrator" or "administrator" means a person who collects
1090 charges or premiums from, or who, for consideration, adjusts or settles claims of residents of
1091 the state in connection with insurance coverage, annuities, or service insurance coverage,
1092 except:
1093 (a) a union on behalf of its members;
1094 (b) a person administering a:
1095 (i) pension plan subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1096 1974;
1097 (ii) governmental plan as defined in Section 414(d), Internal Revenue Code; or
1098 (iii) nonelecting church plan as described in Section 410(d), Internal Revenue Code;
1099 (c) an employer on behalf of the employer's employees or the employees of one or
1100 more of the subsidiary or affiliated corporations of the employer;
1101 (d) an insurer licensed under the following, but only for a line of insurance for which
1102 the insurer holds a license in this state:
1103 (i) Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations;
1104 (ii) Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations;
1105 (iii) Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans;
1106 (iv) Chapter 9, Insurance Fraternals; or
1107 (v) Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers; or
1108 (e) a person:
1109 (i) licensed or exempt from licensing under:
1110 (A) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and
1111 Reinsurance Intermediaries; or
1112 (B) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; and

1113 (ii) whose activities are limited to those authorized under the license the person holds
1114 or for which the person is exempt.
1115 (162) "Title insurance" means the insuring, guaranteeing, or indemnifying of an owner
1116 of real or personal property or the holder of liens or encumbrances on that property, or others
1117 interested in the property against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens or encumbrances
1118 upon, defects in, or the unmarketability of the title to the property, or invalidity or
1119 unenforceability of any liens or encumbrances on the property.
1120 (163) "Total adjusted capital" means the sum of an insurer's or health organization's
1121 statutory capital and surplus as determined in accordance with:
1122 (a) the statutory accounting applicable to the annual financial statements required to be
1123 filed under Section 31A-4-113 ; and
1124 (b) another item provided by the RBC instructions, as RBC instructions is defined in
1125 Section 31A-17-601 .
1126 (164) (a) "Trustee" means "director" when referring to the board of directors of a
1127 corporation.
1128 (b) "Trustee," when used in reference to an employee welfare fund, means an
1129 individual, firm, association, organization, joint stock company, or corporation, whether acting
1130 individually or jointly and whether designated by that name or any other, that is charged with
1131 or has the overall management of an employee welfare fund.
1132 (165) (a) "Unauthorized insurer," "unadmitted insurer," or "nonadmitted insurer"
1133 means an insurer:
1134 (i) not holding a valid certificate of authority to do an insurance business in this state;
1135 or
1136 (ii) transacting business not authorized by a valid certificate.
1137 (b) "Admitted insurer" or "authorized insurer" means an insurer:
1138 (i) holding a valid certificate of authority to do an insurance business in this state; and
1139 (ii) transacting business as authorized by a valid certificate.
1140 (166) "Underwrite" means the authority to accept or reject risk on behalf of the insurer.
1141 (167) "Vehicle liability insurance" means insurance against liability resulting from or
1142 incident to ownership, maintenance, or use of a land vehicle or aircraft, exclusive of a vehicle
1143 comprehensive or vehicle physical damage coverage under Subsection (137).

1144 (168) "Voting security" means a security with voting rights, and includes a security
1145 convertible into a security with a voting right associated with the security.
1146 (169) "Waiting period" for a health benefit plan means the period that must pass before
1147 coverage for an individual, who is otherwise eligible to enroll under the terms of the health
1148 benefit plan, can become effective.
1149 (170) "Workers' compensation insurance" means:
1150 (a) insurance for indemnification of an employer against liability for compensation
1151 based on:
1152 (i) a compensable accidental injury; and
1153 (ii) occupational disease disability;
1154 (b) employer's liability insurance incidental to workers' compensation insurance and
1155 written in connection with workers' compensation insurance; and
1156 (c) insurance assuring to a person entitled to workers' compensation benefits the
1157 compensation provided by law.
1158 Section 2. Section 31A-22-1801 is enacted to read:
1159 Part 18. Portable Electronics Insurance Act
1160 31A-22-1801. Title.
1161 This part is known as the "Portable Electronics Insurance Act."
1162 Section 3. Section 31A-22-1802 is enacted to read:
1163 31A-22-1802. Definitions.
1164 As used in this part:
1165 (1) "Customer" means a person who purchases portable electronics.
1166 (2) "Enrolled customer" means a customer who elects coverage under a portable
1167 electronics insurance policy issued to a vendor of portable electronics.
1168 (3) "Location" means a physical location in the state or a website, call center site, or
1169 similar location directed to residents of the state.
1170 (4) "Portable electronics" means:
1171 (a) an electronic device that is portable in nature; and
1172 (b) an accessory or service related to the use of the portable electronic device.
1173 (5) (a) "Portable electronics insurance" means insurance providing coverage for the
1174 repair or replacement of portable electronics that may provide coverage for portable electronics

1175 against any one of the following:
1176 (i) loss;
1177 (ii) theft;
1178 (iii) inoperability due to mechanical failure;
1179 (iv) malfunction;
1180 (v) damage; or
1181 (vi) other similar cause of loss.
1182 (b) "Portable electronics insurance" does not include:
1183 (i) a service contract governed by Chapter 6a, Service Contracts;
1184 (ii) a policy of insurance covering a vendor's or manufacturer's obligations under a
1185 warranty; or
1186 (iii) a homeowner's, renter's, private passenger motor vehicle, commercial multi-peril,
1187 or similar policy.
1188 (6) "Portable electronics transaction" means:
1189 (a) the sale or lease of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer; or
1190 (b) the sale by a vendor to a customer of an accessory or a service related to the use of
1191 portable electronics.
1192 (7) "Supervising entity" mean a business entity that is:
1193 (a) a licensed insurer; or
1194 (b) an insurance producer that is appointed by an insurer to supervise the
1195 administration of a portable electronics insurance program.
1196 (8) "Vendor" means a person in the business of engaging in portable electronics
1197 transactions directly or indirectly.
1198 Section 4. Section 31A-22-1803 is enacted to read:
1199 31A-22-1803. Licensure required.
1200 (1) Subject to Subsection 31A-22-1804 (2) and Section 31A-23a-103 , a vendor is
1201 required to hold a portable electronics limited lines license to sell or offer coverage under a
1202 portable electronics insurance policy.
1203 (2) A portable electronics limited lines license issued under this section authorizes an
1204 employee or authorized representative of the vendor to sell or offer coverage under a portable
1205 electronics insurance policy to a customer at each location at which the vendor who holds the

1206 limited lines license engages in portable electronics transactions.
1207 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a limited lines license issued under
1208 this section authorizes the licensee and the licensee's employees or authorized representatives
1209 to engage in those activities that are permitted by this section.
1210 (4) A supervising entity shall maintain a registry of vendor locations at which the
1211 vendor is authorized to sell or offer portable electronics insurance coverage in this state. Upon
1212 request by the commissioner and with three business days notice to the supervising entity, the
1213 supervising entity shall make the registry open to inspection and examination by the
1214 commissioner during regular business hours of the supervising entity.
1215 Section 5. Section 31A-22-1804 is enacted to read:
1216 31A-22-1804. Application for license and fees.
1217 (1) To obtain or renew a portable electronics insurance limited lines license under this
1218 part, a person shall:
1219 (a) file with the department an application for a portable electronics limited lines
1220 license on forms and in the manner the commissioner prescribes; and
1221 (b) pay a fee established by the department in accordance with Section 31A-3-103 ,
1222 except for an initial or renewal portable electronics limited lines license in no event may the fee
1223 exceed $100 per location in the state at which the vendor engages in portable electronics
1224 transactions.
1225 (2) A vendor engaged in portable electronics insurance transactions before July 1,
1226 2012, shall apply for licensure within 90 days of the application being made available by the
1227 department. An applicant commencing operations on or after July 1, 2012, shall obtain a
1228 portable electronics limited lines license before offering portable electronics insurance.
1229 (3) A portable electronics limited lines license under this part has a term of two years
1230 and expires two years after issuance, unless renewed.
1231 Section 6. Section 31A-22-1805 is enacted to read:
1232 31A-22-1805. Employees and authorized representatives of a vendor.
1233 (1) An employee or authorized representative of a vendor may sell or offer portable
1234 electronics insurance to a customer and is not subject to licensure as an insurance producer
1235 under this title if:
1236 (a) the vendor obtains a portable electronics limited lines license that authorizes the

1237 vendor's employee or authorized representative to sell or offer portable electronics insurance
1238 pursuant to this section;
1239 (b) the insurer issuing the portable electronics insurance either directly supervises or
1240 appoints a supervising entity to supervise the administration of the portable electronics
1241 insurance program, including development of a training program for each employee or
1242 authorized representative of the vendor that complies with the following:
1243 (i) the training shall be delivered to an employee or authorized representative of a
1244 vendor who is directly engaged in the activity of selling or offering portable electronics
1245 insurance;
1246 (ii) the training may be provided in electronic form if the supervising entity implements
1247 a supplemental education program regarding the portable electronics insurance product that is
1248 conducted and overseen by a licensed employee of the supervising entity that holds a portable
1249 electronics limited lines producer license; and
1250 (iii) each employee and authorized representative shall receive basic instruction about
1251 the portable electronics insurance offered to customers and the disclosures required under
1252 Section 31A-22-1807 ; and
1253 (c) an employee or authorized representative of a vendor of portable electronics may
1254 not advertise, represent, or otherwise hold the individual out as an insurance producer of any
1255 type.
1256 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employee or authorized
1257 representative of a vendor of portable electronics may not be compensated based primarily on
1258 the number of customers enrolled for portable electronics insurance coverage, but may receive
1259 compensation for activities under the limited lines license that are incidental to the employee's
1260 or authorized representative's overall compensation.
1261 Section 7. Section 31A-22-1806 is enacted to read:
1262 31A-22-1806. Penalties.
1263 Notwithstanding Section 31A-2-308 , if a vendor or the vendor's employee or authorized
1264 representative violate this part, the commissioner may do any of the following in accordance
1265 with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act:
1266 (1) impose a fine not to exceed:
1267 (a) (i) $2,500 per violation by an individual; or

1268 (ii) $5,000 per violation by an entity; or
1269 (b) $40,000 in the aggregate for the conduct; or
1270 (2) impose other penalties that the commissioner considers necessary and reasonable to
1271 carry out the purpose of this part, including:
1272 (a) suspending or revoking the privilege of transacting portable electronics insurance
1273 pursuant to this part at a specific location where violations have occurred; and
1274 (b) suspending or revoking the ability of individual employees or authorized
1275 representatives to act under the vendor's limited lines license.
1276 Section 8. Section 31A-22-1807 is enacted to read:
1277 31A-22-1807. Requirements for sale of portable electronics insurance.
1278 (1) At each location where a vendor offers portable electronics insurance to a customer,
1279 the vendor shall make available to a prospective customer written materials that:
1280 (a) disclose that portable electronics insurance may provide a duplication of coverage
1281 already provided by the customer's homeowner's insurance policy, renter's insurance policy,
1282 private passenger motor vehicle policy, or other source of coverage;
1283 (b) state that the enrollment by the customer in a portable electronics insurance
1284 program is not required in order to purchase or lease portable electronics;
1285 (c) summarize the material terms of the portable electronics insurance coverage,
1286 including:
1287 (i) the identity of the insurer;
1288 (ii) the identity of the supervising entity;
1289 (iii) the amount of any applicable deductible and how it is to be paid;
1290 (iv) benefits of the coverage; and
1291 (v) key terms and conditions of coverage, such as whether portable electronics may be
1292 repaired or replaced with similar make and model reconditioned or non-original manufacturer
1293 parts or equipment;
1294 (d) summarize the process for filing a claim, including a description of how to return
1295 portable electronics and the maximum fee applicable in the event the customer fails to comply
1296 with any equipment return requirements; and
1297 (e) state the cancellation rights under Subsection (2).
1298 (2) An enrolled customer may cancel enrollment for coverage under a portable

1299 electronics insurance policy at any time, and the person paying the premium shall receive a
1300 refund of any applicable unearned premium.
1301 (3) Portable electronics insurance may be offered on a month to month or other
1302 periodic basis as a group or master commercial inland marine policy issued to a vendor of
1303 portable electronics for its enrolled customers.
1304 (4) Eligibility and underwriting standards for customers electing to enroll in coverage
1305 shall be filed with the department for each portable electronics insurance program.
1306 Section 9. Section 31A-22-1808 is enacted to read:
1307 31A-22-1808. Termination of or changes to portable electronics insurance.
1308 Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
1309 (1) (a) An insurer may terminate or otherwise change the terms and conditions of a
1310 policy of portable electronics insurance only upon providing the policyholder and enrolled
1311 customers with at least 30 days notice.
1312 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), an insurer may terminate an enrolled customer's
1313 enrollment under a portable electronics insurance policy upon 30 days notice for discovery of
1314 fraud or material misrepresentation in obtaining coverage or in the presentation of a claim
1315 under the portable electronics insurance policy.
1316 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), an insurer may immediately terminate an
1317 enrolled customer's enrollment under a portable electronics insurance policy:
1318 (i) for nonpayment of premium;
1319 (ii) if the enrolled customer ceases to have an active service with the vendor of the
1320 portable electronics; or
1321 (iii) subject to Subsection (2), if the enrolled customer exhausts the aggregate limit of
1322 liability, if any, under the terms of the portable electronics insurance policy and the insurer
1323 sends notice of termination to the enrolled customer within 30 days after exhaustion of the
1324 limit.
1325 (2) If notice is not timely sent under Subsection (1)(c)(iii), enrollment shall continue
1326 notwithstanding the aggregate limit of liability until the insurer sends notice of termination to
1327 the enrolled customer.
1328 (3) If an insurer changes the terms and conditions of a portable electronics insurance
1329 policy, the insurer shall provide:

1330 (a) the vendor policyholder with a revised policy or endorsement; and
1331 (b) each enrolled customer with:
1332 (i) a revised certificate, endorsement, brochure, or other evidence indicating a change
1333 in the terms and conditions has occurred; and
1334 (ii) a summary of material changes.
1335 (4) When a vendor policyholder of a portable electronics insurance policy terminates
1336 the portable electronics insurance policy, the vendor policyholder shall mail or deliver written
1337 notice to each enrolled customer advising the enrolled customer of the termination of the
1338 portable electronics insurance policy and the effective date of termination. The vendor shall
1339 mail or deliver the written notice to the enrolled customer at least 30 days before the
1340 termination.
1341 (5) (a) When notice or correspondence with respect to coverage under a policy of
1342 portable electronics insurance is required under this section or is otherwise required by law, the
1343 notice or correspondence shall be in writing and be mailed or delivered to the vendor at the
1344 vendor's mailing address and to its affected enrolled customers' last known mailing addresses
1345 on file with the insurer.
1346 (b) If mailed, the insurer or vendor, as the case may be, shall maintain proof of mailing
1347 in a form authorized or accepted by the United States Postal Service or other commercial mail
1348 delivery service.
1349 (c) An insurer or vendor policyholder may comply with this Subsection (5) by
1350 providing notice or correspondence to a vendor or its affected enrolled customers, as the case
1351 may be, by electronic means. If accomplished through electronic means, the insurer or vendor,
1352 as the case may be, shall maintain proof that the notice or correspondence was sent.
1353 (6) Notice or correspondence required by this section or otherwise required by law may
1354 be sent on behalf of an insurer or vendor by the supervising entity appointed by the insurer.
1355 Section 10. Section 31A-22-1809 is enacted to read:
1356 31A-22-1809. Billing.
1357 (1) A vendor may bill and collect the premium for portable electronics insurance
1358 coverage.
1359 (2) (a) Any charge to an enrolled customer for portable electronics insurance coverage
1360 that is not included in the cost associated with the purchase or lease of portable electronics or

1361 related services shall be separately itemized on the enrolled customer's bill.
1362 (b) If the portable electronics insurance coverage is included with the purchase or lease
1363 of portable electronics or related services, the vendor shall clearly and conspicuously disclose
1364 to the enrolled customer that the portable electronics insurance coverage is included with the
1365 portable electronics or related services.
1366 (3) A vendor who bills and collects the premium for the portable electronics insurance
1367 may not be required to maintain the money in a segregated account if the vendor is authorized
1368 by the insurer to hold the money in an alternative manner and remits the money to the
1369 supervising entity within 60 days of receipt. Money received by a vendor from an enrolled
1370 customer for the sale of portable electronics insurance is considered money held in trust by the
1371 vendor in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the insurer.
1372 (4) A vendor may receive compensation for billing and collection services.
1373 Section 11. Section 31A-23a-106 is amended to read:
1374 31A-23a-106. License types.
1375 (1) (a) A resident or nonresident license issued under this chapter shall be issued under
1376 the license types described under Subsection (2).
1377 (b) A license type and a line of authority pertaining to a license type describe the type
1378 of licensee and the lines of business that a licensee may sell, solicit, or negotiate. A license
1379 type is intended to describe the matters to be considered under any education, examination, and
1380 training required of a license applicant under Sections 31A-23a-108 , 31A-23a-202 , and
1381 31A-23a-203 .
1382 (2) (a) A producer license type includes the following lines of authority:
1383 (i) life insurance, including a nonvariable contract;
1384 (ii) variable contracts, including variable life and annuity, if the producer has the life
1385 insurance line of authority;
1386 (iii) accident and health insurance, including a contract issued to a policyholder under
1387 Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations, or Chapter 8, Health Maintenance
1388 Organizations and Limited Health Plans;
1389 (iv) property insurance;
1390 (v) casualty insurance, including a surety or other bond;
1391 (vi) title insurance under one or more of the following categories:

1392 (A) search, including authority to act as a title marketing representative;
1393 (B) escrow, including authority to act as a title marketing representative; and
1394 (C) title marketing representative only;
1395 (vii) personal lines insurance; and
1396 (viii) surplus lines, if the producer has the property or casualty or both lines of
1397 authority.
1398 (b) A limited line producer license type includes the following limited lines of
1399 authority:
1400 (i) limited line credit insurance;
1401 (ii) travel insurance;
1402 (iii) motor club insurance;
1403 (iv) car rental related insurance;
1404 (v) legal expense insurance;
1405 (vi) crop insurance;
1406 (vii) self-service storage insurance;
1407 (viii) bail bond producer; [and]
1408 (ix) guaranteed asset protection waiver[.]; and
1409 (x) portable electronics insurance.
1410 (c) A customer service representative license type includes the following lines of
1411 authority, if held by the customer service representative's employer producer:
1412 (i) life insurance, including a nonvariable contract;
1413 (ii) accident and health insurance, including a contract issued to a policyholder under
1414 Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations, or Chapter 8, Health Maintenance
1415 Organizations and Limited Health Plans;
1416 (iii) property insurance;
1417 (iv) casualty insurance, including a surety or other bond;
1418 (v) personal lines insurance; and
1419 (vi) surplus lines, if the employer producer has the property or casualty or both lines of
1420 authority.
1421 (d) A consultant license type includes the following lines of authority:
1422 (i) life insurance, including a nonvariable contract;

1423 (ii) variable contracts, including variable life and annuity, if the consultant has the life
1424 insurance line of authority;
1425 (iii) accident and health insurance, including a contract issued to a policyholder under
1426 Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations, or Chapter 8, Health Maintenance
1427 Organizations and Limited Health Plans;
1428 (iv) property insurance;
1429 (v) casualty insurance, including a surety or other bond; and
1430 (vi) personal lines insurance.
1431 (e) A managing general agent license type includes the following lines of authority:
1432 (i) life insurance, including a nonvariable contract;
1433 (ii) variable contracts, including variable life and annuity, if the managing general
1434 agent has the life insurance line of authority;
1435 (iii) accident and health insurance, including a contract issued to a policyholder under
1436 Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations, or Chapter 8, Health Maintenance
1437 Organizations and Limited Health Plans;
1438 (iv) property insurance;
1439 (v) casualty insurance, including a surety or other bond; and
1440 (vi) personal lines insurance.
1441 (f) A reinsurance intermediary license type includes the following lines of authority:
1442 (i) life insurance, including a nonvariable contract;
1443 (ii) variable contracts, including variable life and annuity, if the reinsurance
1444 intermediary has the life insurance line of authority;
1445 (iii) accident and health insurance, including a contract issued to a policyholder under
1446 Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations, or Chapter 8, Health Maintenance
1447 Organizations and Limited Health Plans;
1448 (iv) property insurance;
1449 (v) casualty insurance, including a surety or other bond; and
1450 (vi) personal lines insurance.
1451 (g) A person who holds a license under Subsection (2)(a), (d), (e), or (f) has the
1452 qualifications necessary to act as a holder of a license under Subsections (2)(b) and (c), except
1453 that the person may not act under Subsection (2)(b)(viii) or (ix).

1454 (3) (a) The commissioner may by rule recognize other producer, limited line producer,
1455 customer service representative, consultant, managing general agent, or reinsurance
1456 intermediary lines of authority as to kinds of insurance not listed under Subsections (2)(a)
1457 through (f).
1458 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), for purposes of title insurance the Title and
1459 Escrow Commission may by rule, with the concurrence of the commissioner and subject to
1460 Section 31A-2-404 , recognize other categories for a title insurance producer line of authority
1461 not listed under Subsection (2)(a)(vi).
1462 (4) The variable contracts, including variable life and annuity line of authority requires:
1463 (a) licensure as a registered agent or broker by the Financial Industry Regulatory
1464 Authority; and
1465 (b) current registration with a securities broker-dealer.
1466 (5) A surplus lines producer is a producer who has a surplus lines line of authority.
1467 Section 12. Section 31A-26-102 is amended to read:
1468 31A-26-102. Definitions.
1469 As used in this chapter, unless expressly provided otherwise:
1470 (1) "Company adjuster" means a person employed by an insurer whose regular duties
1471 include insurance adjusting.
1472 (2) "Independent adjuster" means an insurance adjuster required to be licensed under
1473 Section 31A-26-201 , who engages in insurance adjusting as a representative of insurers.
1474 (3) "Insurance adjusting" or "adjusting" means directing the investigation, negotiation,
1475 or settlement of a claim under an insurance policy, on behalf of an insurer, policyholder, or a
1476 claimant under an insurance policy.
1477 (4) "Organization" means a person other than a natural person, and includes a sole
1478 proprietorship by which a natural person does business under an assumed name.
1479 (5) "Portable electronics insurance" is as defined in Section 31A-22-1802 .
1480 [(5)] (6) "Public adjuster" means a person required to be licensed under Section
1481 31A-26-201 , who engages in insurance adjusting as a representative of insureds and claimants
1482 under insurance policies.
1483 Section 13. Section 31A-26-216 is enacted to read:
1484 31A-26-216. Portable electronics adjusting.

1485 (1) As used in this section, "automated claims adjudication system" means a
1486 preprogrammed computer system designed for the collection, data entry, calculation, and final
1487 resolution of a portable electronics insurance claim that:
1488 (a) may only be used by a Utah licensed independent adjuster, a Utah licensed
1489 producer, or an individual supervised as provided in this section;
1490 (b) complies with the claims payment requirements of this title; and
1491 (c) is certified as compliant with this section by a Utah licensed independent adjuster
1492 that is an officer of an organization licensed under this chapter.
1493 (2) An individual is exempt from licensure as an adjuster, if the individual for purposes
1494 of a portable electronics insurance claim:
1495 (a) collects claim information from, or furnishes claim information to, insureds or
1496 claimants;
1497 (b) conducts data entry, including entering data into an automated claims adjudication
1498 system;
1499 (c) is an employee of a licensed independent adjuster or its affiliate; and
1500 (d) is one of no more than 25 individuals who are under the supervision of:
1501 (i) a Utah licensed independent adjuster; or
1502 (ii) a Utah licensed producer who is exempt from licensure pursuant to Section
1503 31A-26-201 .
1504 Section 14. Effective date.
1505 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2012.




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