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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 31.15.11.04" title_num="31" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="11" heading="Homeowner's Insurance — Prohibition on Use of Credit History.">
  <text>With respect to homeowner's insurance, an insurer may not:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Refuse to underwrite, cancel, or refuse to renew a risk based wholly or partly on the credit history of an applicant or insured, including the absence of or inability to determine credit history;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Rate a risk based wholly or partly on the credit history of an applicant or insured, including the absence of or inability to determine credit history, in any manner, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Providing or removing a discount or imposing or removing a surcharge;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Assigning the insured or applicant to a tier; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Placing an applicant or insured with an affiliated insurer; or</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Require a particular payment plan based wholly or partly on the credit history of an applicant or insured, including the absence of or inability to determine credit history.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>