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Employee Health Benefits in Utah

Utah Code § 31A-22-722 gives certain employees, spouses, and dependents an option to extend group coverage for up to 12 months after loss of coverage, subject to payment and eligibility conditions. A separate provision allows group-plan enrollment within 60 days after Medicaid or CHIP coverage ends or assistance becomes available. 1,2

What Is Employee Health And Benefits?

Employer health benefits give eligible staff access to medical care through a group plan or another employer arrangement. When setting a budget or renewing, compare eligibility, provider networks, employee contributions and total cost. Read the national Employee health and benefits guide.

What to Watch for in Utah

  • Calendar the 60-day continuation election

    An eligible person must elect the Utah extension within 60 days of losing group coverage and tender the required amount. Have the employer or carrier identify who receives the election and the amount due. 1

  • Check each early termination condition

    The extension may end before 12 months if the person moves outside Utah or the carrier service area, misses payment, commits fraud, or becomes eligible for similar group coverage. Ask the carrier to list these end events in the election materials. 1

  • Use the separate Medicaid or CHIP enrollment window

    Utah’s special-enrollment rule lets an eligible employee or dependent request group coverage within 60 days after losing Medicaid/CHIP or becoming eligible for assistance. Give the plan administrator the eligibility event date. 2

Who Regulates Insurance in Utah

Utah Insurance Department

The Utah Insurance Department regulates licensed insurance companies and producers, offers a public licensee search, and accepts complaints about property/casualty insurance. Complaint jurisdiction depends on policy type and place of issue; employer self-funded plans are outside the Department’s authority. 3,4,5

Surplus-lines tax and stamping office

Reported tax rate: 4.25% of gross premium including policy fees, plus 0.18% stamping fee For Utah-home-state surplus-lines coverage, Utah charges 4.25% of gross premiums including policy fees, less returned premiums, and the Surplus Line Association of Utah collects a 0.18% stamping fee. Utah law requires a policy notice that the nonadmitted insurer is not protected by any Utah guaranty association; the state’s current guidance says a good-faith admitted-market effort is generally required unless the coverage is on the export list. 6,7,8,9,10

Surplus Line Association of Utah

Providers With Documented State Licenses

No provider in Spot’s research documents both a state license record and this coverage line. This does not establish that providers are unlicensed. Check the regulator’s license lookup and confirm availability with a provider when requesting a quote.

Questions to Ask Before You Buy in Utah

  1. Which Utah group-plan rules apply to this employer and funding arrangement?
  2. What dates, notices, premiums, and benefits does the carrier require for a continuation election?
  3. Which employees and dependents are eligible, and how does the plan document confirm that?

Employee Health And Benefits in Utah: FAQ

What state-specific coverage issue should a buyer check first? 1,2

Utah Code § 31A-22-722 gives certain employees, spouses, and dependents an option to extend group coverage for up to 12 months after loss of coverage, subject to payment and eligibility conditions. A separate provision allows group-plan enrollment within 60 days after Medicaid or CHIP coverage ends or assistance becomes available. 1,2

What should the buyer request from the carrier? 2

Utah’s special-enrollment rule lets an eligible employee or dependent request group coverage within 60 days after losing Medicaid/CHIP or becoming eligible for assistance. Give the plan administrator the eligibility event date. 2

Employee Health And Benefits in Other States

Other Coverage in Utah

Sources

  1. Utah Code § 31A-22-722 — Continuation of Group Coverage. Utah Legislature; Eligible terminated insured may extend coverage for up to 12 months, with a 60-day election period, subject to statutory conditions. Accessed 2026-09-29.
  2. Utah Code § 31A-22-725 — Medicaid and CHIP Special Enrollment. Utah Legislature; Employee may request group-plan enrollment within 60 days after Medicaid/CHIP loss or eligibility for assistance. Accessed 2026-09-29.
  3. utah insurance regulator. State insurance regulator; Official department pages identify consumer, licensee-search, complaint, and regulatory services. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  4. Utah Insurance Department Licensee Search. State insurance regulator; Official search provides public contact information and verifies agent or agency licensing status. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  5. Utah Insurance Department Complaints. State insurance regulator; Accepts most P&C complaints and specifies exclusions and complaint-channel limits. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  6. Utah Code §31A-3-301. Utah Legislature; Effective October 14, 2025; 4.25% of gross premium including fees; cancellation/return premium deductions and statutory exclusions. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  7. Utah Code §31A-3-303. Utah Legislature; §31A-3-301(4): premiums for surplus-lines insurance are taxable in full when Utah is the home state; subject to §31A-3-305 interstate allocation agreements for multistate risks. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  8. Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance. Utah Insurance Department; Current FAQ: tax 4.25% of gross premiums including fees; stamping fee 0.18%; SLA Utah is stamping office; submission within 60 days. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  9. Utah Code §31A-15-103(8)(c). Utah Legislature; Surplus-lines policy must contain statutory notice that the insurer is not licensed and receives no protection from any guaranty associations under Title 31A, Chapter 28. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  10. Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance. Utah Insurance Department; Current surplus-lines guidance: good-faith effort to place with admitted insurer is general rule; export-list coverage does not require diligent search, while off-list coverages require normal search procedures. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  11. Licenses. At-Bay; Current producer introduction and state table; At-Bay Insurance Services LLC; P&C and surplus-lines identifiers. Accessed 2026-09-21.
  12. Licenses and Carriers. Coalition; Licenses and Carriers, re-read 22 September 2026: Insurance Licenses table for Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc., national producer number 18419475, with producer and surplus-lines numbers for all 50 states and DC including California 0L76155, Georgia 196479, Texas 2199630 and 2205589, Pennsylvania 815731 and 817452, Colorado 539028 and Wisconsin 3000108852. Insurance Carriers table naming, with NAIC numbers, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company 36420, Arch Specialty Insurance Company 21199, Ascot Specialty Insurance Company 45055, Ascot Insurance Company 23752, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company 10717, Chaucer Insurance Company DAC, Coalition Insurance Company 29530, Fireman's Fund Indemnity Corporation 11380, Fortegra Specialty Insurance Company 16823, Lloyd's of London, MSIG Specialty Insurance USA Inc. 34886, MS Transverse Specialty Insurance Company 41807, Steadfast Insurance Company 26387, Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Company 16275 and Zurich American Insurance Company 16535. Accessed 2026-09-22.
  13. Insurance Producer Licenses. Corgi Insurance; Current complete Insurance Producer Licenses table for Corgi Insurance Services, Inc.; 50 rows covering 49 states and DC (DC 3003091619); no New Mexico row; no NPN or as-of date shown. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  14. About Hiscox US Insurance. Hiscox; Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. NAIC 10200 as Chicago, IL domiciled insurer admitted or licensed in all 50 states and D.C.; Hiscox Inc. as general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder for Syndicates 33 and 3624; surplus-lines placements through licensed surplus-lines brokers; A.M. Best rating statement. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  15. Licenses. ERGO NEXT Insurance; Current entity-by-state license table reopened 28 September 2026: 50 rows under Next First Insurance Agency, Inc., including Washington, DC; New York rows instead list Next Insurance Services PC-1423070 and AP Intego BR-1198885. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  16. Insurance Licenses by State. TechInsurance; Current state table; identifies TechInsurance as a division of Specialty Program Group LLC d/b/a SPG Insurance Solutions; lists DC 3000041536 and labels Rhode Island “Individual licenses,” without an agency license number. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  17. Licenses. Vouch; Effective 16 January 2025: Vouch Specialty Insurance Services, LLC, NPN 19926463; P&C table (50 states and DC); surplus-lines table includes Idaho 870820; footnote says Georgia and Idaho do not issue agency-level surplus-lines licenses; Idaho retained as producer-only due to conflict. Accessed 2026-09-15.

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