1. Application. This subchapter applies to an insurer authorized in this State that either assumes or transfers the obligations or risks on contracts of insurance pursuant to an assumption reinsurance agreement.

[PL 1993, c. 603 (NEW).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 762

  • Assumption reinsurance agreement: means a contract that both:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 761
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Policyholder: means an individual or entity that has the right to terminate or otherwise alter the terms of a contract of insurance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 761
  • 2. Exceptions. This subchapter does not apply to the following:
    A. A reinsurance agreement or transaction in which the ceding insurer continues to remain directly liable for its insurance obligations or risks under the contracts of insurance subject to the reinsurance agreement; [PL 1993, c. 603 (NEW).]
    B. The substitution of one insurer for another upon the expiration of insurance coverage pursuant to statutory or contractual requirements and the issuance of a new contract of insurance by another insurer; [PL 1993, c. 603 (NEW).]
    C. The transfer of contracts of insurance pursuant to mergers or consolidations of 2 or more insurers to the extent that those transactions are regulated by law; [PL 1993, c. 603 (NEW).]
    D. An insurer subject to a judicial order of liquidation or rehabilitation; [PL 1993, c. 603 (NEW).]
    E. A reinsurance agreement or transaction to which a state insurance guaranty association is a party, except that policyholders do not lose any rights or claims afforded under their original policies pursuant to chapter 57, subchapter III and chapter 62; or [PL 1993, c. 603 (NEW).]
    F. The transfer of liabilities from one insurer to another under a single group policy upon the request of the group policyholder, unless the certificateholder pays all or substantially all of the premium. [PL 1993, c. 603 (NEW).]

    [PL 1993, c. 603 (NEW).]

    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 1993, c. 603 (NEW).