§ 38a-741 — (Formerly Sec. 38-81). List of unavailable lines of insurance. Diligent effort as to attempt to procure insurance from authorized insurers. Exceptions.

Connecticut § 38a-741

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 38a: Insurance
• Ch. 701d: Surplus Lines Brokers

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(a) The commissioner shall maintain on a current basis a list of those lines of insurance or their components for which coverages are believed by the commissioner to be generally unavailable from licensed insurers. The commissioner shall republish the list and make it available to all licensees every six months. Any person may request in writing that the commissioner add or remove a line of insurance or its component from the current list at the next publication of the list. The commissioner's determinations of lines of insurance or their components to be added to or removed from the list shall not be subject to chapter 54 provided prior to making determinations, the commissioner shall provide opportunity for comments from interested persons. (b) (1) When any policy of insurance is procured or renewed under the authority of such license providing a line of insurance or its component that does not, on the effective date of coverage, appear on the current published list, both the licensee and the insured shall first make a diligent effort, as defined by the commissioner, to procure, from any authorized insurer or insurers, the full amount of insurance required to protect the interest of such insured, and further showing (A) that the amount of insurance procured from an unauthorized insurer or insurers is only the excess over the amount so procurable from authorized insurers, (B) the type of policy, and (C) if such policy is for real property, the location of such property. Such licensee shall keep, in a form approved by the commissioner, and make available for examination by the commissioner upon request, all (i) documentation concerning such licensee's and insured's diligent effort to procure, from any authorized insurer or insurers, the full amount of insurance required to protect the interest of such insured, and (ii) information concerning each policy placed in the surplus lines market. (2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply to (A) any such policy providing or including flood insurance, including flood insurance procured from the National Flood Insurance Program, or (B) any policy of insurance procured under the authority of such license for an insured that is an exempt commercial purchaser, as defined in Section 527 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, P.L. 111-203, as amended from time to time, provided (i) the surplus lines broker has disclosed to such exempt commercial purchaser that such insurance may or may not be available from an authorized insurer, that may provide greater protection with more regulatory oversight, and (ii) such exempt commercial purchaser has subsequently requested such broker, in writing, to procure such policy from an unauthorized insurer.

Legislative History

(1953, S. 2802d; 1957, P.A. 132, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 665, S. 20; P.A. 90-87, S. 3; P.A. 11-61, S. 36; P.A. 13-171, S. 1; P.A. 14-175, S. 7; P.A. 23-65, S. 1.) History: 1969 act deleted provision which stated that insurance procurable under Sec. 38-117(g) or 38-188(g) shall not be deemed as insurance procurable from authorized insurers; P.A. 90-87 added new Subsec. (a) requiring the commissioner to keep a list of the lines of insurance or their components for which coverages are believed to be unavailable from licensed insurers and to republish and make available that list every six months, designated former section as Subsec. (b) and added provisions to Subsec. (b) requiring that if a policy is issued through an insurer who, on the effective date of coverage, does not appear on the current list, the insured and the licensee must show that a diligent effort was made to procure coverage and file an affidavit certifying that fact within 45 days, rather than 30 days, to the commissioner; Sec. 38-81 transferred to Sec. 38a-741 in 1991; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re exception to affidavit requirement and making technical changes, effective June 21, 2011; P.A. 13-171 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by making provision applicable to policy renewals, changing affidavits to signed statements, adding provision re showing the type of policy and, if such policy is for real property, the location of such property, and changing filing requirement from affidavits filed not later than 45 days after procurement to electronic filing of signed statements on a quarterly basis, effective June 21, 2013; P.A. 14-175 amended Subsec. (b)(2) to add new Subpara. (A) re policy providing or including flood insurance, designate existing provisions re policy procured for exempt commercial purchaser as new Subpara. (B) and make conforming changes, effective June 11, 2014; P.A. 23-65 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing signed statement re diligent effort requirement with diligent effort requirement and replacing signed statement filing requirement with requirement that each licensee maintain documentation of such diligent effort.