Connecticut General Statutes 38a-710 – Insurers prohibited from cancelling or amending contract of independent producer solely because of adverse underwriting experience
No company shall cancel or amend the contract of an independent insurance producer for property or casualty insurance, solely because of adverse underwriting experience for the two years preceding the date of such cancellation or amendment on such lines of insurance for which the company requires submission of an application for approval or for which the company accepts without approval policies issued by its appointed producers, if the information on any such application or on the company copy of any policy issued by an appointed producer is substantially complete and not intentionally or substantially incorrect or misleading. In calculating the average loss ratio for purposes of determining adverse underwriting experience for such preceding two years, reserves against claims pending shall not be included.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-710
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Insurance: means any of the lines of authority contained in this title. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-702a
- Policy: means any document, including attached endorsements and riders, purporting to be an enforceable contract, which memorializes in writing some or all of the terms of an insurance contract. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- producer: means a person required to be licensed under the laws of this state to sell, solicit or negotiate insurance. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-702a