(a) Investments made in excess of the limits prescribed in sections 38a-102 to 38a-102h, inclusive, shall be considered nonadmitted assets of an insurance company only to the extent of such excess and then only to the extent all such excess investments in the aggregate exceed fifty per cent of the amount by which capital and surplus exceeds the minimum requirements for such company.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-102a

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
  • Domestic insurer: means any insurer that has been chartered by, incorporated, organized or constituted within or under the laws of this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
  • Insurance: means any agreement to pay a sum of money, provide services or any other thing of value on the happening of a particular event or contingency or to provide indemnity for loss in respect to a specified subject by specified perils in return for a consideration. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
  • insurance company: includes any person or combination of persons doing any kind or form of insurance business other than a fraternal benefit society, and shall include a receiver of any insurer when the context reasonably permits. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1

(b) Whenever a domestic insurer, as defined in section 38a-1, holds nonadmitted investment assets exceeding fifty per cent of the amount by which capital and surplus exceeds the minimum requirements for such company or whenever the investments in any category exceed twice the limitations imposed thereon, the Insurance Commissioner may, after reasonable notice to and hearing of such company, direct the orderly divestiture of any or all of such excess. In addition to such an order, the Insurance Commissioner may require the chief investment officer, or in the absence of any such designee, the chief executive officer, of such company to affix to each financial statement required to be filed with the commissioner, a certification that any such order has been complied with or containing the details and explanation of any noncompliance.