(a) The board of directors of a domestic insurance company may at any time, and from time to time, by resolution or amendment to the company's bylaws, provide for an emergency management plan as they consider necessary or appropriate, subject to repeal or change by action of those having power to adopt bylaws for the company.

(b) If such emergency plan has not been adopted by any such corporation upon the occurrence of a national emergency caused by an attack on the United States or by a nuclear, atomic or other disaster, the following provisions shall automatically become effective and shall remain effective throughout the emergency or until superseded by such emergency plan: (1) Two directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the board. (2) Notice of any meeting of the board need be given only to such of the directors as it may be practical to reach at the time and by such means as may be practical at the time, including publication or radio broadcast. (3) Any vacancy in the board may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, even if less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director. (4) If there are no surviving directors able and willing to serve, or if no surviving directors can be located, all directorships shall be presumed to be vacant. Such vacancies in the board of directors, not to exceed three, shall be filled by the most senior surviving officers of the company able and willing to serve; seniority to be determined by rank and, within rank, first, by year of appointment to that rank and, second, by birth date. If thereafter a surviving director able and willing to serve is located, he shall automatically resume his position on the board of directors and the most junior officer serving as a director under the authority of this subdivision shall thereupon be considered to have resigned. In addition, if there are no surviving directors, one vacancy may be filled by the Insurance Commissioner or other person authorized to exercise his powers.

(c) If such emergency plan is adopted, it may provide that it will become operative automatically during any such national emergency and, notwithstanding any provision of the law or the charter or bylaws of the company, may contain any provisions reasonably necessary for the operation of the company during any such national emergency. Such provisions need not be consistent with the comparable provisions stated in subsection (b) of this section. Such provisions may provide, among other things, for (1) the designation of persons who may call a meeting of the board of directors; (2) the quorum and notice requirements for, and location of, any such meeting; (3) the filling of vacancies on the board of directors; (4) a succession list of persons by name or title who will succeed to positions of higher rank; (5) the establishment of the principal office of the company at a new location in or out of the state.

(1963, P.A. 451, S. 1, 2, 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 272, 348; P.A. 05-29, S. 5; P.A. 10-5, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 77-614 placed insurance commissioner within the department of business regulation and made insurance department a division within that department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 restored insurance commissioner and division to prior independent status and abolished the department of business regulation; Sec. 38-27a transferred to Sec. 38a-60 in 1991; P.A. 05-29 made a technical change in Subsec. (c); P.A. 10-5 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective May 5, 2010.