As used in this chapter:
(1) "Account" means any of the three accounts created under Section 38-29-50.
(2) "Association" means the South Carolina Life and Accident and Health Insurance Guaranty Association created under Section 38-29-50.
(3) "Contractual obligation" means any obligation under covered policies.
(4) "Covered policy" means any policy or contract within the scope of Section 38-29-40.
(5) "Impaired insurer" means:
(a) an insurer which becomes insolvent and is placed under a final order of liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation by a court of competent jurisdiction, or
(b) an insurer considered by the director or his designee to be unable or potentially unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.
(6) "Member insurer" means any person authorized to transact in this State any kind of insurance to which this chapter applies under Section 38-29-40.
(7) "Premiums" means direct gross insurance premiums and annuity considerations collected or written on covered policies, less return premiums and considerations thereon and dividends paid or credited to policyholders on the direct business. "Premiums" does not include premiums and considerations on contracts between insurers and reinsurers. As used in Section 38-29-80, "premiums" means those for the calendar year preceding the determination of impairment.
(8) "Resident" means any person who resides in this State at the time the impairment is determined and to whom contractual obligations are owed.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-29-20 [1962 Code Section 37-1401; 1971 (57) 351] recodified as Section 38-21-20 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Former 1976 Code Section 38-17-20 [1962 Code Section 37-565; 1972 (57) 2776; 1977 Act No. 69 Section 1] recodified as Section 38-29-20 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 631.
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