Connecticut § 38a-437 (Formerly Sec. 38-158). Copy of application to be furnished.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 38a-437 — (Formerly Sec. 38-158). Copy of application to be furnished.

Connecticut § 38a-437

Title 38aInsurance

Ch. 700bLife Insurance, Annuities, Burial Contracts and Life Settlements

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-437 (2026).

Text

(a)Each person within this state holding a policy of insurance issued by a life insurance company doing business in this state shall be furnished by the company with a copy of the application upon which the policy was issued, upon demand made for such copy by the policyholder, or by any person upon whose life the policy was issued.

(b)If the company fails for thirty days from the time of the demand to furnish to the person making the demand a copy of the application, the company shall be forever barred from setting up, by way of defense to any suit on the policy of insurance, any error, incorrectness, fraud or misrepresentation of that person, or any mistake therein; and the application shall thereafter be taken and held, so far as the application may affect any claim under the policy, o

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(a) Each person within this state holding a policy of insurance issued by a life insurance company doing business in this state shall be furnished by the company with a copy of the application upon which the policy was issued, upon demand made for such copy by the policyholder, or by any person upon whose life the policy was issued. (b) If the company fails for thirty days from the time of the demand to furnish to the person making the demand a copy of the application, the company shall be forever barred from setting up, by way of defense to any suit on the policy of insurance, any error, incorrectness, fraud or misrepresentation of that person, or any mistake therein; and the application shall thereafter be taken and held, so far as the application may affect any claim under the policy, or any fund secured thereby, to be in all respects true and correct.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 6148; P.A. 90-243, S. 63.) History: P.A. 90-243 divided the section into Subsecs. and made technical changes for statutory consistency; Sec. 38-158 transferred to Sec. 38a-437 in 1991.