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Subtitle 1 - Definitions
Section 20-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Subtitle 2 - Administration of Fund
Section 20-201 - Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - (a) There is a Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund. (b) The...
Section 20-202 - Board of Trustees - (a) There is a Board of Trustees of the Fund....
Section 20-203 - Executive Director - (a) (1) The Board of Trustees shall: (i) appoint the...
Section 20-204 - Staff - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Subtitle 3 - Purpose and General Provisions
Section 20-301 - Purpose of Fund; Composition; Use - (a) The purpose of the Fund is to provide the...
Section 20-302 - Special Fund Account - (a) The account of the Fund is a special fund...
Section 20-303 - Management and Investment of Money - (a) (1) A financial management committee of the Fund shall...
Section 20-304 - Audits - (a) (1) An audit committee, composed of members of the...
Section 20-305 - Notice of Expiration of Policy; Rewritten Policy Quote - (a) The Fund shall provide each commercial policyholder with a...
Subtitle 4 - Industry Automobile Insurance Association
Section 20-401 - Established - There is an Industry Automobile Insurance Association.
Section 20-402 - Composition - (a) The Association consists of all insurers except for the...
Section 20-403 - Board of Directors - (a) There is a Board of Directors to administer the...
Section 20-404 - Certification of Operating Loss and Assessment Limit - (a) On or before March 15 of each year, the...
Section 20-405 - Assessments Generally - (a) In this section, “net direct written premiums” means direct...
Section 20-406 - Authorization to Impose Assessment Surcharges - (a) (1) The Commissioner promptly shall review the assessment allocation...
Section 20-407 - Election to Impose Assessment Surcharges - (a) On or before June 30 of each year, each...
Section 20-408 - Collection of Assessment Surcharges - (a) (1) Each Association member shall apply and collect any...
Section 20-409 - Adjustments to Assessment Surcharges - (a) If the aggregate amount of assessment surcharges received by...
Section 20-410 - Insufficiency Assessment Reserve Fund - (a) There is an Insufficiency Assessment Reserve Fund. (b) The...
Section 20-411 - Status of Money Received by Fund - (a) All money that the Fund receives from the Association...
Subtitle 5 - Policies for Covered Vehicles
Section 20-501 - "Covered Vehicle" Defined - (a) In this subtitle, “covered vehicle” means a vehicle for...
Section 20-502 - Eligibility Requirements for Policyholders - (a) On payment of the premium set by the Fund,...
Section 20-503 - Contents of Policies - (a) Each policy issued by the Fund shall contain the...
Section 20-504 - Add-on Coverage - (a) (1) In this section, “add–on coverage” means coverages or...
Section 20-505 - Claims Against Fund -- Resolution; Recording of Relevant Conversations - (a) The Executive Director shall settle, compromise, or defend claims...
Section 20-506 - Reserves for Payment of Claims - (a) The Executive Director shall: (1) establish and maintain reasonable...
Section 20-507 - Determination, Collection, and Financing of Premiums; Installment Payment Plans - (a) Subject to the authority of the Commissioner to determine...
Section 20-508 - Effect of 3 Years Without Violation or Accident - (a) A policyholder is entitled to continuation of coverage from...
Section 20-509 - Authority of Producers to Bind Coverage - (a) (1) Subject to this section and the policies adopted...
Section 20-510 - Fiduciary Duties of Producer - (a) Each fund producer is a fiduciary as to all...
Section 20-511 - Surety Bond - (a) (1) On application to the Fund for appointment as...
Section 20-512 - Payment of Commission to Producer - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 20-513 - Actions Against Producers -- in General - The Fund may refuse to accept further applications from a...
Section 20-514 - Actions Against Producers -- Notice and Hearing - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 20-515 - Recovery of Money Owed to Fund - (a) The Fund may use the Maryland Tax Refund Intercept...
Section 20-516 - Grounds for Rejection or Cancellation of Insurance - (a) Subject to § 20-517 of this subtitle, the Fund:...
Section 20-517 - Appeal of Rejection or Cancellation of Insurance - (a) An applicant whose application for insurance has been rejected...
Section 20-518 - Effect of Driving Record on Insurability - (a) (1) The Executive Director shall refer the status of...
Section 20-519 - Continuation of Coverage of Family Members on Exclusion of Policyholder - If a policy covers a spouse or other household member...
Section 20-520 - Refusal to Issue Policy Prohibited - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Subtitle 6 - Unsatisfied Claims
Section 20-601 - Authorized Claims Against Fund - (a) (1) In this section, “qualified person” means: (i) a...
Section 20-602 - Limitation on Amounts Payable From Fund - (a) The maximum amount payable from the Fund, exclusive of...
Section 20-603 - Notice of Claim - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 20-604 - Resolution of Claims - (a) (1) The Executive Director shall adopt regulations and the...
Section 20-605 - Settlement Offers - (a) (1) After the Fund negotiates with a plaintiff or...
Section 20-606 - Authority of Fund to Defend Claims; Cooperation of Defendant - (a) When a claim subject to this subtitle results in...
Section 20-607 - Judicial Review - An appeal to the appropriate court may be taken from...
Section 20-608 - Recovery of Money Paid by Fund; Indexing of Judgments - (a) All money paid out by the Fund under this...
Section 20-609 - Subrogation to Rights of Claimant - (a) Whenever the Fund makes payment in an action brought...
Section 20-610 - Findings and Declarations - The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) there is...
Section 20-611 - Uninsured Motorist Education and Enforcement Fund - (a) In this section, “Uninsured Motorist Fund” means the Uninsured...
Section 20-612 - Program to Incentivize and Enable Uninsured Vehicle Owners to Be Insured - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 20-613 - Payment of Premium in Installments - An applicant for a policy from the Fund who is...
Section 20-614 - Contacting Owner Whose Registration Has Been Suspended - (a) If the Uninsured Division receives information from the Motor...
Subtitle 7 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties
Section 20-701 - Filing False Notice or Document - (a) A person may not knowingly file with the Fund...