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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="24-306" title_number="24" title_name="State Created Mutual Societies and Other Entities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Company:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be an authorized insurer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on and after October 1, 2013, as a condition of being an authorized insurer, shall be the workers’ compensation insurer of last resort for employers covered under Title 9 of the Labor and Employment Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before October 1, 2013, the Fund shall serve as the workers’ compensation insurer of last resort for workers’ compensation insurance and as a competitive workers’ compensation insurer under the same terms and conditions as the Fund served before October 1, 2012.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Company may not cancel or refuse to renew or issue a policy except for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>nonpayment of a premium for current or prior policies issued by the Fund or the Company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>failure to provide payroll information to the Fund or the Company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>failure to cooperate in any payroll audit conducted by the Fund or the Company; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>failure to reimburse the Company under a policy with deductibles as required under § 19–404 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Company may engage only in the business of workers’ compensation insurance in accordance with State law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Subject to the requirements of Title 7 of this article, the Company may establish, own, or acquire a subsidiary for any lawful purpose if the subsidiary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is, or after acquisition will be, wholly owned by the Company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>engages in a business activity that is ancillary to the workers’ compensation insurance business; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is operated for the purpose of benefiting the Company.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
