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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="2-110" title_number="2" title_name="Maryland Insurance Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Organization of Administration; General Powers and Duties of Commissioner">
  <level label="a">
    <text>No later than December 31 of each year, the Commissioner shall prepare an annual report about the previous fiscal year that includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a list of the authorized insurers transacting insurance business in the State, with any summary of their financial statements that the Commissioner considers appropriate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the name of each insurer whose business was closed during the year, the cause of the closure, and the amount of assets and liabilities of the insurer that is ascertainable;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the name of each insurer against whom delinquency or similar proceedings were initiated, a concise statement of facts about each delinquency or similar proceeding, and the status of each proceeding;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a list of the rulings and decisions made in cases before the Administration during the year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a statement of all fees, taxes, and administrative fines and penalties received by the Commissioner and deposited into the General Fund of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the ratio of complaints filed during the calendar year against each insurer for each major line of insurance written by the insurer and a summary of the resolution of the complaints;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>recommendations of the Commissioner about changes in the laws affecting insurance and about matters affecting the Administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>information about the operation of the Fraud Division, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number of complaints received that relate to insurance fraud, the nature of the complaints, and the resolution of the complaints;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the number of complaints and cases referred to a State’s Attorney and the resolution of the complaints or cases;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the number of complaints and cases referred to the Office of the Attorney General and the resolution of the complaints or cases;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the number of calls made to the insurance fraud hot line;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the number of complaints received from persons regulated by the Commissioner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the number of cases received from the Workers’ Compensation Commission under § 9-310.2 of the Labor and Employment Article and the resolution of the cases;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the total number of cases, by type of insurance fraud; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>the number and percentage of cases that result in the imposition of civil or criminal penalties;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>a list of all staff positions, classifications, and salaries in the Administration as of the end of the preceding calendar year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>any other relevant information that the Commissioner considers proper.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least once every 5 years after December 1, 1995, the Commissioner shall prepare a report recommending any changes that the Commissioner considers appropriate under §§ 4-104 and 4-105 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When required, the report described in paragraph (1) of this subsection may be prepared with the annual report required by subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Reports required under subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be submitted to the Governor and, subject to § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.</text>
  </level>
</section>
