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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 31.08.03.09" title_num="31" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="03" heading="Statement of Actual Reason.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Applicability to Binders. This regulation applies to a binder only if the binder has been in effect for at least 45 days.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Contents of Statement. If an insurer cancels, refuses to renew, increases a premium for, or reduces coverage under a policy or binder of private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance, the statement of actual reason required by Insurance Article, §§27-613 or 27-614, Annotated Code of Maryland, shall include at a minimum:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the action of the insurer is due wholly or partly to an accident:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The name of the driver;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The date of the accident; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If fault is a material factor for the insurer's action, a statement that the driver was at fault.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the action of the insurer is due wholly or partly to a violation of Maryland vehicle law or the vehicle laws of another state:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The name of the driver;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The date of the violation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A description of the violation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the action of the insurer is due wholly or partly to the claims history of an insured:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The date that the claim that is the basis of the insurer's action occurred; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A description of each claim, such as:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>“Theft of vehicle on [date]”;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>“Vandalism of vehicle on [date]”; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>“Towing claim on [date]”; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If the action of the insurer is due wholly or partly to a reason other than those described in §B(1)—(3) of this regulation or to a violation of the terms and conditions of the policy or the underwriting standards of the insurer, a description of the action of the insured that is the basis of the insurer's action, such as:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Insured loans the insured vehicle to an excluded driver”; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Insured loans the insured vehicle to a non-listed driver”.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>In addition to the information required by §B of this regulation, with respect to a cancellation or nonrenewal, the statement of actual reason required by Insurance Article, §27-613, Annotated Code of Maryland, shall include a statement that the action by the insured that is the basis of the cancellation or nonrenewal violates the insurer's rating criteria or underwriting standards.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>