Sec. 38a-346. (Formerly Sec. 38-175l). Liability of persons furnishing information to insured.
Sec. 38a-346. (Formerly Sec. 38-175l). Liability of persons furnishing information to insured. There shall be no liability on the part of and no cause of action of
any nature shall arise against the Insurance Commissioner or against any insurer, its
authorized representative, its agents, its employees, or any firm, person or corporation
furnishing to the insured information as to reasons for cancellation or refusal to renew,
for any statement made by any of them in any written notice of cancellation or of intention
not to renew, or in any other communication, oral or written specifying the reasons for
cancellation or refusal to renew, or the providing of information pertaining thereto, or
for statements made or evidence submitted at any hearings conducted in connection
therewith.
(1969, P.A. 809, S. 7; P.A. 77-199, S. 6, 12; 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 299, 348.)
History: P.A. 77-199 added references to refusal to renew and notification of intention not to renew; P.A. 77-614 placed
insurance commissioner within the department of business regulation and made insurance department a division within
that department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 restored insurance commissioner and division to prior independent
status and abolished the department of business regulation; Sec. 38-175l transferred to Sec. 38a-346 in 1991.
Annotations to former section 38-175l:
Cited. 160 C. 280. Regulations under this statute make "other insurance" clauses in conflict with the regulations. 161
C. 169.
Cited. 42 CA 177.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 234 C. 182.
Cited. 42 CA 177.