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Homeowners Insurance Non-Renewal in Connecticut: Your Evidence Rights, Step by Step

Last verified against source: October 19, 2026 · Sources: Connecticut Insurance Department notice/guidance (March 2024, updated February 2026) and Connecticut's 60-day non-renewal notice requirement — portal.ct.gov/cid

The rule that protects you

Connecticut's Insurance Department has told insurers, in guidance first issued in March 2024 and updated in February 2026, that what a camera sees from the sky is not automatically a reason to drop a homeowner — and Connecticut law separately guarantees you something many states don't: time, with a specific reason attached.

What your insurer must do in Connecticut

Cosmetic issues in imagery are not valid non-renewal grounds. If the photo shows streaking, discoloration, or surface wear — the ordinary look of a New England roof — the Department's guidance says that is not a valid basis for non-renewing you. A condition-based decision needs more than a cosmetic reading of a photograph.

You get 60 days' notice, with a specific reason. Connecticut law requires 60 days' notice of non-renewal, and the notice must state the specific reason. Sixty days is a real working window — long enough to obtain a professional inspection, complete minor cures, and submit a complete packet — and a specific reason tells you exactly what the packet must answer.

Insurers must file their underwriting guidelines with the Department. The rules your insurer applied to you are on file with the regulator. If your insurer's stated reason doesn't match its own filed guidelines, that gap is a legitimate subject for a complaint.

What to submit (in the order reviewers weight it)

1. A licensed professional's dated documentation — a roofer's report or receipt, an inspector's findings, answering the specific stated reason.
2. Dated transactional proof — invoices, permits, repair records, signed contracts.
3. Your dated photos — supporting material; where the cited issue is cosmetic, after-photos paired with the professional's assessment are the direct rebuttal.
4. A request for the images used, in writing, early — know exactly what you're answering.

Your clock

The 60-day notice period is the frame; your notice's effective date is the wall inside it. Sequence the window: days 1–7, request the images and read the specific reason; days 7–21, book the professional and complete any fixable cure; days 21–40, assemble and submit the packet with delivery proof; days 40–60, follow up in writing and prepare a fallback quote in parallel so a denial is never a catastrophe.

If they won't review it

File a complaint with the Connecticut Insurance Department (portal.ct.gov/cid). Connecticut's regulator wrote guidance on exactly this practice and holds insurers' filed guidelines — a complaint arrives at a desk that already has both documents.

What GroundProof does in Connecticut

The Dispute Sprint ($99 flat): we build your case inside the 60-day window — notice, specific reason, dated records, professional report where needed — assembled into one packet matched to Connecticut's guidance and your deadline, ready for you to submit in your own name. We organize documentation; we do not negotiate with your insurer, file on your behalf, or promise an outcome.