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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="3-204" title_number="3" title_name="Kinds of Insurers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Insurers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Twenty-five or more persons domiciled in the State may organize a domestic reciprocal insurer and may apply to the Commissioner for a certificate of authority to engage in the insurance business as a reciprocal insurer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The proposed attorney in fact of the reciprocal insurer shall fulfill the requirements of and shall execute, verify under oath, and file with the Commissioner when applying for a certificate of authority, a declaration that includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name of the reciprocal insurer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the location of the reciprocal insurer’s principal office and of any other office from which policies will be issued;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>each kind of insurance business in which the reciprocal insurer intends to engage;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the appointment of the Commissioner as agent for service of process in accordance with § 4-107 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the name and address of each original subscriber;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the appointment of the proposed attorney in fact and a copy of the power of attorney;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the name and address of each officer and each director of the attorney in fact, if the attorney in fact is a corporation, or of each member of the attorney in fact, if the attorney in fact is a firm;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>the powers of the subscribers’ advisory committee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>the name and term of office of each member of the subscribers’ advisory committee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>a statement that, after deducting any sum payable to the attorney in fact, all money paid to the reciprocal insurer shall be held in the name of the reciprocal insurer for the purposes stated in the subscribers' agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>a copy of the subscribers' agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>a statement that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>each original subscriber has applied in good faith for insurance of a kind in which the reciprocal insurer intends to engage; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the reciprocal insurer has received from each original subscriber the full premium or premium deposit required for the policy applied for, for a term of not less than 6 months, at a rate that has been filed with and approved as adequate by the Commissioner;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>a statement of the financial condition of the reciprocal insurer, a schedule of its assets, and a statement that the surplus required by § 3-203 of this subtitle is available; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>a copy of each policy, endorsement, and application form that the reciprocal insurer proposes to issue or use.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>When applying for a certificate of authority, the proposed attorney in fact shall pay to the Commissioner the applicable fee required by § 2-112 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
