An Act To Separate the Authorities under the Licenses for Property and Casualty Insurance Adjusters and Workers' Compensation Insurance Adjusters
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §1402, sub-§11-A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 511, Pt. C, §3, is amended to read:
11-A. Property and casualty insurance adjuster. "Property and casualty insurance adjuster" means a person who adjusts property and casualty claims of any kind except for multiple peril crop insurance claims and, beginning October 1, 2017, workers' compensation claims.
Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §1402, sub-§11-B is enacted to read:
11-B. Workers' compensation insurance adjuster. "Workers' compensation insurance adjuster" means a person who adjusts workers' compensation claims governed by Title 39-A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a person who on October 1, 2017 is licensed as a property and casualty insurance adjuster and has been licensed as a property and casualty insurance adjuster for at least 5 years is deemed to be a workers' compensation insurance adjuster.
Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §1415, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2009, c. 511, Pt. C, §5, is further amended to read:
3. Adjuster authorities. A resident or nonresident adjuster may receive the following authorities under the license:
A. Property and casualty insurance adjuster; and
B. Multiple peril crop insurance adjuster . ; and
C. Workers' compensation insurance adjuster.
SUMMARY
This bill separates the authorities under the licenses for property and casualty insurance adjusters and workers' compensation insurance adjusters, beginning October 1, 2017.