Section 27-701 – “Resident” Defined
In this subtitle, “resident” includes a domestic, alien, or foreign person, partnership, or corporation.
Section 27-702 – Purpose of Subtitle; Additional Power; Liberal Construction
(a) (1) The General Assembly declares that it is in the interest of citizens of the State who buy insurance from unauthorized insurers that solicit business in the State by placing in or sending into the State false advertising designed to induce residents of the State to buy insurance from them, that those unauthorized insurers be subject […]
Section 27-703 – Misrepresentation by Unauthorized Insurer Prohibited
An unauthorized foreign insurer or unauthorized alien insurer may not make, issue, circulate, or cause to be made, issued, or circulated to residents of the State an estimate, illustration, circular, pamphlet, or letter, or cause to be made in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication or over a radio or television station an announcement or […]
Section 27-704 – Action by Commissioner
(a) (1) If the Commissioner has reason to believe that an unauthorized foreign insurer or unauthorized alien insurer is engaging in unlawful advertising in violation of § 27–703 of this subtitle, the Commissioner shall give notice of the violation by certified mail, or by electronic means in accordance with § 2–116 of this article, to the insurer […]
Section 27-705 – Service on Unauthorized Insurer
(a) An unauthorized foreign insurer or unauthorized alien insurer is deemed to have appointed the Commissioner to be the attorney of the unauthorized insurer for purposes of service of statements of charges, notices, and process in a proceeding instituted under this title for a misrepresentation set forth in § 27-703 of this subtitle or in a […]
Section 27-706 – Short Title
This subtitle is the Unauthorized Insurers False Advertising Process Act.