Title 24-A, Title 24-A

1. An insurance policy or annuity contract form may not be delivered or issued for delivery in this State unless the form has been filed with and approved by the superintendent in accordance with the following. A. For purposes of this section, "form" includes: (1) The basic form …

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Contract of insurance" means a contract of insurance, as defined in section 3, that provides for property or casualty insurance coverages or a com…

1. The superintendent shall disapprove any form filed under section 2412, or withdraw any previous approval thereof, only on one or more of the following grounds: A. If it is in any respect in violation of or does not comply with this Title; [PL 1969, c. 132, §1 (NEW).] B. If it …

1. Insurance contracts shall contain such standard or uniform provisions as are required by the applicable provisions of this Title pertaining to contracts of particular kinds of insurance. The superintendent may waive the required use of a particular provision in a particular in…

No policy shall contain any provision purporting to make any portion of the charter, bylaws or other constituent document of the insurer (other than the subscriber's agreement or power of attorney of a reciprocal insurer) a part of the contract unless such portion is set forth in…

1. Every insurance policy shall be executed in the name of and on behalf of the insurer by its officer, attorney in fact, employee, or representative duly authorized by the insurer. 2. A facsimile signature of any such executing individual may be used in lieu of an original signa…

1. Two or more authorized insurers may jointly issue, and shall be jointly and severally liable on, an underwriters' policy bearing their names. Any one insurer may issue policies in the name of an underwriter's department and such policy shall plainly show the true name of the i…

1. A policy hereafter delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this State in violation of this Title but otherwise binding on the insurer, shall be held valid, but shall be construed as provided in this Title. 2. Any condition, omission or provision not in compliance wit…

In event the original policy is delivered or is so required to be delivered to or for deposit with any vendor, mortgagee, or pledgee of any motor vehicle, and in which policy any interest of the vendee, mortgagor, or pledgor in or with reference to such vehicle is insured, a dupl…

1. A policy may be assignable or not assignable, as provided or permitted by its terms. 2. Subject to its terms relating to assignability, a life or health insurance policy, whether heretofore or hereafter issued, under the terms of which the beneficiary may be changed upon the s…

Any policy terminating by its terms at a specified expiration date and not otherwise renewable, may be renewed or extended at the option of the insurer and upon a currently authorized policy form and at the premium rate then required therefor for a specified additional period or …

1. An agent authorized by an insurer, if the name of such agent is borne on the policy, is the insurer's agent in all matters of insurance. Any notice required to be given by the insured to the insurer or any of its officers may be given in writing to such agent. 2. The authorize…

An insurer shall furnish, upon written request of any person claiming to have a loss under an insurance contract issued by such insurer, forms of proof of loss for completion by such person, but such insurer shall not, by reason of the requirement so to furnish forms, have any re…

Without limitation of any right or defense of an insurer otherwise, none of the following acts by or on behalf of an insurer may be deemed to constitute a waiver of any provision of a policy or of any defense of the insurer thereunder: [RR 2009, c. 2, §67 (COR).] 1. Acknowledgeme…

Whenever the proceeds of or payments under an insurance policy or annuity contract heretofore or hereafter issued become payable in accordance with the terms of such policy or contract, or the exercise of any right or privilege thereunder, and the insurer makes payment thereof in…

1. A payment or payments made by any person, or by the person's insurer by virtue of an insurance policy, on account of bodily injury or death or damage to or loss of property of another, does not constitute an admission of liability or waiver of defense as to such injury, death,…

1. Certain policies of insurance shall be exempt from claims of creditors, and the rights of beneficiaries and assignees thereof shall be protected, as set forth. 2. Except in cases of transfers with intent to defraud creditors, if a contract of life, endowment, annuity or accide…

Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the policy or contract, the proceeds or avails of all contracts of health insurance and of provisions providing benefits on account of the insured's disability that are supplemental to life insurance or annuity contracts heretofore…

1. A policy of group life insurance or group health insurance or the proceeds thereof payable to the individual insured or to the beneficiary thereunder, is not liable, either before or after payment, to be applied by any legal or equitable process to pay any debt or liability of…

1. The benefits, rights, privileges and options which under any individual annuity contract heretofore or hereafter issued are due or prospectively due the annuitant, shall not be subject to execution nor shall the annuitant be compelled to exercise any such rights, powers, or op…

If any group annuity contract or pension trust, whether heretofore or hereafter issued, is effected by an employer for the benefit of the employer's employees, whether or not requiring any contribution toward the cost thereof by such employees, the interest of any employee, benef…

No conditions, stipulations or agreements in a contract of insurance shall deprive the courts of this State of jurisdiction of actions against foreign insurers, or limit the time for commencing actions against such insurers to a period of less than 2 years from the time when the …

Any person having a claim against any foreign insurer may bring a trustee action or any other appropriate action therefor in the courts of this State. Service of process upon such an insurer must be made as provided in section 421.

1. A claim for payment of benefits under a policy or certificate of insurance delivered or issued for delivery in this State is payable within 30 days after proof of loss is received by the insurer and ascertainment of the loss is made either by written agreement between the insu…

1. Civil actions. A person injured by any of the following actions taken by that person's own insurer may bring a civil action and recover damages, together with costs and disbursements, reasonable attorney's fees and interest on damages at the rate of 1 1/2% per month: A. Knowin…

1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "insured" means a natural person and does not include a corporation, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association or any other legal entity. 2. Costs and attorney's fees. In an action pursuant to Title 14, chapter 707…

Whenever the terms "physician" and "doctor" are used in any policy of health or accident insurance issued in this State, these terms include within their meaning those persons licensed under and in accordance with the laws relating to the practice of dentistry, Title 32, chapter …

This section and sections 2439 to 2445 shall be known as the "Insurance Policy Language Simplification Act."

As used in sections 2438 to 2445, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the following meanings. [PL 1979, c. 267, §2 (NEW).] 1. Insurer. "Insurer" means any life, health, casualty or property insurance company, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit…

1. Application. This Act shall apply to all policies delivered or issued for delivery in this State by an insurer on or after the date the forms must be approved under this Act, but nothing in this Act shall apply to: A. Any policy which is a security subject to federal jurisdict…

1. Delivery. In addition to any other requirements of law, no policy forms, except as stated in section 2440, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this State on or after the dates the forms must be approved under this Act unless: A. The text achieves a minimum score of 50…

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to negate any law of this State permitting the issuance of any policy form after it has been on file for the time period specified.

The superintendent may authorize a lower score than the Flesch reading ease score required in section 2441, subsection 1, paragraph A, whenever, in the superintendent's sole discretion, the superintendent finds that a lower score will provide a more accurate reflection of the rea…

A policy form meeting the requirements of section 2441, subsection 1 shall be approved notwithstanding the provisions of any other laws which specify the content of policies, if the policy form provides the policyholders and claimants protection not less favorable than they would…

1. Policy form delivered. No policy form shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this State on or after June 1, 1984, unless approved by the superintendent or permitted to be issued under this Act. Any policy form which has been approved or permitted to be issued prior to Ju…

No policy of accident or health insurance, or group or blanket accident or health insurance or renewals thereof, shall be denied or not renewed by the insurer, solely because the mother of the insured has taken or is discovered to have taken diethylstilbestrol, commonly referred …

1. Discrimination prohibited. A policy of employee benefit excess insurance may not discriminate unfairly among or against beneficiaries of the underlying benefit plan, or treat conditions related to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, more restrictively than other sickness…

Life and health insurance policies that do not provide for any refund of premium when a policyholder requests cancellation prior to the end of the period for which premiums have been paid must state that no refund is payable and that the cancellation will take effect at the end o…

This chapter may be known and cited as "the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact."

1. Compact established. Pursuant to terms and conditions of this chapter, the State seeks to join with other states and establish the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, referred to in this chapter as "the compact," and thus become a member of the Interstate Insuranc…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2003, c. 680, §1 (NEW).] 1. Advertisement. "Advertisement" means any material designed to create public interest in a product or induce the public to purchase, in…

1. Commission created. The compacting states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission. The commission has the power to develop uniform standards for product lines, receive and provide prompt review of produc…

The commission has the power: [PL 2003, c. 680, §1 (NEW).] 1. Promulgate rules. To promulgate rules, pursuant to section 2478, that have the force of law and are binding in the compacting states to the extent and in the manner provided in the compact; 2. Uniform standards. To exe…

1. Membership. Each compacting state has one member. Each member must be qualified to serve in that capacity pursuant to applicable law of the compacting state. A member may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state from which the member is appointed…

1. Meetings. The commission shall meet and take such actions as are consistent with the provisions of this compact and the bylaws. 2. Participate at meetings. Each member of the commission has the right and power to cast the vote to which the member's compacting state is entitled…

1. Rule-making authority. The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules, including uniform standards and operating procedures, in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of this compact. Notwithstanding this subsection, in the event the commission exercises i…