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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-511" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Reinsurance Intermediaries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of §§ 2-210 through 2-214 of this article, the Commissioner may deny, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a reinsurance intermediary’s license, or a reinsurance intermediary’s insurance producer license, if the reinsurance intermediary has violated this subtitle or § 10-126 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Instead of or in addition to the penalties provided in subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may impose a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may bring a civil action for the benefit of an insurer or reinsurer and its policyholders and creditors to recover compensatory damages or may seek other appropriate relief; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>may impose any other penalty authorized by this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An order of the Commissioner issued under this section is subject to judicial review in accordance with § 2-215 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A receiver appointed under Title 9, Subtitle 2 of this article may bring a civil action to recover damages or for other appropriate sanctions for the benefit of an insurer if the receiver determines that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a reinsurance intermediary or other person has failed to comply materially with this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the failure has caused an insurer under an order of rehabilitation or liquidation to suffer a loss or damage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>This section is not intended to limit the rights of policyholders or claimants of an insurer or reinsurer.</text>
  </level>
</section>
