Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2009

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Producer: means a producer with surplus lines authority duly licensed as such under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2003
Every insurance contract procured and delivered as a surplus lines coverage pursuant to this chapter shall have stamped upon it, and bearing the name of the producer with surplus lines authority who procured it, the following: [PL 1997, c. 592, §56 (AMD).]
“This insurance contract is issued pursuant to the Maine Insurance Laws by an insurer neither licensed by nor under the jurisdiction of the Maine Bureau of Insurance.” [PL 1997, c. 592, §56 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1969, c. 132, §1 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 585, §12 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 592, §56 (AMD).