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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="25-104" title_number="25" title_name="Alternative Market Mechanisms" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Maryland Risk Retention Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A risk retention group may not join or contribute financially to an insurance insolvency guaranty fund or similar mechanism in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A risk retention group and its insureds may not receive a benefit from an insurance insolvency guaranty fund or similar mechanism for claims arising out of the operations of the risk retention group.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When a purchasing group obtains insurance that covers the risks of its members from an unauthorized insurer or from a risk retention group, the risks, whether resident or located, may not be covered by an insurance insolvency guaranty fund or similar mechanism in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When a purchasing group obtains insurance that covers the risks of its members from an authorized insurer, only risks resident or located in the State shall be covered by the Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Corporation under Title 9, Subtitle 3 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
