Connecticut General Statutes 38a-908 – Cooperation of officers, owners and employees. Penalties
(a) Any present or former officer, manager, director, trustee, owner, employee or agent of any insurer, or any other persons with authority over or in charge of any segment of the insurer’s affairs, shall cooperate with the commissioner in any proceeding under this chapter or any investigation preliminary to the proceeding. As used in this section, “person” includes any person who exercises control directly or indirectly over activities of the insurer through any holding company or other affiliate of the insurer; and “to cooperate” includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1) To reply promptly in writing to any inquiry from the commissioner requesting such a reply; and (2) to make available to the commissioner any books, accounts, documents, or other records or information or property of or pertaining to the insurer and in the person’s possession, custody or control.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-908
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner. 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
- Person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a business trust, an unincorporated organization or other legal entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) No person shall obstruct or interfere with the commissioner in the conduct of any delinquency proceeding or any investigation preliminary or incidental thereto.
(c) This section shall not be construed to abridge otherwise existing legal rights, including the right to resist a petition for liquidation or other delinquency proceedings, or other orders.
(d) Any person included within subsection (a) of this section who fails to cooperate with the commissioner, or any person who obstructs or interferes with the commissioner in the conduct of any delinquency proceeding or any investigation preliminary or incidental thereto, or who violates any order the commissioner issued validly under sections 38a-903 to 38a-961, inclusive, may: (1) Be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; or (2) after a hearing, be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars and the revocation or suspension of any insurance licenses issued by the commissioner.