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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-513" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Reinsurance Intermediaries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not act as a reinsurance broker for an authorized insurer without a written authorization agreement between the reinsurance broker and the authorized insurer that states the responsibilities of the parties.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The authorization agreement required by this section shall provide that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on written notice, the authorized insurer may terminate at any time the authority of the reinsurance broker to act for it; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the reinsurance broker shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>render accounts to the authorized insurer detailing all material transactions, including information necessary to support the commissions, charges, and other fees received by or owed to the reinsurance broker;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>remit all funds due to the authorized insurer within 30 days after receipt;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>hold in a fiduciary capacity in a qualified financial institution all funds collected for the account of the authorized insurer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>keep all books, records, and accounts in accordance with § 8-514 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>comply with all written standards established by the authorized insurer for the cession or retrocession of all risks; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>disclose to the authorized insurer any relationship of the reinsurance broker with a reinsurer to which business is ceded or retroceded.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
