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LR 3308
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continue or shall suspend or revoke an insurer's certificate of
authority:

 
A. If such action is required by any provision of this
Title;

 
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;

 
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;

 
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

 
E. For failure of the insurer to pay taxes on its premiums
as required by law.

 
Sec. 46. 24-A MRSA §417, sub-§§1 and 3, as amended by PL 1983, c. 419,
§2, are amended to read:

 
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.

 
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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