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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="5-804" title_number="5" title_name="Assets, Liabilities, Reserves, and Investments of Insurers" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Trusteed Assets of Alien Insurers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A deposit of trusteed assets shall be made under a written trust agreement between the alien insurer and the trustee in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The deposit of trusteed assets shall be authenticated in the manner approved by the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Whether or not then authorized to transact insurance business in Maryland, an alien insurer that uses or proposes to use Maryland as a state of entry to transact insurance business in the United States may make and execute the trust agreement required by this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The trust agreement is not effective until filed with and approved in writing by the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner may not approve a trust agreement if the Commissioner finds that the trust agreement:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>does not comply with law; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has terms that do not provide reasonably adequate protection for the alien insurer’s policyholders and creditors in the United States.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A trust agreement may be amended.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amendment is not effective until filed with and approved in writing by the Commissioner as complying with this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner may withdraw approval of a trust agreement or amendment to a trust agreement if the Commissioner finds, after a hearing, that the requirements under this subtitle for approval of the trust agreement or amendment are no longer met.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner shall give notice of the hearing required under paragraph (1) of this subsection to the alien insurer and the trustee of the trust agreement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
