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Insurance Company Services

The Bureau of Insurance provides information to insurance companies regarding various filing requirements, reporting requirements, fees and taxes.

Checklists

• Rate and Form filing review checklists
  • Property Casualty
  • Life and Health
• Annual Statement Filing Instructions and Checklists

Company Reporting Requirements

• Forms and Information
• Annual Statement Filing Instructions

Fees

• Schedule of company fees, taxes and deposits (retaliatory statement) -- Word or PDF
• Fee schedule (24-A M.R.S.A. § 601)
• Updated Appointment Renewal Fees - Nonresident Producers

Taxes

Maine Revenue Services is the state agency responsible for the processing of premium tax returns and related information. Click on the link below and scroll down to Insurance Premium Tax

• Premium Tax Information for Authorized Insurers & Surplus Lines Carriers
  • Maine Revenue Services Forms, Publications and Applications

Certificate of Authority

• Application Process - Word or Adobe PDF
• Regulation Chapter 231; which replaced Reg. Chapter 230 effective August 9, 2005.
• Certificate of Authority Application
• Third Party Background Verifications for Officers and Directors - Word or Adobe PDF
• Requirements for Amending Certificate of Authority for Insurance Companies
• Service of Process - Word or Adobe PDF
• List of Resident Agents to Receive Service of Process
• Title 24-A Section 410
• Maine Care Limited License Checklist - Excel

Domestic Insurance Companies

• Annual Statements
• Dividend Information

Confidential Treatment of Documents

• Instructions for requesting confidential treatment of documents

Status Change Forms - Name Change, Merger, Redomestication, Etc.

• Merger Requirements for Two Licensed Insurance Companies
• Name Change Requirements
• Name Reservation - Word or Adobe PDF
• Ownership Change Requirements
• Redomestications Requirements
• Reorganization/Demutualization Requirements - Word or Adobe PDF

Captive Insurance Companies

• Feasibility Study - Word or Adobe PDF
• License Application - Word or Adobe PDF
• Title 24-A M.R.S.A. Chapter 83 Captive Insurance Companies
• Title 36 M.R.S.A. Chapter 357, Section 2513-B, Rate of Tax

Credit for Reinsurance - Rule 740

A list of Maine cedants is required, along with a certified copy of the current year annual statement.

• Rule 740
• Information - Word or Adobe PDF
• Application - Word or Adobe PDF
• AR-1 form - Word or Adobe PDF

Port of Entry

An alien insurer that has been authorized by the superintendent to use the State as its port of entry for the transaction of business in the United States is considered a domestic insurer to the extent provided in the statute. A rule has also been established that provides additional information.

• Title 24-A, M.R.S.A. Section 413-A
• Rule 860

Reinsurer of Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance - Rule 730

• Registration Information - Word or Adobe PDF
• Registration Application - Word or Adobe PDF
• Information for Applicant Licensed in Maine - Word or Adobe PDF
• Information for Applicant Not Licensed in Maine - Word or Adobe PDF
• Rule 730

Surplus Lines Company Eligibility

• Eligibility Information - Word or Adobe PDF
• Application Check List/Application for ALIEN Insurers - Word or Adobe PDF
• Application Check List for U.S. Insurers- Word or Adobe PDF
• Application for U.S. Insurers - Word or Adobe PDF
• Service of Process - Word or Adobe PDF
• Bulletin 378

Other Companies by Type

• Credit for reinsurance companies (Rule 740)-- Excel or PDF
• Maine domestic companies
• Maine licensed health maintenance organizations
• Resident agents to receive service of process -- Word or PDF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Industry Tools

• Physician Tiering Program Reporting
• Online Data Reporting System
• Company forms and information
• Producer and Business Entity forms and information
• Address change forms
• Fees
• Cancellation/Nonrenewal Notices
• Request for proposal
• Domestic Insurance Company Annual Statements

Employer Tools

• Workers compensation insurance
• Health insurance information
• Rural Medical Access Program

Health Care Provider Tools

• Any Willing Pharmacy Requirements

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