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The Bureau of Insurance regulates the insurance industry through examining and licensing procedures of insurance companies, licensing producers, reviewing rates and coverage forms, conducting audits, and by sponsoring programs that enhance awareness of and compliance with State laws. The Bureau has authority to enforce the State's insurance laws and rules, initiate investigations and hold hearings concerning possible infractions.

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Letters from Superintendent Kofman

• Testimony of Mila Kofman, J.D. Superintendent of Insurance, State of Maine before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health - September 23, 2008
• Maine’s Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman Recognizes The Commonwealth Fund’s Studies on Underinsured Americans - August 5, 2008
• Letter from Superintendent Kofman to Congressman Kanjorski regarding H.R. 5840 The Insurance Information Act of 2008 - July 22, 2008
• Letter from Superintendent Kofman to Congressman Allen regarding the Small Business Health Options Program Act of 2008 (SHOP Act) - June 9, 2008
• Statement on Recent Auto Insurance Study by the Consumer Federation of America
• Letter from Superintendent Kofman to MEGA policyholders - May 22, 2008
• Letter from Superintendent Kofman to Senator Snowe regarding the Small Business Health Options Program Act of 2008 (SHOP Act) - April 2, 2008
• Superintendent Kofman's letter to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce in response to the Committee request for information on the potential preemption effect on state law by the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. - March 14, 2008
• Maine Superintendent Kofman urged the federal regulators to ensure that premium refunds are distributed in an equitable way to workers and their families. - March 13, 2008
  

News

• Maine’s Superintendent of Insurance Identifies Strategies for Saving Money on Insurance
• Maine’s Insurance Superintendent Reassures Consumers and Cautions Against Quick Action to Replace AIG Policies
• Superintendent Kofman Issues Statement and Releases NAIC Information about AIG, Inc.
• Maine Regulators Troubled by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s Plan to Overhaul the Financial Services Market
• Bureau of Insurance Urges Action to Protect Lives, Minimize Losses and Speed Recovery from Hurricanes and Other Severe Weather Events
• Bureau of Insurance Approves MEGA’s Method of Returning Overpaid Premium to Consumers
• UNUM Landmark Multi-State Settlement Agreement and Examinations Concluded
• MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company to pay One Million Dollar Fine and $4.6M Restitution to Consumers plus Interest
• Maine Bureau of Insurance Warns Consumers about Insurance Scams
• Governor and Bureau of Insurance Recognize Flood Safety Awareness Week in Maine
• Aetna Life will Refund $6.6 million to Small Group Employers
• What to Do When Your Home or Car is Damaged in a Winter Storm
• Proposed 2.2% Average Decrease in Workers' Compensation Loss Costs
• Warning about Sweepstakes Scams
• As Peak Hurricane Season Arrives, Maine Bureau of Insurance urges Consumers to Protect Property with Flood Insurance
• Maine Bureau of Insurance Warns Consumers about Sweepstakes Scam
• Maine’s Acting Insurance Superintendent Encourages Small Businesses to Protect their Investment
• Maine Bureau of Insurance urges Consumers to Protect their Property with Flood Insurance
• Consumer Alert - Weather Related Property Damage
• Workers Compensation Study
• Tips to Consumers on Buying Disability Insurance
• Iuppa to Step Down As Superintendent of Insurance
  November 28, 2006

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