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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="7-403" title_number="7" title_name="Maryland Insurance Acquisitions Disclosure and Control Act" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Acquisition of Control of Insurer">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The acquiring person in an acquisition subject to this subtitle must file a pre-acquisition notification with the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The acquired person in an acquisition subject to this subtitle may file a pre-acquisition notification.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The pre-acquisition notification must be filed at least 30 days before the acquisition subject to this subtitle is proposed to become effective.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The pre-acquisition notification must be in the form and contain the information required by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners relating to those markets that, under § 7-402(6) of this subtitle, cause the acquisition not to be exempt from this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner may require a pre-acquisition notification to contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>additional material and information that the Commissioner considers necessary to determine whether the proposed acquisition, if effective, would violate § 7-405(a)(1)(i) of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the opinion of an economist about the competitive impact of the acquisition in the State, together with a summary of the education and experience of the economist indicating the economist’s ability to make an informed opinion.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
