An Act To Separate the Authorities under the Licenses for Property and Casualty Insurance Adjusters and Workers' Compensation Insurance Adjusters
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0984
Committee Amendment CA_A_S149 (Senate)
Amends: 24-A MRSA §1402, 24-A MRSA §1415

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "~" to S.P. 323, L.D. 984, Bill, "An Act To 
Separate the Authorities under the Licenses for Property and Casualty Insurance 
Adjusters and Workers' Compensation Insurance Adjusters" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §1402, sub-§1, ,rB, as amended by PL 2009, c. 511, Pt. C, 
§ 1, is further amended to read: 
B. 
Property and casualty insurance adjusters who are employees of insurers or 
workers' compensation insurance adjusters who are employees of insurers; 
Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §1402, sub-§11-A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 511, Pt. C, §3, 
is amended to read: 
11-A. Property and casualty insurance adjuster. "Property and casualty insurance 
adjuster" means a person who adjusts property and casualty claims of any kind except for 
multiple peril crop insurance claims and workers' compensation claims. 
Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §1402, sub-§11-B is enacted to read: 
11-B. 
Workers' compensation insurance adjuster. 
"Workers' compensation 
insurance adjuster" means a person who adjusts workers' compensation claims governed 
by Title 39 or 39-A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a person who 
on January 1, 2018 is licensed as a property and casualty insurance adjuster is 
automatically granted workers' compensation authority on that date. 
Sec. 4. 24-A MRSA §1415, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2009, c. 511, Pt. C, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
3. 
Adjuster authorities. 
A resident or nonresident adjuster may receive the 
following authorities under the license: 
A. Property and casualty insurance adjuster; filffi 
B. Multiple peril crop insurance adjuster7; and 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITIEE AMENDMENT" A "to S.P. 323, L.D. 984 
C. Workers' compensation insurance adjuster. 
Sec. 5. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. It separates the authorities under the licenses for 
property and casualty insurance adjusters and workers' compensation insurance adjusters, 
beginning January 1, 2018. It removes the 5-year experience requirement in the bill for 
property and casualty insurance adjusters to be deemed workers' compensation insurance 
adjusters and provides that those individuals licensed as property and casualty insurance 
adjusters on January 1, 2018 will be granted both property and casualty and workers' 
compensation authorities. This amendment also extends the exemption in current law 
applicable to licensure for property and casualty insurance adjusters who are employees 
of insurers to include workers' compensation insurance adjusters. The amendment also 
adds an effective date of January 1, 2018. 
flSCAL "NOTE REQplRED 
( See Attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/22/17 feac. 
LD984 
LR 1597(02) 
An Act To Separate the Authorities under the Licenses for Property and Casualty Insurance 
Adjusters and Workers' Compensation Insurance Adjusters 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A-" ( S ~ f L/ q j 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill would split the current adjuster's license into two seperate categories. The broad category would remain, 
however there would be a workers' compensation adjuster only license. For anyone who took advantage of this new 
license who wasn't otherwise licensed, the Bureau oflnsurance (BOI), within the Department of Professional and 
Financial Regulation, would receive a license fee. The increase in revenue from the increase in licenses is expected to 
be minor. 
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