No insurance company, producer or any other person, copartnership or corporation shall make or issue, or cause to be made or issued, any written or oral statements, misrepresenting or making incomplete comparisons regarding the terms or conditions or benefits contained in any policy or contract of insurance, legally issued by any insurance company licensed to transact business in this state, for the purpose of inducing or attempting to induce the owner of such policy or contract of insurance to forfeit or surrender such policy or contract of insurance or allow it to lapse for the purpose of replacing such policy or contract of insurance with another. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6079; P.A. 96-193, S. 22, 36; P.A. 08-178, S. 40.)
History: Sec. 38-55 transferred to Sec. 38a-826 in 1991; P.A. 96-193 substituted “producer” for “agent or broker”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 08-178 increased maximum fine from $500 to $5,000 and made a technical change.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 704 - Unfair and Prohibited Practices
Section 38a-815. (Formerly Sec. 38-60). - Unfair practice prohibited.
Section 38a-816. (Formerly Sec. 38-61). - Unfair practices defined.
Section 38a-818. (Formerly Sec. 38-63). - Hearing on unfair practice not so defined. Injunction.
Section 38a-819. (Formerly Sec. 38-64). - Powers to be additional. Regulations.
Section 38a-824. (Formerly Sec. 38-64a). - Commissioner to adopt regulations prohibiting redlining.
Section 38a-826. (Formerly Sec. 38-55). - Misrepresentation to induce change of insurance. Penalty.
Section 38a-827. (Formerly Sec. 38-93a). - Fictitious grouping for insurance purposes prohibited.
Section 38a-827a. - Discrimination on basis of lawful travel destination prohibited.
Section 38a-828. (Formerly Sec. 38-56). - False statement of assets prohibited.
Section 38a-829. (Formerly Sec. 38-57). - Advertisements to conform to last filed statement.
Section 38a-830. (Formerly Sec. 38-58). - Penalty.
Section 38a-834. - Discrimination against living organ donors prohibited.