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      Sec. 38a-837. (Formerly Sec. 38-274). Application of chapter. Sections 38a-836 to 38a-853, inclusive, shall apply to all kinds of direct insurance, except:

      (1) Life, annuity, health or disability insurance;

      (2) Mortgage guaranty, financial guaranty or other forms of insurance offering protection against investment risks;

      (3) Fidelity or surety or any bonding obligations;

      (4) Credit insurance, vendors' single interest insurance, or collateral protection insurance or any similar insurance protecting the interests of a creditor arising out of a creditor-debtor transaction;

      (5) Insurance of warranties or service contracts, including insurance that provides for the repair, replacement or service of goods or property, or indemnification for repair, replacement or service, for the operational or structural failure of the goods or property due to a defect in materials, workmanship or normal wear and tear, or that provides reimbursement for the liability incurred by the issuer of agreements or service contracts that provide such benefits;

      (6) Title insurance;

      (7) Ocean marine insurance;

      (8) Any transaction or combination of transactions between a person, including affiliates of such person, and an insurer, including affiliates of such insurer, which involves the transfer of investment or credit risk unaccompanied by transfer of insurance risk;

      (9) Any insurance provided by or guaranteed by government; or

      (10) Flood insurance pursuant to the federal Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, 42 USC Section 4001, et seq.

      (1971, P.A. 466, S. 2; P.A. 86-63; P.A. 88-76, S. 1, 10; P.A. 97-125, S. 1, 9.)

      History: P.A. 86-63 provided that certain types of flood insurance shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 687; P.A. 88-76 excepted financial guaranty insurance from the provisions of this chapter; Sec. 38-274 transferred to Sec. 38a-837 in 1991; P.A. 97-125 reorganized section by expending types of excepted insurance and adding Subdiv. designators, effective July 1, 1997.

      Annotation to former section 38-274:

      Cited. 217 C. 371.

      Annotation to present section:

      Cited. 217 C. 371.