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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2739

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • health insurance: means insurance of human beings against bodily injury, disablement or death by accident or accidental means, or the expense thereof, or against disablement or expense resulting from sickness, and every insurance appertaining thereto, including provision for the mental and emotional welfare of human beings by defraying the costs of legal services only to the extent provided for in chapter 38. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 704
  • insured: as used in this chapter , shall not be construed as preventing a person other than the insured with a proper insurable interest from making application for and owning a policy covering the insured or from being entitled under such a policy to any indemnities, benefits and rights provided therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2731
An individual policy of health insurance issued or delivered in this State, except a policy which by its terms is renewable or continuable with the insurer’s consent, or except a policy the premiums for which are payable monthly or at shorter intervals, may not terminate or lapse for nonpayment of any premium until the expiration of 3 months from the due date of such premium, unless the insurer, within not less than 10 nor more than 45 days prior to such due date, has mailed, postage prepaid, duly addressed to the insured at the insured’s last address shown by the insurer’s records, a notice showing the amount of such premium and its due date. If such a notice is not so sent, the insured may pay the premium in default at any time within such period of 3 months. The affidavit of any officer, clerk or agent of the insurer, or of any other person authorized to mail such notice, that the notice required by this section has been duly mailed by the insurer in the manner required is prima facie evidence that such notice was duly given. An action may not be maintained on any policy to which this section applies and that has lapsed for nonpayment of any premium unless such action is commenced within 2 years from the due date of such premium. [RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §241 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1969, c. 132, §1 (NEW). RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §241 (COR).