It is a fraudulent insurance act for a contractor offering home repair or remodeling services for damages to a private residence caused by weather, to directly or indirectly pay or otherwise compensate an insured, or offer or promise to pay or compensate an insured, with the intent to defraud an insurer, for any part of the insured’s deductible under the insured’s property or casualty insurance policy, if payment for the services will be made from the proceeds of the policy.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 27 - Unfair Trade Practices and Other Prohibited Practices
Subtitle 4 - Fraudulent Insurance Acts
Section 27-402 - Scope of Subtitle
Section 27-403 - Failure to Return Premiums; False or Misleading Claims
Section 27-404 - Doing Business With Unlicensed Persons
Section 27-405 - Representations to Public by Unlicensed Persons
Section 27-406 - False Applications and Statements; Unregulated Insurers
Section 27-406.1 - Fraudulent Insurance Acts of Individual Sureties
Section 27-407.1 - Intentional Motor Vehicle Accident