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Bulletin 386	Timeline for Non-Grandfathered Small Group Health Plan Filings -- Word -- PDF
Bulletin 385	Medigap Guaranteed Issue for Dual Eligibles -- Word -- PDF
Bulletin 384	Rebates – Guidance for Producers -- Word -- PDF
Bulletin 383	Electronic Payment Convenience Fees -- Word -- PDF
Bulletin 382	Implementation of Wellness Programs -- PDF
Bulletin 381	Long-Term Care Partnership Exchanges
Bulletin 380	Repeal of Independent Producer License Authority
Bulletin 379	"Safe Harbor" Privacy Notice Forms
Bulletin 378	Changes to the Nonadmitted Insurance Laws
Bulletin 377	"Any Willing Pharmacy" Requirements
Bulletin 376	Retained Asset Accounts
Bulletin 375	Health Insurance Changes Required by the Affordable Care Act: Form Filing, Approval and Notice Requirements
Bulletin 374	Life Insurance Policyholder Notice
Bulletin 373	Public Adjusters
Bulletin 372	Notice to Lenders upon Policy Termination
Bulletin 370	Implementation of Life Insurance Policyholder Notice Requirement
Bulletin 369	Inflation Protection Requirements for Long-Term Care Partnership Policies
Bulletin 368	Implementation of the Maine Long-Term Care Partnership Program
Bulletin 367	Announcement of Maine's Long-Term Care Partnership Program
Bulletin 365	Savings Offset Payments
Bulletin 364	Insurance Coverage for Family Child Care Providers
Bulletin 363	Inflation Protection Requirements for Long-Term Care Partnership Policies (Superseded by Bulletin 369)
Bulletin 362	Implementation of the Maine Long-Term Care Partnership Program (Superseded by Bulletin 368)
Bulletin 361	Announcement of Maine’s Long-Term Care Partnership Program (Superseded by Bulletin 367)
Bulletin 360	Electronic Submission of Rate and Form Filings
Bulletin 359	Health Insurance Emergency Planning and Procedures (Emergency Rule) 30 Day Extension and Alternative Notification for Insurers with Less Than 500 Covered Lives
Bulletin 358	Business Continuity Planning
Bulletin 357	Coercive Claim Settlement Activity
Bulletin 356	Continuation of Coverage after Temporary Layoff in Non-COBRA Plans
Bulletin 355	Permitted Accounting Practices Implementation Guidance for Bulletin 355
Bulletin 354	Retrospective Denials of Medicare Supplement Claims
Bulletin 353	Post-Judgment Interest
Bulletin 351	Effect of the People’s Veto on the Maine Individual Reinsurance Association and the Market Provisions of the 2008 Health Reform Act
Bulletin 350	Statistical Reports Required of Insurers Using the 2001 CSO Preferred Class Structure Table
Bulletin 349	Required Reporting of Disciplinary Actions Pursuant to the Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 109-290 (2006)
Bulletin 348	Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007
Bulletin 347	Producer Training - Long-Term Care Insurance Policies
Bulletin 346	Uninsured Motorist Coverage Government Vehicle Exclusion
Bulletin 345	Notice of Risk to Personal Data Act
Bulletin 344	Flood Insurance Training Requirements for Insurance Producers with a Property Line of Authority Selling through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
Bulletin 343	New Law Affecting Health Insurance Covering Dependents
Bulletin 342	Timing Requirements and Filing Fees for Health Insurance Rate Filings
Bulletin 340	Marketing Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage Plans
Bulletin 339	"Best Practices" Market Conduct Initiatives
Bulletin 338	Deferred, Non-variable Annuities; Implementation of Amended Formula for Calculating Nonforfeiture Values
Bulletin 337	Clarification of Applicability of Rule 755 to Group Health Insurance Certificates
Bulletin 336	Motor Vehicle Glass and Collision Damage Repair
Bulletin 335	Coverage of Mental Health Providers Under Health Insurance Policies
Bulletin 334	Automobile Insurance Rating and Underwriting of Insureds Based on Advancing Age Prohibited
Bulletin 333	Medical Liability Claim Reports
Bulletin 332	Health Insurance Annual Report Supplement - Amended "Short" Form
Bulletin 331	Coinsurance Disclosures
Bulletin 330	Uninsured Motorist Coverage
Bulletin 329	Implementation of the Act to Ensure Fairness Regarding Use of Consumer Credit Reports in Insurance Underwriting
Bulletin 328	Placement of Insurance in Surplus Lines Market
Bulletin 327	Standardized Medicare Supplement Rate Relationships to Benefits Covered
Bulletin 326	Health Insurance: New Rule 755 - Clarification
Bulletin 324	Treatment of Returning Armed Services Personnel
Bulletin 323	Continuity of Health Insurance: Waiting Periods not Counted as Break in Coverage
Bulletin 320	Certification of Compliance with Prohibition against Political Contributions
Bulletin 318	Implementation of the Act to Reduce the Minimum Interest Rate for Nonforfeiture
Bulletin 316	Personal Lines Insurance; Effect of Agency Termination on Policy Renewal
Bulletin 315	Anti-Money-Laundering Provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act
Bulletin 313	Mandatory Automobile Insurance Premium Discount For Safe, Mature Drivers
Bulletin 311	Individual Medical Insurance: Notice of Rate Increases and Right to Request Hearing
Bulletin 308	Consumer Privacy Obligations of Regulated Insurance Entities
Bulletin 307	Employee Leasing Arrangements and the Small Group Health Law
Bulletin 306	Miscellaneous Health Insurance Issues
Bulletin 305	Uniform Effective Date for Privacy Standards Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Bulletin 304	An Act to Update and Amend the Preferred Provider Arrangement
Bulletin 303	Small Group Health Insurance - Association Groups
Bulletin 301	Clarification of Health Insurance Laws
Bulletin 294	Newborn Coverage
Bulletin 293	Drug Benefits in Standard and Basic Health Plans
Bulletin 292	Reporting Forms for Mandated Benefits
Bulletin 291	Health Plan Grievance and Appeal Processes
Bulletin 288	Health Insurance - Grace Periods
Bulletin 286-A	Revised Supplemental Health Insurance Reporting Form
Bulletin 285	Small Group Health Insurance: Eligibility Standards
Bulletin 283	Medical Liability Claim Reports
Bulletin 279	Antifraud Plans
Bulletin 277	Filing requirements for property and casualty tier rated programs
Bulletin 276	Increased Minimum Limits Requirement Motor Vehicle Insurance - Supersedes Bulletin 268
Bulletin 273	Employee And Spouse Rates Under Small Group Health Insurance
Bulletin 271	Responsibility for Training and Supervision of Producers
Bulletin 269	Appointment of Agent for Service of Process
Bulletin 266	Length of Inpatient Maternity Stays
Bulletin 265	Utilization Review Determinations
Bulletin 263	Disclosure requirements for short-term policies
Bulletin 260-A	Provider networks
Bulletin 260	Provider networks
Bulletin 253-A	Group insurance purchased by unlicensed financial institutions
Bulletin 253	Permissible activities of financial institutions contracting with insurers or purchasing group policies
Bulletin 252	Guaranteed issue requirements in the small group and individual health insurance market: switching from a high deductible to a low deductible policy
Bulletin 251	Revised federal requirements for coverage which overlaps medicare
Bulletin 246	Collision damage coverage on rental cars: third party claimants without collision coverage applicable to a rental car
Bulletin 245	Small group health insurance: miscellaneous issues
Bulletin 242	Use of self insurance for experience rating by insurers
Bulletin 241	Loss cost and rate filing procedures workers' compensation insurance
Bulletin 240	Small group and individual health insurance: guarantee issue and the prohibition against tie-in sales requirements
Bulletin 238	Filing procedures for property/casualty forms, rates, and rules
Bulletin 237	Educational and training standards in preferred provider arrangements
Bulletin 234	Requirements for bond forms
Bulletin 233	Property/casualty rebating -- law: permissible commission reduction
Bulletin 230	Individual and group health insurance
Bulletin 225	Credit insurance commission issues
Bulletin 224	Coinsurance on mental health and substance abuse benefits
Bulletin 221	Small group health insurance: participation requirements
Bulletin 218	Small group health insurance:l guarantee issue and inforce policy exclusions
Bulletin 212	Small group health insurance: commission scales
Bulletin 211	Small group health insurance: clarification
Bulletin 210	Small group health insurance
Bulletin 206	Definitions related to diagnosis and treatment of infertility
Bulletin 201	Counting statutory notice
Bulletin 199	Claims paying ability and credit rating downgrade bail-out provisions in annuity contracts
Bulletin 198	Medical deductible for workers compensation
Bulletin 194	Measuring the loss: inclusion of sales tax in total loss settlements
Bulletin 188	Court mandated substance abuse treatment
Bulletin 184	Continuity of health insurance and "actively at work" requirements
Bulletin 182	Insurance identification cards
Bulletin 179	Applicability of continuity of health insurance statute
Bulletin 176	Property and casualty insurance prospective loss cost filing procedures
Bulletin 174	Continuity of health insurance
Bulletin 168	Pre-effective date confidentiality of certain form and rate filings
Bulletin 166	Disclosure of workers' compensation reserving policy
Bulletin 164	Youthful operators
Bulletin 161	Unfair discrimination against the handicapped
Bulletin 159	Application of utilization review programs to mandated benefits for the treatment of mental illness, alcoholism, and drug dependency
Bulletin 158	Tie-in sales
Bulletin 156	Reports of pre-utilization review
Bulletin 149	Liquor liability insurance: reporting requirements for insurers
Bulletin 146	Life and health filing requirement
Bulletin 143	Roll-on coverages
Bulletin 131	Investments for group self-insurers
Bulletin 108	Filing statistical information by property and casualty companies

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