HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. CO. v. ACE AMERICAN

No. 25661.

930 A.2d 701 (2007)

103 Conn.App. 319

HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY et al. v. ACE AMERICAN REINSURANCE COMPANY et al.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Freiman, with whom were Jeffrey R. Babbin, New Haven and, on the brief, Seth L. Huttner, Hartford, James I. Rubin, pro hac vice, and Robert N. Hermes, pro hac vice, Chicago, IL, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

James F. Sullivan, with whom were Jack G. Steigelfest, Hartford and, on the brief, Dale T. Miller, pro hac vice, for the appellees (defendant underwriters of Lloyd's of London et al.).

Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Rupal Shah Palanki, assistant attorney general, filed a brief for Susan F. Cogswell, insurance commissioner of the state of Connecticut, as amicus curiae.

DiPENTIMA, LAVINE and PETERS, Js.


PETERS, J.

General Statutes § 38a-27 (a) prohibits an unauthorized insurer from filing any pleading in an action instituted against it by "service made in accordance with the provisions of section 38a-25, section 38a-26 or section 38a-273" without (1) posting prepleading security in an amount sufficient to secure the payment of any final judgment which may be rendered against it or (2) "procur[ing] proper authorization to do an insurance business in this state...

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