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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 31.15.15.07" title_num="31" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="15" heading="Duties of Defendant Insurers.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Each property and casualty insurer and insurers that offer individual disability insurance that issue, sell, or deliver a policy that includes first-party coverage in the State shall designate a person authorized to receive 27-1001 filings from the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Each Insurer to which this chapter applies shall notify the Administration of the name and address of the defendant insurer’s 27-1001 filing designee.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An insurer that fails to notify the Administration of its designee is considered to have appointed the person previously identified by the insurer to receive process that has been served on the Commissioner as attorney-in-fact, as the insurer’s 27-1001 filing designee until the insurer has notified the Administration of its 27-1001 filing designee.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Notice of Disposition.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Each defendant insurer shall advise the Administration, in writing, as to a disposition by the Office of Administrative Hearings or any court of law of any complaint filed against the defendant insurer under Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, §3-1701, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The notice of disposition shall be on the form determined by the Administration and published by bulletin and shall be sent to the Hearing and Appeals Clerk at the Administration within 30 days of the disposition.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The notice of disposition shall identify:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The adjudicatory body that issued the disposition;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The case name and number before that adjudicatory body, as well as the case name and number of any underlying or prior dispositions with respect to that complaint;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Whether the complaint seeks a determination as to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Coverage;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>An alleged failure by the defendant insurer to adequately value, pay, or value and pay the underlying insurance claim; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Both §D(3)(c)(i) and (ii) of this regulation;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The type of coverage at issue in the complaint, such as auto UM/UIM, homeowner’s, commercial general liability, individual disability, or other;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>The amount sought as damages in the complaint, itemized by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The amount sought as actual damages; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The amount sought as expenses and litigation costs, including attorney’s fees;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>The disposition with respect to each count of the complaint;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>A summary of any determinations made;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>A listing of any amounts awarded by the adjudicatory body; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Whether any further proceedings before that body or another tribunal have been filed or are expected to be filed.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Notice of Pending Complaint.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Each defendant insurer shall advise the Administration, in writing, when it is served with a complaint that was not originally filed with the Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The notice of the pending complaint shall be on the form determined by the Administration and published by bulletin and shall be sent to the Hearing and Appeals Clerk at the Administration within 30 days of service of process.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The notice of the pending complaint shall identify:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The court in which the complaint was filed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The case name and number assigned to the complaint;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The parties to the complaint;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The reason why the complaint was not required to be filed with the Administration before being filed with the court;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Whether the complaint seeks a determination as to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Coverage;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>An alleged failure by the defendant insurer to adequately value, pay, or value and pay the underlying insurance claim; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Both §E(3)(e)(i) and (ii) of this regulation;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>The type of coverage at issue in the complaint, such as auto UM/UIM, homeowner’s, commercial general liability, individual disability, or other; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>The amount sought as damages in the complaint; itemized by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The amount sought as actual damages; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The amount sought as expenses and litigation costs, including attorney’s fees.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>