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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2218

  • Insurance support organization: means any person, other than a regulated insurance entity, health care provider or governmental agency, who regularly engages, in whole or in part, in the practice of assembling or collecting information for the primary purpose of providing the information to carriers, producers or agencies for insurance transactions, including:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204
  • Personal information: includes but is not limited to an individual's name and address and health care information. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204
  • Regulated insurance entity: means any person or entity required to be licensed by the superintendent under this Title or Title 24, including without limitation a carrier, producer, producer agency or administrator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2204
  • No cause of action in the nature of defamation, invasion of privacy or negligence arises against any person for disclosing personal information in accordance with this chapter, nor does such a cause of action arise against any person for furnishing personal information to a regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization. This section provides no immunity for disclosing or furnishing false information with malice or willful intent to injure any person. [PL 1997, c. 677, §3 (NEW); PL 1997, c. 677, §5 (AFF).]
    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 1997, c. 677, §3 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 677, §5 (AFF).