# Insurance (GIN)

## Title 27. Unfair Trade Practices and Other Prohibited Practices

### Subtitle 2. Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair and Deceptive Acts or Practices

#### Section 27-204

A person may not make, publish, disseminate, or circulate, directly or indirectly, or aid, abet, or encourage the making, publishing, disseminating, or circulating of an oral or written statement or a pamphlet, circular, article, or literature that:

(1) is false or maliciously critical of or derogatory to the financial condition of an insurer or person proposing to become an insurer; and

(2) is calculated to injure a person engaged in or proposing to engage in the business of insurance.

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Md. Code Ann., Ins. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)