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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 24-A, § 2710: Claim forms, 1969

After a claim notice, the insurer must provide the claimant with its usual proof-of-loss forms; if it does not do so within 15 days, the claimant may satisfy the proof-of-loss requirement by submitting written proof…

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“After a claim notice, the insurer must provide the claimant with its usual proof-of-loss forms; if it does not do so within 15 days, the claimant may satisfy the proof-of-loss requirement by submitting written proof within the policy’s filing deadline.”

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Claim forms

After a claim notice, the insurer must provide the claimant with its usual proof-of-loss forms; if it does not do so within 15 days, the claimant may satisfy the proof-of-loss requirement by submitting written proof within the policy’s filing deadline.

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§ 2710Claim formsProvision

After a claim notice, the insurer must provide the claimant with its usual proof-of-loss forms; if it does not do so within 15 days, the claimant may satisfy the proof-of-loss requirement by submitting written proof within the policy’s filing deadline.

There shall be a provision as follows: Claim forms: The insurer, upon receipt of a notice of claim, will furnish to the claimant such forms as are usually furnished by it for filing proofs of loss. If such forms are not furnished within 15 days after the giving of such notice the claimant shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of this policy as to proof of loss upon submitting, within the time fixed in the policy for filing proofs of loss, written proof covering the occurrence, the character and the extent of the loss for which claim is made. [PL 1969, c. 132, §1 (NEW).]
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