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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 31.16.09.04" title_num="31" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="09" heading="Report Format and Content.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The report required by Regulation .03A of this chapter shall be filed on letterhead of the insurer, dated, and certified and affirmed under oath by the chief executive officer, or comparable officer, of the insurer as:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Being true and not misleading; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Containing the most accurate information available at the time of the submission of the report.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The report required by Regulation .03A of this chapter shall include the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A paragraph identifying the insurer, stating the insurer's:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Address;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Telephone number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Fax number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>E-mail address; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>NAIC number and website URL, if any, for the main office of the insurer making the report;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A contact person with the insurer, including the contact person's:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Title;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Address;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Telephone number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Fax number; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>E-mail address;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The research methodology used in generating and preparing the report, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A description of the methods employed by the insurer to identify and compile the records and information that are responsive to this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A description of the research which was conducted at the insurer's own facility as well as a description of research which was conducted at other facilities known to the insurer;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If the insurer has found no responsive data, it shall so state;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The names of slaves, in alphabetical order, in the following order:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Last name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>First name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The name of the slaveholder, beneficiary, policyholder, or all of them;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The county or parish in which the slave resided;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>The state in which the slave resided; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Any other identifying information;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The names of slaveholders, in alphabetical order, in the following order:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Last name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>First name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The county or parish in which the slaveholder resided;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The state in which the slaveholder resided; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Any other identifying information; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The policy information, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Copies of all records and documents regarding insurance policies issued to slaveholders that provided coverage for injury to or death of slaves; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Translations of any records or documents in any language other than English, along with a copy of the document together with a certified translation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An original plus one copy of the reports generated pursuant to §A of this regulation shall be filed on paper and mailed to the Maryland Insurance Administration, Slavery Era Insurance Registry, 200 St. Paul Place, Suite 2700, Baltimore, MD 21202.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The sections of the reports outlined in §B(4) and (5) of this regulation, shall also be submitted in the electronic format approved by the Commissioner.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>