Connecticut General Statutes 16-50f – Solicitation of insurance applications from employees of public service companies. Payroll deductions
(a) Any public service company providing payroll deduction services for its employees for premiums on individual policies of any line of insurance shall permit solicitation of applications for such policies by any licensed insurer or representative of the insurer. Any such insurer or representative of the insurer who claims he has been denied the right to solicit applications for insurance by a public service company in violation of this section shall file a complaint in writing with the Insurance Commissioner who shall cause an investigation to be made, and if the commissioner determines that the public service company has violated this section, he shall so notify the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority which shall make such order as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. This section shall not be construed to invalidate, nor require any public service company to change, a program of payroll deductions for employees’ individual insurance policies in existence on October 1, 1969.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16-50f
- Authority: means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and "department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Public service company: includes electric distribution, gas, telephone, pipeline, sewage, water and community antenna television companies and holders of a certificate of cable franchise authority, owning, leasing, maintaining, operating, managing or controlling plants or parts of plants or equipment, but shall not include towns, cities, boroughs, any municipal corporation or department thereof, whether separately incorporated or not, a private power producer, as defined in section 16-243b, or an exempt wholesale generator, as defined in 15 USC 79z-5a. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a public service company may provide payroll deductions for its employees in connection with premiums for a mass merchandising or group plan of any line of insurance, provided that the group covered by such insurance consists predominantly of employees of the public service company.