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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="3-301" title_number="3" title_name="Kinds of Insurers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Surplus Lines Insurance">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Act” means the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Admitted insurer” means an insurer that is authorized to engage in the business of insurance in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Exempt commercial purchaser” has the meaning stated in § 527 of the Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Home state” has the meaning stated in § 527 of the Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Nonadmitted insurance” means property and casualty insurance that may be placed directly or through a surplus lines broker with a nonadmitted insurer that is eligible to accept the insurance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Nonadmitted insurer” means an insurer that is not authorized to engage in the business of insurance in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Nonadmitted insurer” does not include a risk retention group.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Qualified surplus lines broker” means a person that has obtained a certificate of qualification from the Commissioner to act as a surplus lines broker under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
