1134 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [C1H. 402

ance," "Surety, Casualty, Liability and Compensation
Insurance," "Mutual Insurance Companies," "Reciprocal
Exchanges and Inter-Insurers" and "Fraternal Benefi-
ciary Associations,'' said new sections relating to all classes
of insurance companies and all phases of the insurance
business.

SECTION 1. Be is enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 152 to 244 N, both inclusive, and Sections
378, 379, 380 and 381 of Article 23 of Bagby's Annotated Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, as amended by subse-
quent Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, title "Cor-
porations," sub-titles "Insurance Companies," "Insurance
Department," "Insurance Broker," "Fire Marshal," "Fra-
ternal Beneficiary Associations'' and '' Trust, Surety and Fidel-
ity Companies," and all such provisions or parts of Sections
106 to 119, both inclusive, of said Article 23, title "Corpora-
tions," sub-title "General Provisions," as refer or relate to
guaranty, fidelity, surety, casualty or other insurance com-
panies, or the business of insurance, be, and the same are hereby
repealed; and that in lieu of said sections and provisions or
parts of sections repealed as aforesaid, the following one hun-
dred and seventy-eight new sections, to be numbered from 2 to
179, both inclusive, be, and the same are hereby enacted, to
form and embrace a new Article of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, to follow immediately after Article No.
48, to be numbered and called Article Number 48-A, entitled
"Insurance," and grouped or arranged under the following
sub-titles, to wit: "Insurance Department," "General Pro-
visions, " " Fire Investigation Bureau," " Agents and Brokers,''
'"Fire Insurance," "Lloyd's Insurance," "Life, Health and
Accident Insurance," "Surety, Casualty, Liability and Com-
pensation Insurance," ''Mutual Insurance Companies," "Re-
ciprocal Exchanges and Inter-Insurers" and "Fraternal
Beneficiary Associations," said new sections to be numbered
and to read as follows:

ARTICLE XLYTII-A INSURANCE

SECTION 2—Definitions. In this Article, unless the context
otherwise requires,

"Company" means an insurance company, and includes all
corporations, associations, partnerships or individuals engaged
as principals in the business of insurance;