§ 38a-285 — (Formerly Sec. 38-108). Two or more companies may issue a combination policy covering marine and transportation business.

Two or more insurance companies authorized to transact, in this state, a marine and transportation insurance business may issue combination forms of policies covering such business, using distinctive titles therefor, which titles shall appear at the head of the respective policies, followed by the titles of the several companies obligated thereunder, which policies shall be executed by the officers of each of such companies; provided, before such companies issue any such combination policy, they shall have received the express permission of the commissioner of this state to issue the same, and the titles of such proposed policies, and the terms of the additional provisions thereof, hereby authorized, shall have been approved by him, which terms shall provide substantially, under a separate title therein, to be known as “Provisions specially applicable to this combination policy”, as follows: (1) That each company executing such policy shall be liable for the full amount of any loss or damage according to the terms of the policy, or for a specific percentage thereof; (2) that service of process, or of any notices required by such policy, upon any of the companies executing the same shall be deemed to be service upon all; and provided the unearned premium liability on each policy so issued shall be maintained by each of such companies on the basis of the liability of each of the insured thereunder.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 6113; P.A. 13-134, S. 10.) History: Sec. 38-108 transferred to Sec. 38a-285 in 1991; P.A. 13-134 made technical changes.