Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 24-A, § 1420 (2026)

Short title; scope and application

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1.  Short title.  This subchapter may be known and cited as the "Maine Producer Licensing Act."  
[PL 2001, c. 259, §24 (NEW).]
2.  Scope and application.  This subchapter governs the qualifications and procedures for the licensing of insurance producers. It simplifies and organizes some statutory language to improve efficiency, permits the use of new technology and reduces costs associated with issuing and renewing insurance licenses. This subchapter does not apply to excess and surplus lines agents and brokers required to be licensed as producers with surplus lines authority pursuant to chapter 19, except as provided in sections 1420‑G and 1420‑O.  
[PL 2001, c. 259, §24 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 259, §24 (NEW).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2013–2013 · leading case: Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. Superintendent of Ins., 2013 ME 7 (Me. 2013).
Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. Superintendent of Ins., 2013 ME 7 (Me. 2013). “Applicable Statutes and Regulations [¶ 3] Bankers Life and its agents functioned as “insurance producers” at the relevant time because they were “required to be licensed under subchapter II-A [24-A M.R.S. §§ 1420 to 1420-P] to sell, solicit or negotiate insurance.”
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