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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Every insurer providing professional liability insurance in this State to a person licensed by the Board of Licensure in Medicine or the Board of Osteopathic Licensure or to any health care provider shall make a periodic report of claims made under the insurance to the department or board that regulates the insured. For purposes of this section, a claim is made whenever the insurer receives information from an insured, a patient of an insured or an attorney that an insured's liability for malpractice is asserted. The report must include:
1. Date and place. The date and place of the occurrence for which each claim was made;
2. Name of insured; classification of risk. The name of the insured or insureds and the classification of risk;
3. Incident or occurrence for claim. The incident or occurrence for which each claim was made;
4. Amount. The amount claimed;
5. Repealed. Laws 1997, c. 592, § 8.
6. Repealed. Laws 1997, c. 592, § 8.
7. Other information. Such other information as may be required pursuant to section 2603.
The failure of any insurer providing professional liability insurance in this State to a person licensed by the Board of Licensure in Medicine or the Board of Osteopathic Licensure or any health care provider to report as required is a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $1,000 may be adjudged.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 24. Insurance § 2601. Report of claim - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-24-insurance/me-rev-st-tit-24-sect-2601/
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