No insurance company, producer or any other person, copartnership or corporation shall make or issue, or cause to be made or issued, any written or oral statements, misrepresenting or making incomplete comparisons regarding the terms or conditions or benefits contained in any policy or contract of insurance, legally issued by any insurance company licensed to transact business in this state, for the purpose of inducing or attempting to induce the owner of such policy or contract of insurance to forfeit or surrender such policy or contract of insurance or allow it to lapse for the purpose of replacing such policy or contract of insurance with another. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 6079; P.A. 96-193, S. 22, 36; P.A. 08-178, S. 40.)
History: Sec. 38-55 transferred to Sec. 38a-826 in 1991; P.A. 96-193 substituted “producer” for “agent or broker”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 08-178 increased maximum fine from $500 to $5,000 and made a technical change.
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