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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-210" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Managing General Agents">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An insurer shall maintain independent financial examinations, in a form acceptable to the Commissioner, of each managing general agent with whom the insurer has done business.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The insurer shall keep records for at least 5 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If, by contract, an insurer allows a managing general agent to maintain loss reserves, the insurer annually shall get an opinion, attesting to the adequacy of the loss reserves established, from an independent actuary who is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The insurer shall keep the report of the actuary for at least 5 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At least twice a year, an insurer shall conduct a review of the underwriting and claims processing operations of its managing general agent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 30 days after entering into or terminating a contract with a managing general agent, an insurer shall notify the Commissioner in writing of doing so.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice of entering into a contract shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a statement of the duties and responsibilities of the managing general agent;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the lines of insurance that the managing general agent is contractually authorized to negotiate, procure, or bind for the insurer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a copy of the contract; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any other information or documentation that the Commissioner requests.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Unless the relationship between an insurer and managing general agent is controlled by and disclosed under Title 7, Subtitle 6 or 7 of this article, the insurer may not have on its board of directors an officer, director, employee, agent, or shareholder of its managing general agent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each insurer shall review its books and records each quarter to determine if any insurance producer has become a managing general agent.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the insurer determines that an insurance producer has become a managing general agent:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the insurer promptly shall notify the insurance producer and the Commissioner of the determination; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the insurer and insurance producer must comply fully with the provisions of this subtitle within 30 days after the determination.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
