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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="4-311" title_number="4" title_name="General Requirements for Insurers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Risk Based Capital Standards for Insurers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The provisions of this subtitle are supplemental to other laws of the State, and may not preclude or limit any other powers or duties of the Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, shall adopt regulations that apply appropriate risk based capital standards to managed care organizations as defined under § 15–101(e) of the Health – General Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commissioner may exempt from the application of this subtitle any domestic property and casualty insurer that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>writes direct business only in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>writes direct annual premiums of $2,000,000 or less; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>assumes no reinsurance in excess of 5% of direct premiums written.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Commissioner may exempt from the application of this Act any domestic health insurer that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>writes direct business only in the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assumes no reinsurance in excess of 5% of direct premiums written; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>writes direct annual premiums for comprehensive medical business of $2,000,000 or less; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>covers less than 2,000 lives if the health insurer is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a nonprofit health service plan that provides coverage solely for dental services; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a dental plan organization.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
