Ch. 57

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

8- 313.

(b) An administrator that fails to provide advance notice under subsection (a) of
this section shall honor and pay in full [, for 30 days after the postmarked date of the
notice,] any claim under the program rules or requirements that existed before the
change FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE POSTMARKED DATE OF THE NOTICE.

9- 401.

[(c)](D) "Corporation" means the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty
Corporation.

[(d)](C) "Contractual obligation" means an obligation under a policy or contract
or certificate under a group policy or contract for which coverage is provided under §

9- 403 of this subtitle.

10- 121.

(b) (3) If an applicant for a certificate of qualification is a limited liability
company, each individual who has direct control over its fiscal management and each
[member, manager, officer, and director] MANAGER AND OFFICER must hold a
certificate of qualification to act as a title insurance agent or title insurance broker and,
if applicable, an appointment with a title insurer.

10-126.

(a) [Subject to the hearing provisions of Title 2 of this article, the] THE
Commissioner may deny a certificate of qualification to an applicant UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF §§ 2-210 THROUGH 2-214 OF THIS ARTICLE or suspend, revoke, or
refuse to renew a certificate of qualification AFTER NOTICE AND HEARING IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF §§ 2-210 THROUGH 2-214 OF THIS ARTICLE if
the applicant or holder of the certificate of qualification:

(1) has willfully violated this article or another law of the State that relates
to insurance;

(2) has intentionally misrepresented or concealed a material fact in the
application for a certificate of qualification;

(3) has obtained or attempted to obtain a certificate of qualification by
misrepresentation, concealment, or other fraud;

(4) has misappropriated, converted, or unlawfully withheld money belonging
to an insurer, agent, broker, beneficiary, or insured;

(5) has willfully and materially misrepresented the provisions of a policy;

(6) has committed fraudulent or dishonest practices in the insurance

business;

(7) has participated, with or without the knowledge of an insurer, in selling
motor vehicle insurance without an actual intent to sell the insurance, as evidenced by a
persistent pattern of filing certificates of insurance together with or closely followed by
cancellation notices for the insurance;

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