Sec. 38a-465f. Required disclosures.

(a) The provider or broker shall provide, in writing, in a separate document that is signed by the owner and provider, the following disclosures to the owner not later than the date the life settlement contract is signed by all parties. The disclosure document shall contain the following language: “All medical, financial or personal information solicited or obtained by a provider or broker about an insured, including the insured's identity or the identity of family members, a spouse or a significant other may be disclosed as necessary to effect the life settlement contract between the owner and the provider. If you are asked to provide this information, you will be asked to consent to the disclosure. The information may be provided to someone who buys the policy or provides funds for the purchase. You may be asked to renew your permission to share information every two years.” The written disclosures shall be provided in a separate document that is signed by the owner and the provider and shall provide at least the following disclosures:

(1) That there are possible alternatives to life settlement contracts including, but not limited to, accelerated death benefits offered by the issuer of the life insurance policy;

(2) That some or all of the proceeds of a life settlement contract may be taxable, and assistance should be sought from a professional tax advisor;

(3) That receipt of the life settlement contract proceeds may adversely affect the recipient's eligibility for public assistance or other government benefits or entitlements, and advice should be obtained from the appropriate agencies;

(4) That the owner has the right to rescind a life settlement contract for fifteen calendar days after the date such contract is executed by all parties and the owner has received the disclosures specified herein. Such rescission exercised by the owner shall be effective only if both notice of rescission is given to the provider and the owner repays all proceeds and any premiums, loans and loan interest paid by the provider within the rescission period. If the insured dies during the rescission period, the settlement contract shall be deemed to have been rescinded, subject to repayment by the owner or the owner's estate of all proceeds and any premiums, loans and loan interest to the provider;

(5) That proceeds from the life settlement contract may be subject to the claims of creditors;

(6) That proceeds will be sent to the owner within three business days after the provider has received the insurer or group administrator's acknowledgment that ownership of the policy or interest in the certificate has been transferred and the beneficiary has been designated in accordance with the terms of the life settlement contract;

(7) That entering into a life settlement contract may cause other rights or benefits, including conversion rights and waiver of premium benefits that may exist under the policy or certificate, to be forfeited by the owner, and assistance should be sought from a financial advisor;

(8) That the insured may be contacted by either the provider or broker or its authorized representative for the purpose of determining the insured's health status or to verify the insured's address. This contact is limited to once every three months if the insured has a life expectancy of more than one year, and no more than once per month if the insured has a life expectancy of one year or less;

(9) The amount and method of calculating the compensation paid or to be paid to the broker or to any other person acting for the owner in connection with the transaction, wherein the term compensation includes anything of value paid or given;

(10) The date by which the funds will be available to the owner and the transmitter of the funds;

(11) That the commissioner shall require delivery of a buyer's guide or a similar consumer advisory package in the form prescribed by the commissioner to owners during the solicitation process;

(12) That the commissioner shall require providers and brokers to print separate, signed fraud warnings on their applications and on their life settlement contracts as follows: “Any person who knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance or life settlement contract is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.”;

(13) The affiliation, if any, between the provider and the issuer of the insurance policy to be settled;

(14) That a broker represents the owner exclusively, and not the insurer, the provider or any other person, and owes a fiduciary duty to the owner, including a duty to act according to the owner's instructions and in the best interest of the owner;

(15) The name, address and telephone number of the provider;

(16) The name, business address and telephone number of the independent third-party escrow agent, and the fact that the owner may inspect or receive copies of the relevant escrow or trust agreements or documents; and

(17) That a change of ownership could limit the insured's ability to purchase future insurance on the insured's life because there is a limit to how much coverage insurers will issue on one life.

(b) The written disclosures shall be conspicuously displayed in any life settlement contract furnished to an owner by a provider, including any affiliations or contractual arrangements between the provider and the broker. Failure to provide the disclosures or rights set forth in this section shall be deemed an unfair practice pursuant to section 38a-816.

(c) A broker shall provide the owner and the provider with at least the following disclosures not later than the date the life settlement contract is signed by all parties. The disclosures shall be conspicuously displayed in the life settlement contract or in a separate document signed by the owner and provide the following information:

(1) The name, business address and telephone number of the broker;

(2) A full, complete and accurate description of all the offers, counter-offers, acceptances and rejections relating to the proposed life settlement contract;

(3) A written disclosure of any affiliations or contractual arrangements between the broker and any person making an offer in connection with the proposed life settlement contract;

(4) The name of each broker who receives compensation and the amount of compensation received by said broker, which compensation includes anything of value paid or given to the broker in connection with the life settlement contract;

(5) A complete reconciliation of the gross offer or bid by the provider to the net amount of proceeds or value to be received by the owner. For the purpose of this section, “gross offer” or “bid” means the total amount or value offered by the provider for the purchase of one or more life insurance policies, inclusive of commissions and fees; and

(6) That the failure to provide the disclosures or rights described in this section shall be deemed an unfair practice in violation of section 38a-815.

(P.A. 97-202, S. 8, 18; P.A. 98-27, S. 13; P.A. 99-104, S. 6; P.A. 03-152, S. 6; P.A. 08-175, S. 7.)

History: P.A. 97-202 effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 98-27 inserted “That” at the beginning of Subdivs. (2) to (6), inclusive; P.A. 99-104 added Subdiv. (7) re disclosure that funds will be sent to viator within two business days after settlement, and added Subdiv. (8) re disclosure that entering into viatical settlement contract may effect other rights or benefits and that assistance should be sought from a financial advisor; P.A. 03-152 substantially revised existing provisions and designated same as Subsec. (a), and added Subsecs. (b) to (f), inclusive, re required disclosures; P.A. 08-175 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re viatical settlement and adding provisions re life settlement, making conforming changes, specifying disclosures be provided in a separate document signed by owner and provider, extending period during which proceeds must be sent to owner from two days to three days, deleting former Subdiv. (4) and renumbering existing Subdivs. (5) to (9) as new Subdivs. (4) to (8), and adding Subdivs. (9) to (17) re additional required disclosures, deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (f) and added new Subsec. (b) re conspicuous display of disclosure and new Subsec. (c) re required disclosures by broker to owner and provider.