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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 24-A, § 2214

Previous adverse underwriting decisions

Known as the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act

The act spans §§ 2201–2220 (20 sections).

PL 1997, c. 677, §3 (NEW)

A carrier, producer or producer agency may not base an adverse underwriting decision in whole or in part:

1. Previous adverse underwriting decisions. On the fact of a previous adverse underwriting decision or on the fact that a consumer previously obtained insurance coverage through a residual market, a surplus lines insurer or a carrier that specializes in substandard risks. However, a carrier or producer may base an adverse underwriting decision on further information obtained from a carrier, producer or producer agency responsible for a previous adverse underwriting decision; or

2. Information from insurance support organizations. On personal information received from an insurance support organization whose primary source of information is insurance carriers. However, a carrier or producer may base an adverse underwriting decision on further personal information obtained as a result of information received from the insurance support organization, including primary source information confirming the information received from the insurance support organization.

Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.