| continue or shall suspend or revoke an insurer's certificate of | authority: |
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| A. If such action is required by any provision of this | Title; |
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| B. If a foreign insurer and it no longer meets the | requirements for a certificate of authority, on account of | deficiency of capital or surplus or otherwise; |
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| C. If a domestic insurer and it has failed to cure an | impairment of capital or surplus within the time allowed | therefor by the superintendent under this Title or is | otherwise no longer qualified for the certificate of | authority; |
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| D. If the insurer's certificate of authority to transact | insurance therein is suspended or revoked by its state of | domicile, or state of entry into the United States, if an | alien insurer; or |
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| E. For failure of the insurer to pay taxes on its premiums | as required by law. |
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| | Sec. 46. 24-A MRSA §417, sub-§§1 and 3, as amended by PL 1983, c. 419, | §2, are amended to read: |
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| | 1. Notwithstanding Title 4, section 1151, chapter 5 and Title | 5, section 10051, the superintendent may refuse to continue or | may suspend or revoke an insurer's certificate of authority, if | he the superintendent finds, after a hearing thereon or upon | waiver of hearing by the insurer, that the insurer has violated | or failed to comply with any lawful order of the superintendent, | or has willfully violated or willfully failed to comply with any | lawful rule of the superintendent, or has violated any provision | of this Title other than those for violation of which suspension | or revocation is mandatory. |
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| | 3. Notwithstanding Title 4, sections 1151 and 1153, chapter 5 | and Title 5, section 10051, the superintendent may, without | notice or a hearing thereon, immediately suspend the certificate | of authority of any insurer as to which proceedings for | receivership, conservatorship, rehabilitation or other | delinquency proceedings have been commenced against the insurer | in any state by the public official charged with supervising the | insurance industry in that state. Upon suspending a certificate | of authority under this subsection, the superintendent shall | promptly schedule a hearing on the matter, to be held within 30 | days of the suspension. The superintendent shall make a | determination within 30 days after | the conclusion of that hearing. |
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