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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="7-201" title_number="7" title_name="Maryland Insurance Acquisitions Disclosure and Control Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Acquisitions and Investments -- in General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to any other investment allowed elsewhere in this article, a domestic insurer, either alone or with another person, may invest in or otherwise acquire a subsidiary that engages in or is registered to engage in one or more of the following insurance businesses or business activities that are ancillary to an insurance business:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>conducting an insurance business that is authorized by the jurisdiction where the subsidiary is incorporated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>acting as an insurance producer for its parent, its parent’s insurer subsidiaries, or its parent’s intermediate insurer subsidiaries;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities for itself, its affiliate, its parent, or another subsidiary of its parent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>managing an investment company that is subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, including managing related sales and services of the investment company;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>acting as a broker–dealer that is subject to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>providing investment advice to governments, governmental units, corporations, or other organizations or groups;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>performing other services related to the operations of an insurance business, including actuarial, loss prevention, safety engineering, data processing, accounting, claims, appraisal, and collection services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>owning and managing assets that its parent may own and manage;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>acting as administrative agent for a governmental unit that performs an insurance function;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>financing insurance premiums;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>conducting any other business activity that is reasonably ancillary to an insurance business; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>owning one or more corporations engaged exclusively in or organized to engage exclusively in one or more of the business activities specified in this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the approval of the Commissioner and to the provisions of this title, a domestic mutual insurer may acquire or form a subsidiary insurance holding company.</text>
  </level>
</section>
