Sec. 38a-702l. Producer commissions.

      Sec. 38a-702l. Producer commissions. (a) An insurance company or insurance producer shall not pay a commission, service fee, brokerage or other valuable consideration to a person for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if the person is required to be licensed under sections 38a-702a to 38a-702r, inclusive, and is not so licensed.

      (b) A person shall not accept a commission, service fee, brokerage or other valuable consideration for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if the person is required to be licensed under sections 38a-702a to 38a-702r, inclusive, and is not so licensed.

      (c) Renewal or other deferred commissions may be paid to a person, or an heir or assignee of the person, for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if the person was required to be licensed under sections 38a-702a to 38a-702r, inclusive, at the time of the sale, solicitation or negotiation and was so licensed at that time.

      (d) An insurer or insurance producer may pay or assign commissions, service fees, brokerages or other valuable consideration to an insurance agency or to persons who do not sell, solicit or negotiate insurance in this state, unless the payment would violate section 38a-825.

      (P.A. 01-113, S. 12, 42; P.A. 04-77, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 01-113 effective September 1, 2002; P.A. 04-77 amended Subsec. (c) to add "or an heir or assignee of the person".