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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 31.03.13.03" title_num="31" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="13" heading="Updating and Maintaining Producer Register.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>At least once every 31 days, an insurer shall determine whether the license of any insurance producer who currently is appointed by the insurer has been suspended or revoked.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>After determining that the license of an insurance producer who currently is appointed by an insurer has been suspended or revoked, the insurer shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Within 5 business days after making the determination, terminate the appointment of the insurance producer; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Within 30 days after the effective date of the termination, update the insurer's producer register to reflect the termination of the appointment in accordance with Regulation .02B(2) of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An insurer shall maintain its producer register for as long as the insurer acts as an insurer in the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If an insurer ceases to act as an insurer in the State due to a sale, merger, consolidation, or other transaction:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The insurer shall transfer its producer register to the successor insurer that acquires the business of the insurer; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The successor insurer shall maintain the producer register for as long as the successor insurer acts as an insurer in the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>