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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 31.15.11.02" title_num="31" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="11" heading="Scope.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In General. This chapter applies to insurers that sell or offer to sell homeowner's insurance or private passenger motor vehicle insurance.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Insurance Transaction Not Initiated by a Consumer.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>This chapter does not apply to the use of a credit report or a credit score derived from a credit report, by an insurer in an insurance transaction that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is not initiated by a consumer; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Consists of a firm offer of insurance.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If an insurer refuses to underwrite after a consumer submits an application in response to a firm offer of insurance made in accordance with §B(1) of this regulation, the refusal to underwrite:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is not part of a transaction that is not initiated by a consumer; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is subject to this chapter and any provisions of the Annotated Code of Maryland that are applicable to underwriting, including Insurance Article, §27-501, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Accuracy or Completeness of Information in Credit Report. This chapter does not apply to a dispute regarding the accuracy or completeness of information in a credit report.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>