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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-424" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Fraternal Benefit Societies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A foreign or alien society may not transact insurance business in the State unless the society has a certificate of authority issued by the Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A foreign or alien society that desires to transact insurance business in the State must have the qualifications required of domestic societies organized under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A foreign or alien society may be authorized to transact insurance business in the State if the society:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shows that its assets are invested in accordance with this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>files with the Commissioner:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a certified copy of its charter or articles of incorporation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a copy of its constitution and laws, certified by its secretary or equivalent officer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a power of attorney as required by § 8-407 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a statement of the society’s insurance business that is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>under oath of its president and secretary or equivalent officers;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>in the form required by the Commissioner;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>verified by an examination made by the insurance supervisory official of its home state or another state, territory, province, or country; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>satisfactory to the Commissioner;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a certificate of compliance from the proper official of its home state, territory, province, or country that the society is legally incorporated and authorized to transact insurance business in that state, territory, province, or country;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>copies of its forms of certificates; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>any additional information that the Commissioner considers necessary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each foreign or alien society authorized to do insurance business in the State shall file with the Commissioner, within 90 days after enactment, a certified copy of each amendment of, or addition to, its articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner may deny a certificate of authority to a foreign or alien society applicant or suspend or revoke a certificate of authority of a foreign or alien society if, on investigation, the Commissioner finds that the society:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has exceeded its powers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has failed to comply with any provision of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is conducting its insurance business fraudulently; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>is conducting its insurance business in a manner hazardous to its members, creditors, or the public.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Commissioner makes a finding under subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify the society of the finding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>state in writing the reasons for dissatisfaction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>require the society to show cause on or before a specified date why its certificate of authority should not be denied, suspended, or revoked.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If, on or before the date specified in the notice, the society does not show good and sufficient reason why its certificate of authority should not be denied, suspended, or revoked, the Commissioner may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>deny or suspend the certificate of authority until satisfactory evidence is provided to the Commissioner that the denial or suspension should be withdrawn; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>revoke the certificate of authority.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The provisions of subsection (e) of this section do not prevent a foreign or alien society from continuing in good faith all contracts made in the State during the time the society was legally authorized to transact insurance business in the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
