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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="4-208" title_number="4" title_name="General Requirements for Insurers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Unauthorized Insurers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>lawfully procured surplus lines insurance; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>insurance contracts that are independently procured through negotiations occurring entirely outside of the State and that are reported and on which the premium tax is paid under §§ 4-210 and 4-211 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An unauthorized insurer may not enforce an insurance contract effective in the State and entered into by the unauthorized insurer.</text>
  </level>
</section>
