(1) A society authorized to do business in this state may provide for the payment of: (a) Death benefits in any form; (b) endowment benefits; (c) annuity benefits; (d) temporary or permanent disability benefits as a result of disease or accident; (e) hospital, medical or nursing benefits due to sickness or bodily infirmity or accident; and (f) monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members not exceeding in any case the sum of three hundred dollars.
(2) Such benefits may be provided on the lives of members or, upon application of a member, on the lives of the member's family, including the member, the member's spouse and minor children, in the same or separate certificates.
(1949 Rev., S. 6244; 1957, P.A. 448, S. 14; March, 1958, P.A. 9, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 61, S. 5.)
History: 1959 act repealed former age limit requirements in Subdiv.(1)(d), (e) and (f) and clarified the application of Subdiv. (2) to the lives of members or their families; Sec. 38-224 transferred to Sec. 38a-631 in 1991.
See Sec. 38a-444 re interest rates on loans.
See Sec. 38a-504 re insurance policy or contract requirements covering surgical removal of tumors and treatment of leukemia.
Annotation to former section 38-224:
“Endowment” defined; held not to include a variable endowment plan in which a portion of premiums is allocated to a fund for investment and a number of units in such invested fund is then attributed to the insured. 144 C. 346.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 700d - Fraternal Benefit Societies
Section 38a-595. (Formerly Sec. 38-206). - Definitions.
Section 38a-596. (Formerly Sec. 38-207). - Societies operating on the lodge system.
Section 38a-597. (Formerly Sec. 38-208). - Representative form of government.
Section 38a-601. (Formerly Sec. 38-212). - Foreign and alien societies to be licensed.
Section 38a-602. (Formerly Sec. 38-213). - Renewal of license.
Section 38a-604. (Formerly Sec. 38-215). - Tax exemption.
Section 38a-605. (Formerly Sec. 38-216). - Principal office. Meetings of governing body.
Section 38a-607. (Formerly Sec. 38-219). - Constitution and laws may be absolute authority.
Section 38a-608. (Formerly Sec. 38-220). - Consolidation or merger.
Section 38a-609. (Formerly Sec. 38-221). - Benefit membership.
Section 38a-610. (Formerly Sec. 38-222). - Maintenance of institutions for benefit of members.
Section 38a-611. (Formerly Sec. 38-233). - Reinsurance.
Section 38a-612. (Formerly Sec. 38-235). - Use of assets. Proportion to be used for expenses.
Section 38a-613. (Formerly Sec. 38-236). - Investments.
Section 38a-616. (Formerly Sec. 38-238). - Examination of domestic society by commissioner.
Section 38a-617. (Formerly Sec. 38-239). - Examination of foreign or alien society.
Section 38a-624. (Formerly Sec. 38-246). - Exemption from insurance laws.
Section 38a-625. (Formerly Sec. 38-247). - Exempt societies, orders and associations.
Section 38a-626. (Formerly Sec. 38-248). - Penalties.
Section 38a-631. (Formerly Sec. 38-224). - Types of benefits authorized.
Section 38a-632. (Formerly Sec. 38-224a). - Additional benefits from special account.
Section 38a-633. (Formerly Sec. 38-225). - Insurance and branches for children.
Section 38a-635. (Formerly Sec. 38-227). - Officers and members not liable for benefits.
Section 38a-636. (Formerly Sec. 38-228). - Beneficiaries. Funeral benefits.
Section 38a-637. (Formerly Sec. 38-229). - Money or other benefits not liable to attachment.
Section 38a-638. (Formerly Sec. 38-230). - Benefit certificate.
Section 38a-639. (Formerly Sec. 38-231). - Certificate provisions.