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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="27-612" 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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an insurer fails to comply with any provision of § 27-602, § 27-603, § 27-604, § 27-605, § 27-606, § 27-607, § 27-608, § 27-610, or § 27-613 of this subtitle, the insurer is liable to the applicant for the coverage that was requested, or that would have become effective except for the failure to comply with these provisions, unless the person seeking coverage:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>no longer wishes the coverage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has obtained other substantially equivalent coverage; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>fails to tender or pay the premium after reasonable demand for the premium has been made.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The liability of an insurer under paragraph (1) of this subsection is in addition to any other penalties applicable by law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Liability for coverage does not apply to failure to comply with § 27-611 of this subtitle, as it relates to motor vehicle liability insurance.</text>
  </level>
</section>
