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Utah Code § 31A-1-102

Purposes

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Allen v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (1992)

Most recently applied in Derbidge v. Mutual Protective Insurance Co. (July 1998)

Enacted by Chapter 242, 1985 General Session

How often courts cite this section

1990199820
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

The purposes of the Insurance Code are to:

(1) ensure the solidity of insurers doing business in Utah;

(2) ensure that policyholders, claimants, and insurers are treated fairly and equitably;

(3) ensure that Utah has an adequate and healthy insurance market, characterized by competitive conditions, the spirit of innovation, and the exercise of initiative;

(4) provide for an insurance department that is expert in the field of insurance and able to enforce the Insurance Code effectively;

(5) encourage cooperation between the Insurance Department and other Utah regulatory bodies, as well as other federal and state governmental entities;

(6) preserve and improve state regulation of insurance;

(7) maintain freedom of contract and enterprise;

(8) encourage self regulation of the insurance industry;

(9) encourage loss prevention as part of the insurance industry;

(10) keep the public informed on insurance matters; and

(11) achieve other purposes stated elsewhere in the Insurance Code.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.