An Act To Establish Fee Caps under the Maine Insurance Code
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1522
Committee: Insurance and Financial Services
Sponsors: TURNER, BREAULT
Amends: 24-A MRSA §601

Legislative Document 
No. 1522 
S.P.51O 
In Senate, April 7, 2003 
An Act To Establish Fee Caps under the Maine Insurance Code 
Submitted by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation pursuant to Joint 
Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Insurance and Financial Services suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Senator TURNER of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Representative BREAULT of Buxton. 
Printed on recycled paper 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §601, as amended by PL 2001, c. 47, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
§60l. Fee schedule 
The 
superintendent shall collect, 
and persons 
so 
served 
shall 
pay 
to 
the 
superintendent, 
.t.b&. 
feesT---l-i€€Rses 
and 
miscellaneous charges as fellews set forth in this section. 
The 
superintendent may adopt rules establishing the fees and charges 
in different amounts from those specified under this section, 
except that the amount of any such fee or charge may not exceed 
the cap established in this section. 
In the absence of such 
rules, 
the maximum 
amounts set forth in this section apply. 
Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical 
rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
1. 
Certificate of authority. 
Insurer's certificate of 
authority fees aFe may not exceed: 
A. 
For 
filing 
application 
for 
initial 
certificate 
of 
authority, including all documents submitted as part of the 
application. If an applicant requests deferral and new data 
filings respecting the application are required, a fee in 
equal amount is required upon the filing of the new 
information 
$1,000; 
B. 
Issuance, and each annual continuation $100; 
and 
C. 
Reinstatement, under section 415 
$350.1. 
2. 
Charter 
documents, 
other 
than 
those 
filed 
with 
application for certificate of authority. 
The fee: for filing by 
an insurer for a reservation of a name; in addition to any other 
fee, a late filing of any information required to be filed by a 
licensee; 
registration of 
a 
branch location; 
and filing any 
amendment to certificate of organization, articles or certificate 
of incorporation, 
charter, 
bylaws, 
power of attorney, 
as 
to 
reciprocal insurers, 
and other constitutent documents 
of the 
insurer is may not exceed 
$25; 
3. 
Annual statement. 
Filing annual 
payable annually may not exceed 
statement of 
$100; 
insurer, 
5. 
Producers. 
Producers' license and appointment fees aFe 
may not exceed: 
A. Issuance fee for original resident 
producer license, including limited 
license 
$30; 
B. 
Appointment of resident producer, 
each insurer, health maintenance 
organization, fraternal benefit society, 
nonprofit hospital or medical service organization, viatical 
settlement 
provider or risk retention group 
Biennial fee for appointment, each 
insurer, health maintenance organization, 
fraternal benefit society, nonprofit 
hospital or medical service organization, 
viatical settlement provider or risk 
retention group 
c. 
Temporary license issuance fee 
b! 1993, c. 637, @4 (amd). ?b 
E. 
Issuance fee for original nonresident 
producer license 
Appointment of such producer, each 
insurer, health maintenance organization, 
fraternal benefit society, nonprofit 
hospital or medical service organization, 
viatical settlement provider or risk 
retention group 
Biennial fee for appointment, each 
insurer, health maintenance organization, 
fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital 
or medical service organization, viatical 
settlement Q£ provider risk retention group 
F. 
Issuance fee for resident agency license $30; 
Biennial fee 
Biennial fee for appointment, each insurer, 
health maintenance organization, fraternal 
benefit society, nonprofit hospital or 
medical service organization, viatical 
settlement provider or risk retention 
group 
G. 
Issuance fee for nonresident agency 
license 
Biennial fee 
$30; 
$30; 
$50; 
$70; 
$70; 
$70; 
$30; 
$30; 
$70; 
$70; 
Biennial fee for appointment, each insurer, 
health maintenance organization, fraternal 
benefit society, nonprofit hospital or 
medical service organization, viatical 
settlement provider or risk retention 
group 
H. 
Issuance fee for resident independent 
producer authority 
Biennial continuation 
Issuance fee for nonresident, independent 
producer authority 
Biennial continuation 
$70; and 
$70; 
$70; 
$150; 
$150. 
7. 
Consultants. 
Consultant license fees a~e may not exceed: 
A. 
Issuance fee for original 
resident consultant license 
Biennial fee 
B. 
Issuance fee for original 
nonresident consultant license 
Biennial fee 
C. 
Issuance fee for resident consultant 
agency license 
Biennial fee 
D. 
Issuance fee for nonresident consultant 
agency license 
Biennial fee 
$50; 
$50; 
$100; 
$100; 
$50; 
$50; and 
$100; 
$100. 
8. 
Adjusters. 
Adjuster license fees a~e may not exceed: 
A. 
Issuance fee for original resident adjuster 
license 
Biennial fee 
B. 
Issuance fee for original nonresident 
adjuster license 
Biennial fee 
$30; 
$30; 
$60; 
$60; 
C. 
Temporary license 
D. 
Issuance fee for resident adjuster 
agency license 
Biennial fee 
E. 
Issuance fee for nonresident adjuster 
agency license 
Biennial fee 
$50; 
$30; 
$30; and 
$60; 
$60. 
9-A. 
Application. 
Application for license fees aFe may not 
exceed: 
A. 
Application filing fee, other than 
consultants 
B. 
Consultant application filing fee 
$15; and 
$25. 
10. 
Vending machines. 
Insurance vending machines fees aFe 
may not exceed: 
Issuance fee for license, each machine 
$100; and 
Biennial continuation of license, each machine $100. 
11. 
Rating 
organizations 
and 
advisory 
organizations. 
Rating organizations and advisory organizations fees aFe may not 
exceed: 
Original license issuance fee 
$200; and 
Biennial continuation of license 
$200. 
13. 
Copies of certificates. 
Certified copy of insurer 
certificate of authority or other license issued under this Title 
may not exceed 
$10. 
14. 
Copies of other documents. 
Copies of other documents 
on file 
in the 
bureau: 
reasonable 
charge 
as 
fixed 
by 
the 
superintendent; and for certifying and fixing official seal may 
not exceed 
$10~ 
16. 
Self-insurance authorization. 
Fees applicable to each 
self-insurer, 
individual 
or 
group, 
seeking 
authorization 
or 
authorized to operate a workers' compensation self-insurance plan 
may not exceed: 
A. 
For 
filing 
application 
for 
initial 
authorization, 
including all documents submitted as part of the application 
$1, 000; 
A-I. 
For filing application for authority to self-insure 
under Title 39-A, section 403, subsection 16, including all 
documents submitted as part of the application 
$500; 
B. 
Authorization and each annual 
continuation 
$300; and 
c. 
Filing yearly report of self-insurer $100. 
If a 
self-insurer terminates the plan or 
continue to self-insure, the fee applicable 
reports must apply to that period in which 
reports is mandated. 
otherwise does not 
to filing of yearly 
the making of these 
17. 
Rules, rates and forms filinqs. 
Rate filings, rating 
rules filings, insurance policy, forms, riders, endorsements and 
certificate filings may not exceed 
$20. 
18. 
Third-party administrators. 
Third-party administrators 
license fees a~e may not exceed: 
A. 
Original issuance fee 
B. 
Annual renewal fee 
19. 
Purchasinq 
qroup 
reqistrations. 
registration fees a~e may not exceed: 
A. 
Original issuance fee 
B. 
Annual renewal fee 
$100; and 
$100. 
Purchasing 
group 
$100; and 
$100. 
20. 
Preferred 
provider 
arranqement 
administrator. 
Preferred provider arrangement administrator fees 
a~e may not 
exceed: 
A. 
Original registration 
issuance fee 
B. 
Annual renewal fee 
$100; and 
$100. 
21. 
Reinsurance 
intermediary. 
Reinsurance 
intermediary 
issuance fees and renewal fees a~e may not exceed: 
A. 
Original license issuance fee 
$50; and 
B. 
Annual continuation 
$50. 
22. 
Managing general agents. 
Managing general agents fees 
aFe may not exceed: 
A. 
Original registration fee 
$100: and 
B. 
Annual continuation of registration fee 
$100. 
23. 
Continuing education vendors and courses. 
Filing fees 
for continuing education courses and vendors aFe may not exceed: 
A. 
Filing fee for each continuing 
education vendor 
B. 
Biennial continuation of approval 
C. 
Filing fee for original approval 
of each continuing education course 
24. 
Multiple-employer welfare arrangements. 
for authorization may not exceed 
$100; 
$100; and 
$20. 
Applications 
$500. 
25. 
Transferees of structured settlement payment rights. 
Transferees of structured settlement payment rights registration 
fees aFe may not exceed: 
A. 
Original issuance fee 
$100; and 
B. 
Annual renewal fee 
$100. 
26. 
Accreditation 
as 
reinsurer. 
Application 
fee 
for 
accreditation as reinsurer may not excegd 
$500. 
SUMMARY 
This bill authorizes 
the Superintendent of 
Insurance 
to 
adopt rules establishing fees and miscellaneous charges under the 
Maine Insurance Code within a 
range that does not exceed the 
otherwise applicable current amounts in the law.