2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 38a - Insurance
Chapter 699a - Readable Language in Insurance Policies
Section 38a-299 - (Formerly Sec. 38-68w). Policies to be made readable. Effective dates. Approval by commissioner.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 38a-300, policies shall be made readable in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 38a-297 as follows:

(1) Individual personal line automobile and individual personal line dwelling policy forms filed on or after January 1, 1980, shall be readable. No policy forms providing such coverage shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after January 1, 1981, unless approved by the commissioner as readable;

(2) Individual life, health, annuity and group and individual credit life and health policies filed on or after July 1, 1980, shall be readable. No such policy forms providing such coverage shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after July 1, 1981, unless approved by the commissioner as readable;

(3) Group life, health and annuity forms and certificates of life insurance and health insurance filed on or after July 1, 1981, shall be readable. No policy forms or certificates providing such coverage shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after July 1, 1983, unless approved by the commissioner as readable;

(4) No group life, health and annuity form, or certificate issued pursuant thereto, which are delivered or issued for delivery prior to July 1, 1983, shall be renewed on or after July 1, 1983, unless such form or certificate has been filed with and approved by the commissioner as readable.

(b) Any policy form which has been authorized for issuance by the commissioner and which meets the readability requirements of sections 38a-295 to 38a-300, inclusive, need not be refiled under subsection (a) of this section, provided the insurer files in lieu thereof a list of such forms identified by form number and accompanied by a certificate as to each such form in the manner provided in subsection (c) of section 38a-297.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of section 38a-300, the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 38a-297 shall apply to all policies filed on or after January 1, 1982, to all individual policies delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after July 1, 1982, and to all group policies and certificates delivered in this state on or after July 1, 1983.

(d) The commissioner may, in his sole discretion, extend the dates in subsection (a) of this section, for periods of time not exceeding one year.

(P.A. 79-300, S. 5; P.A. 81-110, S. 2, 3.)

History: P.A. 81-110 specified effective dates for the applicability of the provisions of section 38-68u(a)(2) in new Subsec. (d) and relettered former Subsec. (c) accordingly; Sec. 38-68w transferred to Sec. 38a-299 in 1991.

Cited. 225 C. 165.