An Act Regarding Insurance Licensees
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1829
Committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
Sponsors: FOLEY
Amends: 24-A MRSA §601, 24-A MRSA §1417, 24-A MRSA §1476

Legislative Document
No. 1829
S.P. 619
In Senate, June 3, 2019
An Act Regarding Insurance Licensees
Reference to the Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services 
suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator FOLEY of York.  (GOVERNOR'S BILL)
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  24-A MRSA §601, sub-§32 is enacted to read:
32.  Surplus lines.  Surplus lines authority fees may not exceed:
A.  Issuance fee for surplus lines authority, $150.
Sec. 2.  24-A MRSA §1417, as amended by PL 2001, c. 259, §§19 to 21, is further 
amended to read:
§1417.  Suspension; revocation; cancellation; refusal of license
1.  Suspension, revocation, probation, denial.  Notwithstanding Title 5, chapter 
375, subchapter VI, the superintendent may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, 
deny, revoke, suspend, place on probation or limit the permissible activities under any 
license issued under this chapter, including business entity licenses, or any surplus lines 
broker license if the superintendent finds that, as to the applicant or licensee, any of the 
causes exist that are listed in section 1420-K, and that for purposes of this section apply 
to adjusters and consultants as well as producers.
1-A.  Nonresident licensing, loss of home state authority.  The superintendent may 
verify the home state license status of any nonresident licensee through the producer 
database maintained by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, its 
affiliates or subsidiaries or any successor, or by contacting the licensee's home state 
regulator.  If a nonresident licensee's license or authority in the licensee's home state is no 
longer active, whether as a result of suspension, revocation, termination, lapse, voluntary 
surrender or other action by the home state regulator, the superintendent may cancel the 
nonresident licensee's license or authority granted pursuant to section 1420-G, section 
1427-A, subsection 1 or section 1477 30 days after the final action taken with respect to 
the home state license.
3.  Voluntary surrender.  The superintendent may, after notice and opportunity for a 
hearing under this section, deem the license suspended or revoked of a previously 
licensed person who voluntarily surrendered an insurance license.
Sec. 3.  24-A MRSA §1476, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 592, §43, is 
amended to read:
1.  Solicitation.  An adjuster seeking to provide adjusting services to an insured for a 
fee to be paid by the insured may not solicit or offer an adjustment services contract to 
any person for at least 36 hours after an accident or occurrence as a result of which the 
person might have a potential claim.
SUMMARY
This bill provides a fee of $150 for surplus lines authority.  It authorizes the 
Superintendent of Insurance to cancel the Maine license or authority of a nonresident 
insurance licensee subject to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 24-A, chapter 16.  Such a 
cancellation applies to a nonresident licensee only in the event that the licensee's license 
authority in the licensee's home state is no longer active and the Maine license has been 
granted on a reciprocal basis.  It removes language that prohibits an adjuster seeking to 
provide adjusting services to an insured for a fee to be paid by the insured from soliciting 
an adjustment services contract to any person for at least 36 hours after an accident or 
occurrence as a result of which the person might have a potential claim.