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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 31.09.05.01" title_num="31" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="05" heading="Purpose.">
  <text>The purpose of this chapter is to:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Regulate the activities of insurers and insurance producers with respect to the replacement of existing life insurance and annuities; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Protect the interests of life insurance and annuity purchasers by establishing minimum standards of conduct to be observed in replacement or financed purchase transactions by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Ensuring that purchasers receive information to make a decision in the purchasers' own best interests;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Reducing the opportunity for misrepresentation and incomplete disclosure; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Establishing penalties for failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>