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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="10-112" title_number="10" title_name="Regulation of Insurance Professions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Insurance Producers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner shall issue a license in a kind or subdivision of insurance or a combination of kinds or subdivisions of insurance to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An applicant may qualify for a license in one or more of the following kinds of insurance:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>life insurance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>accident and health or sickness insurance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>property insurance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>casualty insurance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>variable life and variable annuity products;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>personal lines of property and casualty insurance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>limited line credit insurance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>any other kind or subdivision of insurance permitted under State law or regulations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A license shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the licensee’s name, address, and personal identification number;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the date of issuance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the kind or subdivision of insurance or combination of kinds or subdivisions of insurance for which the licensee is authorized to act as an insurance producer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the expiration date; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>any other information that the Commissioner considers necessary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To help the Department of Assessments and Taxation in identifying new businesses in the State, by August 31 of each year the Commissioner shall provide to the Department of Assessments and Taxation a list of insurance producers that were issued licenses during the previous fiscal year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The list shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and mailing address of each person issued a license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the federal tax identification number of each person or, if the person does not have a federal tax identification number, the Social Security number of the person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commissioner shall provide the list free of charge.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
