Connecticut § 38a-318a Information to be furnished to Commissioner of Administrative Services re filed liability insurance claims. Confidentiality of information. Costs and reimbursement. Immunity from liability.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 38a-318a — Information to be furnished to Commissioner of Administrative Services re filed liability insurance claims. Confidentiality of information. Costs and reimbursement. Immunity from liability.

Connecticut § 38a-318a

Title 38aInsurance

Ch. 700Property and Casualty Insurance

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-318a (2026).

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(a)Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, each insurer authorized to issue policies of liability insurance in the state shall, upon the filing of any claim for damages because of bodily injury or death for a resident of this state, provide notice of such claim to the Commissioner of Administrative Services for the purposes of identifying potential liabilities to the state that the commissioner is authorized to collect pursuant to the general statutes. The content of such notice and the manner of its transmission shall be determined by the department in consultation with the insurers, except that insurers may provide such required notification directly to the commissioner or through a central reporting organization to which the insurer subscribes.

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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, each insurer authorized to issue policies of liability insurance in the state shall, upon the filing of any claim for damages because of bodily injury or death for a resident of this state, provide notice of such claim to the Commissioner of Administrative Services for the purposes of identifying potential liabilities to the state that the commissioner is authorized to collect pursuant to the general statutes. The content of such notice and the manner of its transmission shall be determined by the department in consultation with the insurers, except that insurers may provide such required notification directly to the commissioner or through a central reporting organization to which the insurer subscribes. (b) The state shall maintain, as confidential, any information obtained, collected, prepared or received pursuant to this section. The state shall not store or maintain any information provided pursuant to this section unless the state identifies the claimant as having a potential liability to the state. (c) The commissioner shall reimburse insurers or central reporting organizations, as applicable, for the reasonable documented costs, as determined by the commissioner, incurred for compliance with this section. (d) Each insurer, its directors, agents, and employees and each central reporting organization, its agents and employees, authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf, that provide or attempt to provide data pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be immune from any liability under any law to any person or entity for any alleged or actual damages that occur as a result of providing or attempting to provide data pursuant to this section, provided said damages are not caused by intentional, wilful or wanton misconduct. Compliance with the requirements of this section shall not subject any insurer, its directors, agents, employees and insureds, or any central reporting organization, its agents and employees, authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf, to any claims brought pursuant to sections 38a-816 , 38a-975 to 38a-999a , inclusive, or section 42-110b , or any penalty pursuant to section 38a-15 . (e) Information provided by or obtained from an insurer or the central reporting organization pursuant to this section shall not be subject to disclosure under section 1-210 .

Legislative History

(P.A. 05-251, S. 88; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 59.) History: P.A. 05-251 effective September 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (a) to notwithstand general statutes, delete references to workers' compensation insurance, and revise provisions re purpose and collection of information, inserted new Subsec. (b) designator and amended Subsec. (b) to require the state to maintain information as confidential and delete provision that no insurer or company shall issue payment on any claim until 25 days after required notice is provided, inserted new Subsec. (c) re costs and reimbursement, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (d) and amended same to add references to agents of central reporting organizations and rewrite provisions re immunity, added new Subsec. (e) re information not subject to disclosure under Sec. 1-210, and made technical changes, effective September 1, 2005.