Current through November 7, 2024
Section 38a-53-4 - Exemptions(a) Upon written application of an insurer, the Commissioner may issue an exemption from compliance with the provisions of this regulation in the following instances: (1) An insurer that has less than $1,000,000 total direct plus assumed written premiums during a calendar year, or that has less than 1,000 policyholders or certificate holders at the end of a calendar year, in lieu of the certification required for the calendar year, may submit an affidavit under oath of an officer of the insurer that specifies that amount of direct, plus assumed, premiums written and the total number of policyholders and certificate holders. An insurer which intends to utilize this exemption shall submit a letter of intent to the insurance regulatory official in its domiciliary state no later than December 1 of the calendar year for which the exemption is to be claimed;(2) An insurer which is under rehabilitation, liquidation, or any other delinquency proceeding ordered pursuant to a statutory provision unless ordered to make the report by the insurance regulatory official of its domiciliary state;(3) An insurer writing property insurance only if the exemption is agreed to by the insurance regulatory official in the insurer's domiciliary state based on the nature of the business written;(4) Filing the report would constitute financial hardship, which is presumed to exist for an insurer other than a health care center if the projected reasonable cost of the report would exceed the lesser of:(A) One percent of the insurer's capital and surplus reflected in the insurer's annual statement for the calendar year for which the exemption is sought; or(B) Three percent of the insurer's net direct plus assumed premiums written during the calendar year for which the exemption is sought as reflected in the insurer's annual statement filed with its insurance regulatory official of its domiciliary state.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 38a-53-4
Effective September 28, 1993