No individual health insurance policy shall be delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state unless: (1) The entire money and other considerations therefor are expressed therein; (2) the time at which the insurance takes effect and terminates is expressed therein; (3) such policy purports to insure only one person, except that a policy may insure, originally or by subsequent amendment, upon the application of an adult member of a family, who shall be deemed the policyholder, any two or more eligible members of such family, including spouse, dependent children or any children as specified in § 38a-497, and any other person dependent upon the policyholder; (4) the style, arrangement and overall appearance of the policy give no undue prominence to any portion of the text, and every printed portion of the text of the policy and of any endorsements or attached papers is plainly printed in light-faced type of a style in general use, the size of which shall be uniform and not less than ten-point with a lowercase unspaced alphabet length not less than one-hundred-twenty-point, the word “text” as herein used including all printed matter except the name and address of the insurer, name or title of the policy, the brief description, if any, and captions and subcaptions; (5) the exceptions and reductions of indemnity are set forth in the policy and, except as provided in § 38a-483, are printed, at the insurer’s option, either included with the benefit provision to which they apply, or under an appropriate caption such as “EXCEPTIONS” or “EXCEPTIONS AND REDUCTIONS”, provided, if an exception or reduction specifically applies only to a particular benefit of the policy, a statement of such exception or reduction shall be included with the benefit provision to which it applies; (6) each such form, including riders and endorsements, shall be identified by a form number in the lower left-hand corner of the first page thereof; and (7) such policy contains no provision purporting to make any portion of the charter, rules, constitution or bylaws of the insurer a part of the policy unless such portion is set forth in full in the policy, except in the case of the incorporation of, or reference to, a statement of rates or classification of risks, or short-rate table filed with the commissioner.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-482

  • 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.
  • Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • 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
  • 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
  • State: means any state, district, or territory of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1