2011 Connecticut Code
Title 38a Insurance
Chapter 700 Property and Casualty Insurance
Sec. 38a-339. (Formerly Sec. 38-175t). Comprehensive automobile coverage to include optional coverage for repair or replacement of damaged safety glass without deductible or minimum amount.

      Sec. 38a-339. (Formerly Sec. 38-175t). Comprehensive automobile coverage to include optional coverage for repair or replacement of damaged safety glass without deductible or minimum amount. Each automobile insurance policy providing comprehensive coverage, whether designated as such or included in a policy providing broader coverage, shall provide at the option of the insured complete coverage for repair or replacement of all damaged safety glass without regard to any deductible or minimum amount.

      (P.A. 79-241; P.A. 85-68; P.A. 03-199, S. 4; P.A. 05-140, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 85-68 added Subsec. (b), requiring insurers to give notice to insureds of the availability of such coverage at the time of initial renewal in 1986; Sec. 38-175t transferred to Sec. 38a-339 in 1991; P.A. 03-199 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute "Each" for "Any" and delete reference to policies on or after October 1, 1979, and amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to policy renewal during 1986; P.A. 05-140 deleted Subsec. (a) designator and former Subsec. (b) re notice of availability of safety glass coverage.

      See Sec. 14-151a re filing of police report as condition precedent to settling a motor vehicle theft claim.