Connecticut General Statutes 38a-465c – Contract form and disclosure statements. Filing and approval requirements. Disclosure of life settlement contract availability and lawful assignment not to be prohibited
(a) No person shall use any form of life settlement contract or disclosure statement in this state unless such form has been filed with and approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall disapprove a life settlement contract form or disclosure statement form if the commissioner finds any provision in such form is unreasonable, contrary to the interests of the public, fails to comply with the provisions of sections 38a-465f, 38a-465g and 38a-465n and subsection (b) of § 38a-465k, or is otherwise misleading or unfair to the owner. The commissioner may require the submission of advertising materials.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-465c
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
- Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Life insurance: means insurance on human lives and insurances pertaining to or connected with human life. 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
- 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
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- State: means any state, district, or territory of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
(b) No insurer shall, as a condition of responding to a request for verification of coverage or in connection with the transfer of a policy pursuant to a life settlement contract, require the owner, insured, provider or broker to sign any form, disclosure, consent, waiver or acknowledgment that has not been expressly approved by the commissioner for use in connection with life settlement contracts in this state.
(c) No insurer shall (1) prohibit a life insurance producer or broker from disclosing to a client the availability of a life settlement contract, or (2) include any provision in a life insurance policy that prohibits the lawful assignment of such policy.