Title 38a — Title 38a: Insurance

Secs. 38a-210 to 38a-213. Reserved for future use. PART III* MEDICAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS *See Sec. 38a-470 re liens on workers' compensation awards in favor of medical service corporations. See Sec. 38a-471 re requirements for third party prescription programs. See Sec. 38a-495 …

Sec. 38a-214. (Formerly Sec. 33-168). Definition. Powers. Exemption from insurance laws. Reserves. (a) A nonprofit medical service corporation is defined as a non-profit-sharing corporation without capital stock organized under the laws of the state for the purpose of establishin…

Sec. 38a-215. (Formerly Sec. 33-169). Formation. Any number of persons not less than seven, all of whom shall be residents of this state, may form a corporation, under and in conformity with the provisions of sections 38a-214 to 38a-225, inclusive, for the purpose of establishing…

Sec. 38a-216. (Formerly Sec. 33-170). Incorporation. Representation of policyholders on board of directors. A medical association desiring to form a medical service corporation may incorporate under the general laws of the state governing corporations, but subject to the followin…

Sec. 38a-217. (Formerly Sec. 33-171). Form of contract. No single contract between any such corporation and its subscribers shall entitle more than one person to indemnity, except that a single contract may be issued to subscriber and spouse, to subscriber and family by marriage …

Sec. 38a-218. (Formerly Sec. 33-172). Approval of rates to be paid by subscribers and contracts. (a) No such medical service corporation shall enter into any contract with subscribers unless and until it has filed with the Insurance Commissioner a full schedule of the rates to be…

Sec. 38a-219. (Formerly Sec. 33-173). Reports and examinations. Insurance Commissioner's supervision. Each such medical service corporation shall, annually, on or before the first day of March, file in the office of the Insurance Commissioner a statement, verified by at least two…

Sec. 38a-220. (Formerly Sec. 33-174). Investments. No such medical service corporation shall invest its funds in any security other than those permitted by the laws of the state for trust funds, except that no funds of such medical service corporation shall be invested in real es…

Sec. 38a-221. (Formerly Sec. 33-175). Liquidation or rehabilitation. Mergers. Each such medical service corporation shall be subject to liquidation, dissolution or rehabilitation, and such proceeding shall be under the supervision of the Insurance Commissioner, who shall have suc…

Sec. 38a-222. (Formerly Sec. 33-176). Workers' compensation law not affected. No provision of sections 38a-214 to 38a-225, inclusive, nor any contract for medical service, hospital or other health services by any such medical service corporation shall, in any way, affect the oper…

Sec. 38a-223. (Formerly Sec. 33-177). Fraternal benefit societies and life or accident insurance companies not affected. Fraternal benefit societies and life or accident insurance companies shall not be affected by sections 38a-214 to 38a-225, inclusive. (1949 Rev., S. 5290.) His…

Sec. 38a-224. (Formerly Sec. 33-178). Exemption from taxation. All property of any such medical service corporation is declared exempt from state, district and municipal taxes. (1949 Rev., S. 5291.) History: Sec. 33-178 transferred to Sec. 38a-224 in 1991. Annotations to former s…

Sec. 38a-225. (Formerly Sec. 33-179). Appeal. An appeal may be taken from any order or decision of the Insurance Commissioner by any person or corporation aggrieved thereby in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial d…

Secs. 38a-226 to 38a-226d. Definitions. Annual licensure; fees; complaints re utilization review companies; certification and release of information; compliance. Violations; notice and hearing; penalties; appeal. Utilization review company minimum standards: Determinations, notif…

Secs. 38a-227 to 38a-229. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 38a-230. (Formerly Sec. 38-401). Definitions. Legal service corporation may fix rates and contract for coordination of benefits. (a) A nonprofit legal service corporation is defined as a nonprofit corporation without capital stock organized under the laws of the state for th…

Sec. 38a-231. (Formerly Sec. 38-402). Bar associations may form nonprofit legal service corporations. The Connecticut Bar Association, any county bar association or any municipal bar association, including any bar association made up of attorneys-at-law in more than a single muni…

Sec. 38a-232. (Formerly Sec. 38-403). Hospital service corporation may form corporation establishing nonprofit legal service plan. Any hospital service corporation incorporated under sections 38a-199 to 38a-209, inclusive, in addition to its powers under said sections, may form a…

Sec. 38a-233. (Formerly Sec. 38-404). Insurance company may issue contracts for payment of legal costs. Any insurance company authorized to make any contract for accident and health insurance or liability insurance in this state may, when licensed by the commissioner, issue contr…

Sec. 38a-234. (Formerly Sec. 38-405). Incorporation of legal service corporations. Any nonprofit legal service corporation as defined in section 38a-230 may be incorporated in this state, subject to the following provisions: (1) The certificate of incorporation of each such corpo…

Sec. 38a-235. (Formerly Sec. 38-406). Nature of contract and mandatory provisions. (a) No single contract between any nonprofit legal service corporation as defined in section 38a-230, and its subscribers shall entitle more than one person to benefits, reimbursement or indemnity,…

Sec. 38a-236. (Formerly Sec. 38-407). Filing of contracts and contract rates with Insurance Commissioner. No nonprofit legal service corporation, as defined in section 38a-230, shall enter into any contract with subscribers unless and until it has filed with the Insurance Commiss…

Sec. 38a-237. (Formerly Sec. 38-408). Filing of statement of financial condition. Insurance Commissioner's examination of legal service corporation; visitation rights; summoning of witnesses. (a) Each nonprofit legal service corporation, as defined in section 38a-230, shall, annu…

Sec. 38a-238. (Formerly Sec. 38-409). Investment of legal service corporation funds. No nonprofit legal service corporation, as defined in section 38a-230, shall invest its funds in any security other than those permitted by the general statutes for trust funds, except that no fu…

Sec. 38a-239. (Formerly Sec. 38-410). Liquidation, dissolution or rehabilitation of legal service corporation. Each nonprofit legal service corporation, as defined in section 38a-230, shall be subject to liquidation, dissolution or rehabilitation, and such proceeding shall be und…

Sec. 38a-240. (Formerly Sec. 38-411). Legal service corporation property exempt from taxes. All property of any nonprofit legal service corporation as defined in section 38a-230 shall be exempt from state, district and municipal taxes. (P.A. 79-234, S. 11; P.A. 90-243, S. 163.) H…

Sec. 38a-241. (Formerly Sec. 38-412). Appeal from order of Insurance Commissioner. Disputes between subscriber and legal service corporation; venue. From any order or decision of the Insurance Commissioner, an appeal may be taken by any person or corporation aggrieved thereby in …

Sec. 38a-242. (Formerly Sec. 38-413). Legal service corporation to reimburse state for cost and expense of regulation. Special charge in addition to tax under chapter 207. Each corporation organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall pay to the Commissioner o…

Sec. 38a-243. (Formerly Sec. 38-414). Plan to permit subscribers to choose their own attorneys. The plan shall assure that every subscriber shall be entitled to choose any attorney admitted to practice in Connecticut, provided such attorney is willing to accept such employment. S…

Sec. 38a-244. (Formerly Sec. 38-415). Applicability. Nothing contained in sections 38a-230 to 38a-245, inclusive, is intended or shall be deemed or construed to apply to any group legal service plan, corporation, trust fund established under Section 302 of the Labor Management Re…

Sec. 38a-245. (Formerly Sec. 38-416). Solicitation of subscribers; prohibited acts. No person shall be engaged to solicit subscribers to any nonprofit prepaid legal services plan upon a commission basis or upon any other basis whereby the payment of the compensation or expenses o…

Secs. 38a-246 to 38a-249. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 38a-250. (Formerly Sec. 38-530). Definitions. For purposes of this section and sections 38a-251 to 38a-266, inclusive: (1) “Completed operations liability” means liability arising out of the installation, maintenance or repair of any product at a site that is not owned or co…

Sec. 38a-251. (Formerly Sec. 38-531). Licensure of risk retention groups chartered in this state. Submission of plan of operation or feasibility study. Information with application filing. (a) A risk retention group seeking to be chartered in this state shall be chartered and lic…

Sec. 38a-251a. Governance standards. Audit committee. Examination. (a) Each risk retention group seeking to be chartered and licensed in this state shall comply with the following governance standards at the time of licensure or, for a risk retention group chartered in this state…

Sec. 38a-252. (Formerly Sec. 38-532). Requirements for risk retention groups chartered outside the state. (a) Risk retention groups chartered in states other than this state and seeking to do business as a risk retention group in this state shall, prior to offering insurance in t…

Sec. 38a-253. (Formerly Sec. 38-533). Submission of information to Insurance Commissioner by risk retention groups not domiciled in this state. Financial examination. (a) Each risk retention group not domiciled in this state that is doing business in this state shall submit to th…

Sec. 38a-254. (Formerly Sec. 38-534). Premiums subject to taxation. All premiums paid for coverages within this state to a risk retention group or insurer, other than a captive insurance company, as defined in section 38a-91aa, or a licensed or eligible surplus lines insurer, sha…

Sec. 38a-255. (Formerly Sec. 38-535). Notice on insurance applications from and policies issued by risk retention group. Each application for insurance from a risk retention group and each policy issued by a risk retention group shall contain in ten point type on the front page a…

Sec. 38a-256. (Formerly Sec. 38-536). Solicitation or sale of insurance prohibited if financially impaired. No risk retention group or producer shall solicit or sell insurance if the risk retention group is in a hazardous financial condition or is financially impaired. (P.A. 87-1…

Sec. 38a-257. (Formerly Sec. 38-537). Solicitation or sale of insurance only to persons eligible for group membership. No risk retention group, purchasing group or producer shall solicit or sell insurance to any person who is not eligible for membership in such group. (P.A. 87-13…

Sec. 38a-258. (Formerly Sec. 38-538). Insurance company membership in risk retention group limited. No risk retention group shall be allowed to do business in this state if an insurance company is directly or indirectly a member or owner of such risk retention group, other than i…

Sec. 38a-259. (Formerly Sec. 38-539). Insurance insolvency guaranty funds not applicable to risk retention groups. No risk retention group shall be permitted to join or contribute financially to any insurance insolvency guaranty fund, or similar mechanism, in this state, nor shal…

Sec. 38a-260. (Formerly Sec. 38-540). Applicability of insurance laws to purchasing groups. Certain disclosures required. When. Each purchasing group meeting the criteria established under the provisions of the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 shall be exempt from any law of …

Sec. 38a-261. (Formerly Sec. 38-541). Purchasing group to furnish notice to Insurance Commissioner. A purchasing group that intends to do business in this state shall furnish notice to the Insurance Commissioner that shall: (1) Identify the state in which the group is domiciled; …

Sec. 38a-262. (Formerly Sec. 38-542). Authority of Insurance Commissioner. The Insurance Commissioner is authorized to make use of any of the powers established under this title to enforce the laws of this state so long as those powers are not specifically preempted by the Produc…

Sec. 38a-263. (Formerly Sec. 38-543). License required for producers. Any person acting, or offering to act, as a producer for a risk retention group or purchasing group that solicits members, sells insurance coverage, purchases coverage for its members located within the state o…

Sec. 38a-264. (Formerly Sec. 38-544). Penalties for violations of chapter. A risk retention group that violates any provision of sections 38a-250 to 38a-266, inclusive, shall be subject to fines and penalties applicable to licensed insurers generally, including revocation of its …

Sec. 38a-265. (Formerly Sec. 38-545). Federal injunctions enforceable in state courts. An order issued by a district court of the United States enjoining a risk retention group from soliciting or selling insurance or operating, in any state, or in all states or in any territory o…

Sec. 38a-266. (Formerly Sec. 38-546). Regulations by Insurance Commissioner. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, relating to risk retention groups as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 38a-250 to 38a-265, …