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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="3-313" title_number="3" title_name="Kinds of Insurers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Surplus Lines Insurance">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before the Commissioner issues a certificate of qualification to an applicant, the applicant shall file with the Commissioner a bond that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is subject to approval by the Commissioner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>runs to the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is executed by the applicant as principal and by a corporate surety insurer authorized to do business in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>is in the penal sum of $10,000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>is conditioned that the broker will:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>conduct business in accordance with this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>remit promptly the taxes required by § 3-324 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The total liability of the surety insurer under the bond may not exceed the penal sum of the bond.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The surety insurer may not cancel the bond unless, at least 30 days before canceling the bond, the surety insurer files written notice of the cancellation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
