Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2902, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1975, c. 437, §1, is further amended to read:

1. No A policy insuring against liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of any motor vehicle shall may not be delivered or issued for delivery in this State with respect to any such vehicle registered or principally garaged in this State, unless coverage is provided therein in that policy or supplemental thereto to that policy for the protection of persons insured thereunder under that policy who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured, underinsured or hit-and-run motor vehicles, for bodily injury, sickness or disease, including death, resulting from the ownership, maintenance or use of such an uninsured, underinsured or hit-and-run motor vehicle. A policy may limit coverage under this section to insured persons as defined in that policy. The coverage herein required under this subsection may be referred to as "uninsured vehicle coverage." For the purposes of this section, "underinsured motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle for which coverage is provided, but in amounts less than the minimum limits for bodily injury liability insurance provided for under the motorist's financial responsibility laws of this State or less than the limits of the injured party's uninsured vehicle coverage.

Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §2912, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1977, c. 403, §1, is further amended to read:

2. Renewal or renew. "Renewal" or "to renew" means the issuance and delivery by an insurer or an affiliate of an insurer of a policy replacing at the end of the previous policy term a policy previously issued and delivered by the same that insurer or affiliated insurer, or the issuance and delivery of a certificate or notice extending the coverage of the policy beyond its original term. Any renewal policy, other than a replacement policy for an unfinished term, with a term of one year or less shall be is considered written, for the purposes of this subchapter, for a term of one year.

Any policy written for a term longer than one year or with no fixed expiration date shall be is considered written for successive policy terms of one year.

Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §2915, as amended by PL 1989, c. 172, §4, is further amended to read:

§2915. Delivery of notice