(a) Each licensed financial guaranty insurance corporation shall file all policy forms and any amendments thereto with the commissioner prior to the issuance of a financial guaranty insurance policy. Immediately upon filing, the financial guaranty insurance corporation may utilize any such policy form or amendment, unless and until the commissioner disapproves of the policy forms or amendments filed. Filings that otherwise comply with this section and that the commissioner does not disapprove within thirty days of filing shall be deemed approved.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-92n

  • 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
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • insolvent: means , for any insurer, that it is unable to pay its obligations when they are due, or when its admitted assets do not exceed its liabilities plus the greater of: (A) Capital and surplus required by law for its organization and continued operation. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
  • 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
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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

(b) Each policy shall provide that there shall be no acceleration of payments due under the policy with respect to guaranteed obligations except at the option of the financial guaranty insurance corporation. For purposes of this subsection, “acceleration of payments” means any acceleration of a payment by reason of a payment default or insolvency of the obligor whose obligation is guaranteed or insured.

(c) Each policy shall contain a statement that in the event the insurer becomes insolvent, any claims arising under the policy of financial guaranty insurance are excluded from coverage by the Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Association.

(d) The commissioner may prescribe additional minimum policy provisions determined by the commissioner to be necessary or appropriate to protect policyholders, claimants, obligees or indemnitees.

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