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.