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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="27-601" 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>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Commercial insurance” means property insurance or casualty insurance issued to an individual, a sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or similar entity and intended to insure against loss arising from the business pursuits of the insured entity.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Commercial insurance” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>policies issued by the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>policies issued by the Joint Insurance Association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>workers’ compensation insurance; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>title insurance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Personal insurance” means property insurance or casualty insurance issued to an individual, trust, estate, or similar entity that is intended to insure against loss arising principally from the personal, noncommercial activities of the insured.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Personal insurance” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>motor vehicle liability insurance policies subject to § 27-613 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>policies issued by the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>policies issued by the Joint Insurance Association; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>surety insurance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
