As used in sections 38a-720 to 38a-720n, inclusive:

(1) “Adjuster” means an independent or contracted individual who investigates or settles loss claims. “Adjuster” does not include an employee of an insurer who investigates or settles claims incurred under insurance contracts written by the insurer or an affiliated insurer.

(2) “Affiliate” or “affiliated” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-1.

(3) “Business entity” means a corporation, a limited liability company or any other similar form of business organization, whether for profit or nonprofit.

(4) “Commissioner” means the Insurance Commissioner.

(5) “Control” or “controlled by” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-1.

(6) “Insurance producer” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-702a.

(7) “Insurer” or “insurance company” means any person or combination of persons doing any kind or form of insurance business other than a fraternal benefit society, and includes a captive insurance company, as defined in section 38a-91aa, a captive insurer, as defined in section 38a-91k, a licensed insurance company, a medical service corporation, a hospital service corporation, a health care center, and a consumer dental plan that provides employee welfare benefits on a self-funded basis or as defined in section 38a-577.

(8) “NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

(9) “Person” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-1.

(10) “Sell” means the exchange of an insurance contract for money or other consideration, by any means, on behalf of an insurance company.

(11) “Third-party administrator” means any person who directly or indirectly underwrites, collects premiums or charges from, or adjusts or settles claims on, residents of this state in connection with life, annuity or health coverage offered or provided by an insurer. “Third-party administrator” does not include:

(A) An employer administering its employee benefit plan or the benefit plan of an affiliated employer under common management and control;

(B) A union administering a benefit plan on behalf of its members;

(C) An insurer that is licensed in this state or is acting as an authorized insurer with respect to insurance lawfully issued to cover a Connecticut resident, and sales representatives thereof;

(D) An insurance producer who is licensed to sell life, annuity or health coverage in this state, whose activities are limited exclusively to the sale of insurance;

(E) A creditor acting on behalf of its debtors with respect to insurance covering a debt between the creditor and its debtors;

(F) A trust and its trustees, agents and employees acting pursuant to such trust established in conformity with 29 USC Section 186, as amended from time to time;

(G) A trust exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, and its trustees and employees acting pursuant to such trust, or a custodian and the custodian's agents and employees acting pursuant to a custodian account that meets the requirements of Section 401(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time;

(H) A credit union or a financial institution that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state banking authorities, or a mortgage lender, to the extent such credit union, financial institution or mortgage lender collects or remits premiums to licensed insurance producers or limited lines producers or to authorized insurers, in connection with loan payments;

(I) A credit card issuing company that advances or collects premiums or charges from its credit cardholders who have authorized collection;

(J) An attorney-at-law who adjusts or settles claims in the normal course of such attorney's practice or employment and who does not collect premiums or charges in connection with life, annuity or health coverage;

(K) An adjuster who is licensed in this state or is not subject to the licensure requirements of chapter 702 and whose activities are limited to adjusting claims;

(L) An insurance producer who is licensed in this state and acting as a managing general agent, as defined in section 38a-90a, whose activities are limited exclusively to those specified in said section;

(M) A business entity that is affiliated with an insurer licensed in this state and that undertakes activities as a third-party administrator only for the direct and assumed insurance business of the affiliated insurer;

(N) A consortium of federally qualified health centers funded by the state, providing services only to the recipients of programs administered by the Department of Social Services;

(O) A pharmacy benefits manager registered under section 38a-479bbb;

(P) An entity providing administrative services to the Health Reinsurance Association established under section 38a-556; or

(Q) A nonprofit association or one of its direct subsidiaries that provides access to insurance as part of the benefits or services such association or subsidiary makes available to its members.

(12) “Underwrites” or “underwriting” means the acceptance of employer or individual applications for coverage of individuals in accordance with the written rules of the insurer or self-funded plan, and the overall planning and coordination of a benefits program.

(13) “Uniform application” means the current version of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Uniform Application for Third-Party Administrators.

(P.A. 11-58, S. 20.)