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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) No delinquency proceeding shall be commenced under sections 38a-903 to 38a-961, inclusive, by anyone other than the commissioner and no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain, hear or determine any proceeding commenced by any other person.
(b) No court of this state shall have jurisdiction to entertain, hear or determine any complaint praying for the dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation or receivership of any insurer, or praying for an injunction or restraining order or other relief preliminary to, incidental to or relating to such proceedings other than in accordance with sections 38a-903 to 38a-961, inclusive.
(c) In addition to other grounds for jurisdiction provided by the law of this state, a court of this state having jurisdiction of the subject matter has jurisdiction over a person served pursuant to the provisions of the general statutes pertaining to an action brought by the receiver of a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state: (1) If the person served is obligated to the insurer in any way as an incident to any producer arrangement that may exist or has existed between the insurer and the producer, in any action on or incident to the obligation; or (2) if the person served is a reinsurer who has at any time entered into a contract of reinsurance with an insurer against which a delinquency proceeding has been instituted, or is a producer of or for the reinsurer, in any action on or incident to the reinsurance contract; or (3) if the person served is or has been an officer, manager, trustee, organizer, promoter or person in a position of comparable authority or influence in an insurer against which a rehabilitation or liquidation order is in effect when the action is commenced, in any action resulting from such a relationship with the insurer; or (4) if the person served is or was at the time of the institution of the delinquency proceeding against the insurer holding assets in which the receiver claims an interest on behalf of the insurer, in any action concerning the assets; or (5) if the person served is obligated to the insurer, in any way, in any action on or incident to the obligation.
(d) If the court on motion of any party finds that any action should as a matter of substantial justice be tried in a forum outside this state, the court may enter an appropriate order to stay further proceedings on the action in this state.
(e) All action herein authorized shall be brought in superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 38A. Insurance § 38a-906. Jurisdiction and venue - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-38a-insurance/ct-gen-st-sect-38a-906/
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