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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="19-209" title_number="19" title_name="Property and Casualty Insurance" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Homeowner's Insurance Policies">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, an insurer may issue a policy of homeowner’s insurance that includes a deductible that is equal to a percentage of the “Coverage A – Dwelling Limit” of the policy.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The insurer may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>require the deductible described in paragraph (1) of this subsection in a policy of the homeowner’s insurance; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>offer the deductible described in paragraph (1) of this subsection as an option to an applicant or insured.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An insurer that has adopted an underwriting standard that requires a mandatory hurricane deductible equal to a percentage of the “Coverage A – Dwelling Limit” of the policy shall apply the deductible:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>only beginning at the time the National Hurricane Center of the National Weather Service issues a hurricane warning for any part of the State and ending 24 hours following the termination of the last hurricane warning issued for any part of the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>regardless of where the insured’s home is located in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An insurer that issues a policy of homeowner’s insurance may not adopt an underwriting standard that requires a deductible that exceeds 5% of the “Coverage A – Dwelling Limit” of the policy in the case of a hurricane unless the insurer has filed the underwriting standard with the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The filing required by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be made at least 60 days before the insurer proposes to implement the underwriting standard in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a copy of the underwriting standard the insurer intends to implement; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the date on which the insurer intends to implement the underwriting standard.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An underwriting standard subject to this subsection shall comply with all applicable laws.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An insurer that issues a policy of homeowner’s insurance that includes a deductible that is equal to a percentage of the “Coverage A – Dwelling Limit” of the policy or has adopted an underwriting standard that requires a mandatory hurricane deductible equal to a percentage of the “Coverage A – Dwelling Limit” of the policy shall provide a policyholder with an annual statement explaining the manner in which the deductible is applied in accordance with § 19–209.1 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The insurer shall send a copy of the form used to provide the statement required under paragraph (1) of this subsection to the Commissioner prior to its use.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Commissioner may adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
