(a) Any person or insurer aggrieved by any order or decision of the commissioner made without a hearing may, not later than thirty days after notice of the order to the person or insurer, make written request to the commissioner for a hearing on the order or decision. The commissioner shall hear such party or parties not later than thirty days after receipt of such request and shall give not less than ten days’ written notice of the time and place of the hearing. Not later than forty-five days after such hearing, the commissioner shall affirm, reverse or modify his previous order or decision, specifying his reasons therefor. Pending such hearing and decision on such hearing the commissioner may suspend or postpone the effective date of his previous order or decision.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-19

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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

(b) Nothing contained in this section or sections 38a-363 to 38a-388, inclusive, shall require the observance at any hearing of formal rules of pleading or evidence.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to an order or decision of the commissioner made pursuant to § 38a-591g.

(d) Any order or decision of the commissioner shall be subject to appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of § 4-183.