Sec. 4a-21. (Formerly Sec. 4-37c). Annual report.
Sec. 4a-21. (Formerly Sec. 4-37c). Annual report. The State Insurance and Risk
Management Board shall, on or before September first, annually, make a report to the
Governor and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly on the judiciary of its activities during the year
ending the preceding June thirtieth. Such report shall include (1) an evaluation of the
state insurance program in terms of adequacy and reasonableness of cost, (2) a complete
statement of the costs of said program enumerating lines of coverage, (3) an evaluation
of the effectiveness of each portion of the program involving deductibles or partial self-insurance, (4) a statement of the agent or agents of record, or consultants, if any, (5) an
evaluation of the agent or agents of record, or consultants, if any, (6) a breakdown of
the actual commissions or fees paid, (7) any recommendations adopted by the board for
the enactment of policies designed to reduce risks and hazards that may result in state
liability for tortious conduct, (8) the status and disposition of claims administered
through the state insurance program, and (9) such other matters as the board determines
to be appropriate and necessary. The portion of the report concerning the status and
disposition of claims shall include (A) the number of claims pending under the state
insurance program, categorized by the alleged ground for the claim, (B) the number of
new claims brought under the state insurance program in the preceding year, categorized
by the alleged ground for the claim, (C) the number of claims disposed of in the preceding
year, categorized by the ground for the claim that was disposed of and whether the claim
was disposed of by settlement or litigation to final judgment, and the amount paid for
claims within the respective categories, and (D) such other information within the cognizance of the board as may be requested, from time to time, by the joint standing committee of the General Assembly on the judiciary. The report shall identify each claim disposed of by payment of an amount exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. Each such
report shall become a public record.
(1963, P.A. 348, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 313, S. 3; P.A. 83-570, S. 6, 17; P.A. 93-163, S. 2; P.A. 05-170, S. 7.)
History: 1965 act changed "board" to "commission"; P.A. 83-570 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric
indicators and required that evaluation of agent of record be included in annual report; Sec. 4-37c transferred to Sec. 4a-21 in 1989; P.A. 93-163 amended the section to require reporting re consultants to substitute breakdown of the actual fees
or commissions paid for breakdown of commissions paid as "percentage of the total premium and in terms of dollars of
commissions"; P.A. 05-170 replaced "Said board" with "The State Insurance and Risk Management Board", required the
board to make the report in accordance with Sec. 11-4a to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly on the
judiciary, added new Subdiv. (7) re recommendations for the enactment of policies designed to reduce risks and hazards
that may result in state liability for tortious conduct, added new Subdiv. (8) re status and disposition of claims administered
through the state insurance program, redesignated existing Subdiv. (7) as Subdiv. (9), added provision requiring the portion
of the report concerning the status and disposition of claims to include information re the number of pending claims, the
number of new claims brought in the preceding year, the number of claims disposed of in the preceding year and the amount
paid for those claims, and such other information as requested by the judiciary committee of the General Assembly, and
added provision requiring the report to identify each claim disposed of by payment of an amount exceeding $100,000.
Annotation to former section 4-37c:
Cited. 26 CS 423.