Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2933

  • Mass marketing plan: means a method of selling property and casualty insurance wherein such insurance is offered to employees of particular employers or to members of particular associations or organizations or to persons grouped in other ways and the employer, association or organization has agreed to or otherwise affiliated itself with, or facilitated, the sale of such insurance to its employees or members and employees and includes without limitation such plans whether described as "mass merchandising" "group merchandising" "franchise merchandising" or "collective merchandising. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2932
Premium rates under a mass marketing plan shall comply with all standards set forth in the Maine Insurance Code, including without limitation the requirement that rates shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory. Rates shall not be deemed to be unfairly discriminatory because different premiums result for policyholders with like loss exposures but different expense factors, or like expense factors but different loss exposures, so long as the rates reflect the difference with reasonable accuracy. Rates shall not be deemed to be unfairly discriminatory if they are averaged broadly among persons insured under a mass marketing plan. [PL 1973, c. 625, §146 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1973, c. 625, §146 (NEW).