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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-507" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Reinsurance Intermediaries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner shall issue a license to each applicant that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>meets the requirements of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pays the applicable fee for a license for an insurance producer under § 2-112 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “controlling person” means a person that directly or indirectly has the power to direct, or cause to be directed, the management, control, or activities of a reinsurance intermediary.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner may refuse to issue a license if the Commissioner finds that the applicant, an individual named on the application, a member, principal, officer, or director of the applicant, or a controlling person of the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is not trustworthy to act as a reinsurance intermediary;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has given cause for revocation or suspension of a license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has failed to comply with a requirement for issuance of a license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On written request, the Commissioner shall provide a summary of the basis for the refusal to issue a license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The summary of the basis for refusal is privileged and is not a public document under Title 10, Subtitle 6 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
