Any agreement in any form, which in effect provides for the indemnification of one person by another for injurious results to property from a future accident or other contingency, shall, to the extent of such provision for indemnification, constitute a contract of insurance within the meaning of the statutes concerning insurance, whether such indemnification is agreed to be by means of a money payment or by means of repair to or replacement of the property injured or any part thereof or by means of any work to be done upon such property; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to an agreement of any seller with a purchaser, guaranteeing workmanship and materials in connection with the sale of such property.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-319

  • another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Insurance: means any agreement to pay a sum of money, provide services or any other thing of value on the happening of a particular event or contingency or to provide indemnity for loss in respect to a specified subject by specified perils in return for a consideration. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
  • Person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a business trust, an unincorporated organization or other legal entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
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