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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="7-702" title_number="7" title_name="Maryland Insurance Acquisitions Disclosure and Control Act" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Transactions Within Insurance Holding Company Systems">
  <text>Each transaction within an insurance holding company system to which an insurer subject to registration under Subtitle 6 of this title is a party is subject to the following standards:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the terms shall be fair and reasonable in light of the purposes of this title;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the records of each party shall clearly and accurately disclose the precise nature and details of the transaction, including accounting information necessary to support the reasonableness of the charges or fees to the parties;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>after the transaction, including any dividend or distribution to shareholder affiliates, the insurer has assets and surplus as regards policyholders that:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>bear a reasonable relation to the insurer’s outstanding liabilities; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>are adequate to meet the insurer’s financial needs;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>charges or fees for services performed shall be reasonable;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>expenses incurred and payments received shall be allocated to the insurer in conformity with customary insurance accounting practices consistently applied; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>agreements, including management agreements, service contracts, tax allocation agreements, or cost–sharing agreements, shall include the provisions that the Commissioner requires by regulation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
