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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="27-601.1" title_number="27" title_name="Unfair Trade Practices and Other Prohibited Practices" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Cancellations, Nonrenewals, Premium Increases, and Reductions in Coverage">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For purposes of this subtitle, with respect to policies of personal insurance, private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance, commercial insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance, the issuance by an insurer of a new policy to replace an expiring policy issued by that insurer is a renewal.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For purposes of this subtitle, with respect to policies of personal insurance, private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance, commercial insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance, the issuance by an insurer of a new policy to replace an expiring policy issued by another admitted insurer within the same insurance holding company system, as defined in § 7–101 of this article, is a renewal if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the policyholder’s premium does not increase; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the policyholder does not experience a reduction in coverage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
