Sec. 16-50f. Solicitation of insurance applications from employees of public service companies. Payroll deductions.
Sec. 16-50f. Solicitation of insurance applications from employees of public
service companies. Payroll deductions. (a) Any public service company providing
payroll deduction services for its employees for premiums on individual policies of any
line of insurance shall permit solicitation of applications for such policies by any licensed
insurer or representative of the insurer. Any such insurer or representative of the insurer
who claims he has been denied the right to solicit applications for insurance by a public
service company in violation of this section shall file a complaint in writing with the
Insurance Commissioner who shall cause an investigation to be made, and if the commissioner determines that the public service company has violated this section, he shall so
notify the Department of Public Utility Control which shall make such order as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. This section shall not be construed to
invalidate, nor require any public service company to change, a program of payroll
deductions for employees' individual insurance policies in existence on October 1, 1969.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a public service
company may provide payroll deductions for its employees in connection with premiums for a mass merchandising or group plan of any line of insurance, provided that the
group covered by such insurance consists predominantly of employees of the public
service company.
(1969, P.A. 210, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 761; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 163, 610; P.A. 79-129; P.A. 80-482, S. 86, 348; P.A. 82-150, S. 8.)
History: 1971 act added Subsec. (b) re payroll deductions for group insurance; P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities
commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced authority with division of public utility control
within the department of business regulation, made insurance department a division of that department and retained insurance commissioner as its head, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-129 removed from Subsec. (b) provision prohibiting
sale of insurance on company property during normal working hours; P.A. 80-482 made divisions of public utility control
and insurance independent departments and deleted references to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 82-150 made technical changes.