Any person, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation, or any person, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation acting under a trade name, that acts within this state, either on the person's own behalf or as a representative or agent of any other person or partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation or any other person, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation acting under a trade name, as an insurance producer, as defined in section 38a-702a, unless such person holds an insurance producer license then in force from the commissioner authorizing the person so to act, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three months, or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6059, 6066; P.A. 90-243, S. 24; P.A. 94-160, S. 4, 24; P.A. 95-79, S. 187–189; P.A. 01-113, S. 19, 42; P.A. 08-178, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 90-243 removed public adjusters from purview of section; Sec. 38-71 transferred to Sec. 38a-704 in 1991; P.A. 94-160 amended the section to include partnerships, associations or corporations or any of such acting under a trade name to more accurately reflect the current modernization and nomenclature of the industry, effective January 1, 1996; P.A. 95-79 included a person who acts as representative of a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 01-113 substituted “section 38a-702a” for “subsection (1) of section 38a-702” and made technical changes for the purpose of gender neutrality, effective September 1, 2002; P.A. 08-178 made technical changes and increased maximum fine from $500 to $10,000.
See Sec. 38a-413 re title agent and title insurer exemption.
Annotations to former section 38-71:
Cited. 162 C. 508.
Cited. 5 CA 616.
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.