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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".23" citation="COMAR 31.05.08.23" title_num="31" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="08" heading="Reinsurance Contract.">
  <text>Credit for reinsurance may not be allowed by the Commissioner as an admitted asset or deduction from liability to any ceding insurer for a reinsurance contract entered into with a reinsurer under this chapter after the adoption of this regulation unless the reinsurance contract includes:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An insolvency clause, in accordance with Insurance Article, §5-905(a), Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A provision under which the reinsurer, if an unauthorized reinsurer, has:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submitted to the jurisdiction of an alternative dispute resolution panel or court of competent jurisdiction within the United States;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Agreed to comply with all requirements necessary to give the court or panel jurisdiction;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Designated an agent to receive service of process; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Agreed to abide by the final decision of the court or panel.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Includes a proper reinsurance intermediary clause, if applicable, which stipulates that the credit risk for the intermediary is carried by the assuming insurer.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>