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What Product Recall Insurance Requirements Apply in Connecticut?

Connecticut’s Agriculture Department says its recall procedure is required for seaweed producers and emphasizes tracing to a company or growing area, withdrawing market stock, destroying investigation inventory, and tracking purchaser notices. If you grow or sell raw seaweed, compare those tasks with your quote.

What Is Product Recall Insurance?

Product recall insurance can pay specified costs to locate and withdraw a product after a covered problem. It fits businesses that could face recall logistics; product liability does not automatically pay those costs, so compare the trigger and covered expenses. Read the national Product recall guide.

What to Watch for With Product Recall in Connecticut

Seaweed Producers Need a Recall Procedure
The Department of Agriculture says it provides a required procedure to seaweed producers because raw commodities can cause illness. Its guidance calls for traceback to the company or growing area and purchaser-notice records. Ask whether product trace and customer notices are described in your application. ¹
Investigation Inventory May Be Destroyed
Connecticut’s seaweed guidance says company inventory associated with an illness investigation is destroyed and remaining implicated product recalled and destroyed. Ask how the quote treats your own unsold inventory versus returned customer product. ¹
Manufactured Foods Have a Separate Regulator
DCP’s Foods Program inspects retail and wholesale food manufacturers that operate, transport, or store food in Connecticut. If you also make or distribute other foods, identify the product classes and stages needing recall expense limits. ²

Which Product Recall Providers Have Connecticut License Records?

No provider in our research documents both a state license record and this coverage line. This does not establish that providers are unlicensed. Check the regulator’s license lookup and confirm availability with a provider when requesting a quote.

Who Regulates Insurance in Connecticut?

Connecticut Insurance Department

The Connecticut Insurance Department licenses insurance producers and companies, oversees insurers and regulated insurance activity, and investigates insurance complaints. Its complaint and license-search services let you raise an issue or check an insurance professional or company. ^3,^4,⁵

Website: Regulator website
License lookup: Search licensed producers
Complaints: File a complaint
Phone: (800) 203-3447

Surplus-Lines Tax and Stamping Office in Connecticut

Reported tax rate. 4% of gross premium when Connecticut is the home state ^6,^7,⁸

When Connecticut is the insured’s home state, surplus-lines tax is 4% of gross premium; certain state and local government insureds are exempt, and broker or policy fees are not part of the premium-tax base. Connecticut’s required notice says these policies are outside the state guaranty association. Most placements require three declinations or an export-list qualification; an exempt commercial purchaser may qualify for the federal § 8205 search exception after disclosure and a written request.

Questions to Ask Before You Buy Product Recall in Connecticut

Does the quote include disposal of our Connecticut seaweed inventory held during an illness investigation?
Are purchaser notices and traceback to the growing area separate recall expenses?
If we also manufacture packaged food, are those products covered under the same trigger and limit?

Product Recall Insurance in Connecticut: Frequently Asked Questions

Does Connecticut require a recall procedure for seaweed producers?

Yes. The Department of Agriculture says a recall procedure is required and describes traceability, destruction of investigation inventory, and purchaser-notification records. ¹

Which Connecticut agency inspects wholesale food manufacturers?

DCP’s Foods Program says it inspects retail and wholesale food manufacturers operating, transporting, or storing food in Connecticut. The seaweed recall procedure described here comes from the Department of Agriculture. ^2,¹

Sources

15 documents, numbered as cited. Open the sources

Sources for Product Recall Insurance in Connecticut

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Raw Seaweed Hazards Guide. Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Aquaculture; Recall Procedures, p. 16; seaweed producers/raw agricultural commodities. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Foods Program. Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection; Retail and wholesale food manufacturers that operate, transport, or store food. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Connecticut Insurance Department. Connecticut Insurance Department; Official Department homepage; mission and department resources. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Licensing. Connecticut Insurance Department; Department licensing resource landing page; links to state agent and company license lookup. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Ask a Question or File a Complaint. Connecticut Insurance Department; Online complaint form and consumer affairs helpline. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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FAQs: Surplus Lines Brokers. Connecticut Insurance Department; Current tax rate, tax base and exemptions, diligent-search rules, guaranty-fund notice. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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FAQs: Surplus Lines Brokers. Connecticut Insurance Department; Question on surplus-lines notice states Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Association does not cover these policies. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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15 U.S.C. § 8205: Streamlined application for commercial purchasers. U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Law Revision Counsel; Broker's due-diligence search exception for an exempt commercial purchaser requires prior disclosure that admitted-market insurance may offer greater protection/regulatory oversight and the purchaser's subsequent written request for nonadmitted placement. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Licenses. At-Bay; Current producer introduction and state table; At-Bay Insurance Services LLC; P&C and surplus-lines identifiers. Accessed 2026-09-21.
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Licenses and Carriers. Coalition; Licenses and Carriers, re-read 22 September 2026: Insurance Licenses table for Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc., national producer number 18419475, with producer and surplus-lines numbers for all 50 states and DC including California 0L76155, Georgia 196479, Texas 2199630 and 2205589, Pennsylvania 815731 and 817452, Colorado 539028 and Wisconsin 3000108852. Insurance Carriers table naming, with NAIC numbers, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company 36420, Arch Specialty Insurance Company 21199, Ascot Specialty Insurance Company 45055, Ascot Insurance Company 23752, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company 10717, Chaucer Insurance Company DAC, Coalition Insurance Company 29530, Fireman's Fund Indemnity Corporation 11380, Fortegra Specialty Insurance Company 16823, Lloyd's of London, MSIG Specialty Insurance USA Inc. 34886, MS Transverse Specialty Insurance Company 41807, Steadfast Insurance Company 26387, Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Company 16275 and Zurich American Insurance Company 16535. Accessed 2026-09-22.
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Insurance Producer Licenses. Corgi Insurance; Current complete Insurance Producer Licenses table for Corgi Insurance Services, Inc.; 50 rows covering 49 states and DC (DC 3003091619); no New Mexico row; no NPN or as-of date shown. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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About Hiscox US Insurance. Hiscox; Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. NAIC 10200 as Chicago, IL domiciled insurer admitted or licensed in all 50 states and D.C.; Hiscox Inc. as general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder for Syndicates 33 and 3624; surplus-lines placements through licensed surplus-lines brokers; A.M. Best rating statement. Accessed 2026-09-16.
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Licenses. ERGO NEXT Insurance; Current entity-by-state license table reopened 28 September 2026: 50 rows under Next First Insurance Agency, Inc., including Washington, DC; New York rows instead list Next Insurance Services PC-1423070 and AP Intego BR-1198885. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Insurance Licenses by State. TechInsurance; Current state table; identifies TechInsurance as a division of Specialty Program Group LLC d/b/a SPG Insurance Solutions; lists DC 3000041536 and labels Rhode Island “Individual licenses,” without an agency license number. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Licenses. Vouch; Effective 16 January 2025: Vouch Specialty Insurance Services, LLC, NPN 19926463; P&C table (50 states and DC); surplus-lines table includes Idaho 870820; footnote says Georgia and Idaho do not issue agency-level surplus-lines licenses; Idaho retained as producer-only due to conflict. Accessed 2026-09-15.

What Product Recall Insurance Requirements Apply in Connecticut?

What Is Product Recall Insurance?

What to Watch for With Product Recall in Connecticut

Seaweed Producers Need a Recall Procedure

Investigation Inventory May Be Destroyed

Manufactured Foods Have a Separate Regulator