{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-38a-17","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-17","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 38-8). Authority of commissioner when business is being conducted improperly.","body":"If, in the opinion of the commissioner, any insurance company, fraternal benefit society, health care center or residual market mechanism is doing business in an illegal or improper manner or is failing to adjust and pay losses and obligations when they become due, except claims to which, in the judgment of the commissioner there is a substantial defense, the commissioner may order it to discontinue such illegal or improper method of doing business and may order it to adjust and pay its losses and obligations as they become due.","path":["TITLE 38a. INSURANCE","CHAPTER 697. GENERAL PROVISIONS","PART II. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_697.htm#sec_38a-17","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:12Z","sha256":"dbda865a470a5c3f9e624d197a34a72ff02e0f82279eb642d0de51a5fc0198c5","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-38a-16","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-38a-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}