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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 31.15.12.06" title_num="31" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="12" heading="Response by Claimant to Settlement Offer.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In General. After receipt of a settlement offer, a claimant may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Accept the offer; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In writing, reject the offer and make a counteroffer based on:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Dealer quotations for a substantially similar motor vehicle;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Advertisements for a substantially similar motor vehicle; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Any other source of valuation for a substantially similar motor vehicle.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Duty of Insurer. If an insurer rejects a claimant's counteroffer made pursuant to §A(2) of this regulation, the insurer shall, within 5 business days, send to the claimant a written explanation in clear and understandable language of why the information relied on by the claimant in the counteroffer does not provide a more accurate valuation than the information relied on by the insurer in its offer.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>