§ 24-A §4440-A — Special assessment

Maine § 24-A §4440-A

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 24-A: MAINE INSURANCE CODE
• Ch. 57: DELINQUENT INSURERS

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Special assessment.
If the maximum assessment, together with the other assets of the association in any account, does not provide in any one year in any account an amount sufficient to make all necessary payments from that account, the shortfall shall be assessed as an obligation of the other accounts of the association, with each member insurer's assessment to be in the proportion that its net direct written premiums for the calendar year preceding the assessment on the kinds of insurance in the accounts to be assessed bears to the total net direct written premiums of all member insurers for the same calendar year on the kinds of insurance in those accounts. The total of assessments against a member insurer under this section and section 4440 for any account in any one calendar year shall not exceed 2% of that member's net direct written premium on the kinds of insurance written in that account for the next preceding calendar year.
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Limit on assessment.
Subject to the 2% limitation, an assessment made under this section may not exceed 5% of the average of a member insurer's net income of the 3 years prior to the year in which the assessment is made for any member insurer:
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Repealer.
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Notification to Legislature.
Within 7 days after the board of directors votes to levy an assessment under this section, the chair of the board of directors shall notify the chairs of the legislative committee having jurisdiction over insurance matters that the association has voted to make such an assessment. The notification must:

Legislative History

PL 1989, c. 67, §8 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 641, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 751, §§5,6 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 289, §17 (AMD).