(a) Except as provided in section 38a-702g or 38a-702n, an individual who applies for an insurance producer license in this state and who was previously licensed for the same lines of authority in another state shall not be required to complete any prelicensing education or examination if the application is received not later than ninety days after the cancellation of the applicant's previous license and if the prior state issues a certification that, at the time of cancellation, the applicant was in good standing in that state or the state's producer database records, maintained by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, its affiliates or subsidiaries, indicate that the producer is or was licensed in good standing for the line of authority requested.
(b) A person licensed as an insurance producer in another state who moves to this state shall make application not later than ninety days after establishing legal residence to become a resident licensee pursuant to section 38a-702e. No prelicensing education or examination shall be required of such person for any line of authority previously held in the prior state except where the commissioner determines otherwise by regulation, which the commissioner may adopt in accordance with chapter 54.
(c) The commissioner may waive the requirement of an examination for a license to act as a producer for (1) property and casualty insurance in the case of any applicant who has been awarded the professional designation of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, and (2) life and accident insurance in the case of any applicant who has been awarded the professional designation of Chartered Life Underwriter.
(P.A. 01-113, S. 8, 42; P.A. 04-77, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 01-113 effective September 1, 2002; P.A. 04-77 added Subsec. (c) re waiver of examination for Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters and Chartered Life Underwriters.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 701a - Insurance Producers, Agents and Third-Party Administrators
Section 38a-702. (Formerly Sec. 38-69). - Definitions.
Section 38a-702a. - Definitions.
Section 38a-702b. - Producer license required.
Section 38a-702c. - Exceptions to licensing requirement.
Section 38a-702d. - Examinations. Fees.
Section 38a-702g. - Nonresident licenses.
Section 38a-702i. - Notice to commissioner re use of assumed name.
Section 38a-702j. - Temporary producer licenses.
Section 38a-702k. - Denial, nonrenewal or revocation of producer licenses. Hearings. Penalties.
Section 38a-702l. - Producer commissions.
Section 38a-702m. - Agent appointments. Fees.
Section 38a-702n. - Reciprocity.
Section 38a-702p. - Regulations.
Section 38a-702q. - Applicability of provisions.
Section 38a-702r. - Construction. Provisions not applicable to bail bond or title insurance.
Section 38a-702s. - Additional grounds for denial of producer licenses.
Section 38a-704. (Formerly Sec. 38-71). - Penalty for acting as insurance producer without license.
Section 38a-705. (Formerly Sec. 38-73). - Exemption of fraternal benefit societies.
Section 38a-706. (Formerly Sec. 38-75). - Sharing commission.
Section 38a-707a. - Producer compensation. Disclosure and customer acknowledgment.
Section 38a-709. (Formerly Sec. 38-76b). - Termination of producer's appointment and contract.
Section 38a-711. (Formerly Sec. 38-92). - Payment of commissions to unlicensed persons.
Section 38a-715. (Formerly Sec. 38-90a). - Payment by insured to producer as payment to company.
Section 38a-716. (Formerly Sec. 38-90b). - Premium advancing by producer. Cancellation of policy.
Section 38a-717. (Formerly Sec. 38-91). - Payment of commissions to producers.
Section 38a-720. - Definitions.
Section 38a-720a. - License. Exemptions. Written agreement required.
Section 38a-720b. - Payments of premiums or charges to a third-party administrator.
Section 38a-720d. - Advertising.
Section 38a-720f. - Collection of premiums or charges. Payment of claims.
Section 38a-720g. - Compensation prohibitions.
Section 38a-720h. - Disclosures.
Section 38a-720i. - Delivery of written communications to insureds.
Section 38a-720l. - License renewal filing.