2011 Connecticut Code
Title 38a Insurance
Chapter 700 Property and Casualty Insurance
Sec. 38a-352. (Formerly Sec. 38-175s). Motor vehicle claims to be paid by check, electronic transfer or other immediately accessible means.

      Sec. 38a-352. (Formerly Sec. 38-175s). Motor vehicle claims to be paid by check, electronic transfer or other immediately accessible means. All claims paid by an insurer, a holding company of an insurer or a wholly owned subsidiary of an insurer for any loss to a motor vehicle or any claim for damages to a motor vehicle, shall be paid to the claimant by check, electronic transfer to the claimant or other means that provide the claimant immediate access to the funds.

      (P.A. 79-141; P.A. 00-111; P.A. 10-5, S. 10.)

      History: Sec. 38-175s transferred to Sec. 38a-352 in 1991; P.A. 00-111 added electronic transfer to claimant or other means that provide claimant immediate access to funds as permissible payment methods; P.A. 10-5 made technical changes, effective May 5, 2010.

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