(a) An insurance company or insurance producer shall not pay a commission, service fee, brokerage or other valuable consideration to a person for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if the person is required to be licensed under sections 38a-702a to 38a-702r, inclusive, and is not so licensed.
(b) A person shall not accept a commission, service fee, brokerage or other valuable consideration for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if the person is required to be licensed under sections 38a-702a to 38a-702r, inclusive, and is not so licensed.
(c) Renewal or other deferred commissions may be paid to a person, or an heir or assignee of the person, for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if the person was required to be licensed under sections 38a-702a to 38a-702r, inclusive, at the time of the sale, solicitation or negotiation and was so licensed at that time.
(d) An insurer or insurance producer may pay or assign commissions, service fees, brokerages or other valuable consideration to an insurance agency or to persons who do not sell, solicit or negotiate insurance in this state, unless the payment would violate section 38a-825.
(P.A. 01-113, S. 12, 42; P.A. 04-77, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 01-113 effective September 1, 2002; P.A. 04-77 amended Subsec. (c) to add “or an heir or assignee of the person”.
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.