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CT Gen Stat § 38a-240. (Formerly Sec. 38-411) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698b - Prepaid Legal Services|Section 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.)History: P.A. 90-243 added a reference to “nonprofit” legal service corporation; Sec. 38-411 transferred to Sec. 38a-240 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-241. (Formerly Sec. 38-412) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698b - Prepaid Legal Services|Section 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 accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. Any dispute which arises between a subscriber and a legal service corporation shall be referred, at the request of any party to such dispute, to the Insurance Commissioner, who shall have the power to hear and decide the same, subject to appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain.(P.A. 79-234, S. 12; P.A. 80-482, S. 3, 345, 348; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29.)History: P.A. 80-482 omitted reference to abolished department of business regulation in commissioner's title, reflecting restoration of insurance commissioner and division of insurance to independent status which they held prior to creation of business regulation department in P.A. 77-614; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; Sec. 38-412 transferred to Sec. 38a-241 in 1991; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-320 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-215 replaced “judicial district of Hartford” with “judicial district of New Britain”, effective June 29, 1999.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-242. (Formerly Sec. 38-413) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698b - Prepaid Legal Services|Section 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 of Revenue Services on or before March first, annually, a charge at the rate of two per cent of the total net direct subscriber charges received by such corporation during the next preceding calendar year, which shall be in addition to any other payment required under section 38a-49 and shall be in compensation for the costs and expenses of regulation by the Insurance Department and all other governmental services. Returns, declarations and payments of this charge shall be made in accordance with the provisions of chapter 207, provided the corporations organized in accordance with the provisions of sections 38a-230 to 38a-245, inclusive, enumerated in this section shall not be subject to the tax provided in said chapter 207.(P.A. 79-234, S. 13; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 345, 348.)History: P.A. 80-482 replaced division of insurance within the department of business regulation with insurance department, reflecting abolition of department of business regulation and restoration of state's insurance agency to its status before the creation of business regulation department in P.A. 77-614; Sec. 38-413 transferred to Sec. 38a-242 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-243. (Formerly Sec. 38-414) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698b - Prepaid Legal Services|Section 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. Such plan may also provide for the use by the subscriber of any attorney who has agreed to participate as a member of the nonprofit legal services plan and may reasonably differentiate between the amount of service available from a participating or nonparticipating attorney.(P.A. 79-234, S. 14.)History: Sec. 38-414 transferred to Sec. 38a-243 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-244. (Formerly Sec. 38-415) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698b - Prepaid Legal Services|Section 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 Relations Act, 1947, or arrangement whereby a group or association of any type retains attorneys on a full-time basis or retains an attorney or private law firm to render legal services to the members of such group or association, or the dependents or beneficiaries of such trust funds.(P.A. 79-234, S. 15.)History: Sec. 38-415 transferred to Sec. 38a-244 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-245. (Formerly Sec. 38-416) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698b - Prepaid Legal Services|Section 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 of such person shall be conditioned upon the enrollment of subscribers unless the method of solicitation and rate of compensation has the prior written approval of the Insurance Commissioner.(P.A. 79-234, S. 16.)History: Sec. 38-416 transferred to Sec. 38a-245 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-251. (Formerly Sec. 38-531) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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 licensed as a liability insurance company authorized by the insurance laws of this state and, except as provided in sections 38a-250 to 38a-266, inclusive, shall comply with all laws, rules, regulations and requirements applicable to such insurers chartered and licensed in this state, and with section 38a-252 to the extent such requirements are not a limitation on laws, rules, regulations or requirements of this state.(b) Before it may offer insurance in any state, each risk retention group seeking to be chartered in this state shall submit for approval to the Insurance Commissioner (1) a plan of operation or a feasibility study, and (2) revisions to such plan or study of any material change in any item of such plan or study. A risk retention group shall not offer any additional lines of liability insurance in this state or any other state or operate under any other material change, including a change in rates, until such plan or study has been revised and the commissioner has approved such revision.(c) A risk retention group shall provide to the commissioner with its application filing for charter the following information in summary form: (1) The identity of the initial members of the group; (2) the identity of the individuals who organized the group or who will provide administrative services or influence or control coverages to be offered; and (3) the states in which the group intends to operate. The commissioner shall forward such information upon receipt to NAIC.(P.A. 87-135, S. 2, 18; P.A. 13-134, S. 9; P.A. 16-206, S. 3.)History: Sec. 38-531 transferred to Sec. 38a-251 in 1991; P.A. 13-134 made a technical change; P.A. 16-206 designated existing provisions re compliance with laws, rules, regulations and requirements as Subsec. (a), designated existing provisions re submission of plan of operation or feasibility study as Subsec. (b) and amended same by adding provisions re material change in plan or study, added Subsec. (c) re information to be provided with application filing, and made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-252. (Formerly Sec. 38-532) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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 this state submit to the Insurance Commissioner: (1) A statement identifying the state or states in which the risk retention group is chartered and licensed as a liability insurance company, date of chartering, its principal place of business and such other information, including information on its membership, as the commissioner may require to verify that the risk retention group satisfies the requirements of subdivision (12) of section 38a-250; (2) a copy of its plan of operations or a feasibility study and revisions of such plan or study submitted to its state of domicile, except the provision relating to the submission of a plan of operation or a feasibility study shall not apply with respect to any line or classification of liability insurance that (A) was defined in the Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981 before the date of the enactment of the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986, and (B) was offered before such date by any risk retention group that had been chartered and operating for not less than three years before such date; and (3) a statement of registration that designates the commissioner as its agent for the purpose of receiving service of legal documents or process.(b) A risk retention group under subsection (a) of this section shall submit to the commissioner a copy of any material revisions of its plan of operations or a feasibility study submitted to its state of domicile not later than thirty days after the date the chief insurance regulatory official of such group's state of domicile approves such revisions or, if no such approval is required, not later than thirty days after submission to such group's state of domicile.(P.A. 87-135, S. 3, 18; P.A. 89-33, S. 2; P.A. 16-206, S. 5.)History: P.A. 89-33 made technical change in the cited Subdiv. of Sec. 38-530; Sec. 38-532 transferred to Sec. 38a-252 in 1991; P.A. 16-206 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by making technical changes, and added Subsec. (b) re submission of plan of operations or feasibility study to commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-253. (Formerly Sec. 38-533) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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 the Insurance Commissioner: (1) A copy of the group's financial statement submitted to its state of domicile that shall be certified by an independent public accountant and contain a statement of opinion on loss and loss adjustment expense reserves made by a member of the American Academy of Actuaries or a qualified loss reserve specialist under criteria established by NAIC; (2) a copy of each examination of the risk retention group as certified by the commissioner or public official conducting the examination; (3) upon request by the commissioner, a copy of any information or document pertaining to any external audit performed with respect to the risk retention group; and (4) such information as may be required to verify that the risk retention group satisfies the definitional requirements of subdivision (12) of section 38a-250.(b) Each risk retention group doing business in this state shall, annually, on or before the first day of March, submit to the commissioner, by electronically filing with NAIC, a true and complete report, signed and sworn to by its president or a vice president, and secretary or an assistant secretary, of its financial condition on the thirty-first day of December next preceding, prepared as submitted to its state of domicile.(c) Each risk retention group shall submit to an examination by the Insurance Commissioner to determine its financial condition if the commissioner of the jurisdiction in which the group is chartered and licensed has not initiated an examination or does not initiate an examination within sixty days after a request by the Insurance Commissioner of this state. Any such examination shall be coordinated to avoid unjustified repetition and conducted in an expeditious manner and in accordance with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Examiner Handbook.(P.A. 87-135, S. 4, 18; P.A. 89-33, S. 3; P.A. 08-147, S. 4; P.A. 16-206, S. 6.)History: P.A. 89-33 made technical change in the cited Subdiv. of Sec. 38-530; P.A. 38-533 transferred to Sec. 38a-253 in 1991; P.A. 08-147 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), added new Subsec. (b) requiring risk retention groups doing business in the state to annually file electronically with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' a true and complete financial report as submitted to its state of domicile and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as new Subsec. (c) and made technical changes therein; P.A. 16-206 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “under criteria established by NAIC” in Subdiv. (1) and adding “information or document pertaining to any external” in Subdiv. (3), amended Subsec. (c) by adding “and licensed”, and made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-254. (Formerly Sec. 38-534) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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, shall be subject to taxation as provided in section 38a-277.(P.A. 87-135, S. 5, 18; P.A. 08-127, S. 19.)History: Sec. 38-534 transferred to Sec. 38a-254 in 1991; P.A. 08-127 added captive insurance companies to insurers not subject to section and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-255. (Formerly Sec. 38-535) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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 and the declaration page, the following notice:NOTICEThis policy is issued by your risk retention group. Your risk retention group may not be subject to all of the insurance laws and regulations of your state. State insurance insolvency guaranty funds are not available for your risk retention group.(P.A. 87-135, S. 6, 18; P.A. 16-206, S. 7.)History: Sec. 38-535 transferred to Sec. 38a-255 in 1991; P.A. 16-206 replaced “Any” with “Each application for insurance from a risk retention group and each”.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-256. (Formerly Sec. 38-536) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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. 87-135, S. 7, 18; P.A. 96-193, S. 5, 36.)History: Sec. 38-536 transferred to Sec. 38a-256 in 1991; P.A. 96-193 substituted “producer” for “agent or broker”, effective June 3, 1996.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-257. (Formerly Sec. 38-537) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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. 87-135, S. 8, 18; P.A. 96-193, S. 6, 36.)History: Sec. 38-537 transferred to Sec. 38a-257 in 1991; P.A. 96-193 substituted “producer” for “agent or broker”, effective June 3, 1996.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-258. (Formerly Sec. 38-538) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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 in the case of a risk retention group all of whose members are insurance companies.(P.A. 87-135, S. 9, 18.)History: Sec. 38-538 transferred to Sec. 38a-258 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-259. (Formerly Sec. 38-539) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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 shall any risk retention group, or its insureds, receive any benefit from any such fund for claims arising out of the operations of such risk retention group.(P.A. 87-135, S. 10, 18.)History: Sec. 38-539 transferred to Sec. 38a-259 in 1991.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-260. (Formerly Sec. 38-540) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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 this state relating to the creation of groups for the purchase of insurance, prohibition of group purchasing or any law that would discriminate against a purchasing group or its members. Each insurer shall be exempt from any law of this state that prohibits providing, or offering to provide, to a purchasing group or its members advantages based on their loss and expense experience not afforded to other persons with respect to rates, policy forms, coverage or other matters. Each purchasing group shall be subject to all other applicable laws of this state. No purchasing group shall purchase insurance from a risk retention group that is not chartered in a state or from an insurer not admitted in this state, unless the purchase is effected through a licensed producer acting pursuant to the surplus lines, laws and regulations of this state. A purchasing group that obtains liability insurance from a risk retention group or an insurer not admitted in this state shall inform each of the members of the group that have a risk resident or located in this state that the risk is not protected by the Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Association, and that the risk retention group or insurer may not be subject to all insurance laws and regulations of this state. No purchasing group shall purchase insurance providing for a deductible or self-insured retention applicable to the group as a whole, except that such coverage may provide for a deductible or self-insured retention applicable to individual members.(P.A. 87-135, S. 11, 18; P.A. 89-33, S. 4; P.A. 93-239, S. 26; P.A. 95-168, S. 4; P.A. 96-193, S. 7, 36; P.A. 09-74, S. 15.)History: P.A. 89-33 required a purchasing group to purchase insurance from insurers admitted in this state unless purchased through an agent or broker licensed in this state or from a risk retention group; Sec. 38-540 transferred to Sec. 38a-260 in 1991; P.A. 93-239 amended the section to require disclosure when the risk retention group or insurer is not admitted in this state; P.A. 95-168 added provision to require that no purchasing group may purchase insurance on a deductible or self-insured retention basis for a group as a whole but may provide such coverage on a deductible or self-insured retention basis if applicable to the individual members; P.A. 96-193 substituted “producer” for “agent or broker”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 09-74 made technical changes, effective May 27, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 38a-261. (Formerly Sec. 38-541) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 38a - Insurance|Chapter 698c - Risk Retention Groups|Section 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; (2) specify the lines and classifications of liability insurance that the purchasing group intends to purchase; (3) identify the insurance company from which the group intends to purchase its insurance and the domicile of such company; (4) identify the principal place of business of the group; (5) provide such other information as may be required by the Insurance Commissioner to verify that the purchasing group satisfies the definitional requirements of subdivision (11) of section 38a-250; (6) register with and designate the Insurance Commissioner as its agent solely for the purpose of receiving service of legal documents or process, in accordance with Section 4 of the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986; (7) identify all other states in which the group intends to do business; and (8) specify the method by which, and the person or persons, if any, through whom insurance will be offered to its members whose risks are resident or located in this state. A purchasing group shall notify the commissioner of any change in any of the items set forth in this section not later than ten days after any such change.(P.A. 87-135, S. 12, 18; P.A. 89-33, S. 5; P.A. 93-239, S. 27; P.A. 15-118, S. 36; P.A. 16-206, S. 8.)History: P.A. 89-33 made technical change in the cited Subdiv. of Sec. 38-530; Sec. 38-541 transferred to Sec. 38a-261 in 1991; P.A. 93-239 added additional requirements re the identification of all other states in which the risk retention group intends to do business, re the specification of the methods used and persons involved in offering such insurance to the members in this state and re notification to the commissioner within ten days of any changes in the requirements required by Sec. 38a-261; P.A. 15-118 made technical changes; P.A. 16-206 made a technical change in Subdiv. (5).