July 28, 2015
On July 2, 2015, Gov. Malloy signed HB 6772 into law, which amends Section 52-321a. The amendments exempt from creditors’ claims interests in or amounts payable to participants and beneficiaries of certain allocated or unallocated group annuity contracts purchased by an ERISA-covered plan.
To qualify for the exemption, a group annuity contract must be issued to an employer or pension plan to provide employees or retirees with defined retirement benefits. In addition, the original retirement benefits must be protected under ERISA or Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the group annuity contract must not be protected by ERISA or the PBGC on or after the effective date of the group annuity contract.
As background, under Section 52-321a, creditors cannot claim interests in and payments from certain accounts, including certain retirement accounts, simplified employee pension plans and medical savings accounts.
The law is effective Oct. 1, 2015.
House Bill 6772 »