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Chapter 01 Standards for Credit Life and Credit Health Insurance

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Title 31 MARYLAND INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
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Subtitle 13 CREDIT LIFE AND CREDIT HEALTH INSURANCE
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Chapter 01 Standards for Credit Life and Credit Health Insurance
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Chapter 01 Standards for Credit Life and Credit Health Insurance
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.01 Purpose.
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.02 Regulation of Commissions.
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.03 Applicability.
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.04 Definitions.
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.05 Loss Ratio.
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.06 Statistics and Reporting Forms.
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.07 Rate Changes and Creditor-Paid Insurance.
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.08 Premium Rates by Case Method.
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.09 General Premium Rate Standards and Increased Rates.
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.10 Prima Facie Premium Rates for Credit Life Insurance.
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.11 Prima Facie Premium Rates — Credit Life Insurance — Net Payoff Balance Method.
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.12 Repealed.
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.13 Underwriting Requirements for Credit Life Prima Facie Premium Rates.
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.14 Disability Benefit Provisions.
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.15 Prima Facie Premium Rates for Credit Health Insurance.
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.16 Repealed.
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.17 Underwriting Requirements for Credit Health Prima Facie Premium Rates.
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.18 Guidelines for Increased Rates.
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.19 Refunds.
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.20 Commission to Agents and Creditors.
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.21 Reinsurance Treaties.
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.22 Prohibited Transactions.
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.23 Combinations of Coverages.
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.24 Notice to Debtors.
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.25 Benefits.
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.26 Review of Credit Operations.
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.27 Effective Date.
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.28 Clerical Errors.
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.29 Change of Insurers — Reporting Requirements — Coverage and Rates.
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Administrative History Effective date: January 1, 1978 (4:25 Md. R. 1940) Chapter revised at 7:11 Md. R. 1035 Regulations .04 and .21 amended as an emergency provision effective September 1, 1980 (7:14 Md. R. 1345); adopted permanently effective December 30, 1980 (7:24 Md. R. 2256) Regulations .13 and .17 amended effective January 28, 1985 (12:2 Md. R. 139) Regulation .13 amended effective August 8, 1988 (15:16 Md. R. 1914) Regulation .15 amended effective August 8, 1988 (15:16 Md. R. 1914) Regulation .24D adopted effective August 8, 1988 (15:16 Md. R. 1914) Regulation .27 amended as an emergency provision effective June 24, 1980 (7:14 Md. R. 1345); adopted permanently effective December 30, 1980 (7:24 Md. R. 2256) This amendment changed the effective date given in the Notice of Final Adoption (see 7:11 Md. R. 1035) from July 1, 1980 to September 1, 1980 —————— Annotation: Regulations .04F(14), .20, and .21, concerning the regulation of maximum commissions, held valid and within the legislative grant of authority to the Insurance Commissioner. Agency quasi-legislative actions are not limited by a recorded administrative record. These regulations and their enabling statute do not violate the Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Automobile Trade Association v. Insurance Commissioner, 292 Md. 15, 437 A. 2d 199 (1981). —————— Chapter recodified from COMAR 09.30.51 to COMAR 31.13.01 effective September 7, 1998 (25:18 Md. R. 1439) Regulation .04B amended effective May 15, 2000 (27:9 Md. R. 860) Regulation .06A amended effective May 15, 2000 (27:9 Md. R. 860) Regulation .08A , B repealed effective May 15, 2000 (27:9 Md. R. 860) Regulation .29 adopted effective May 15, 2000 (27:9 Md. R. 860) —————— Chapter revised effective March 1, 2001 (27:22 Md. R. 2062) Regulation .04B amended effective October 12, 2015 (42:20 Md. R. 1266); November 7, 2016 (43:22 Md. R. 1223) Regulation .09A amended effective October 12, 2015 (42:20 Md. R. 1266) Regulation .13 amended effective October 12, 2015 (42:20 Md. R. 1266) Regulation .15A , E amended effective June 1, 2016 (43:5 Md. R. 387) Regulation .17 amended effective October 12, 2015 (42:20 Md. R. 1266) Regulation .21A amended effective November 7, 2016 (43:22 Md. R. 1223) Regulation .22C amended effective February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 256) Authority Commercial Law Article, §12-312 and Title 12, Subtitle 3; Insurance Article, §§ 2-109 , 13-110 , 13-111 , and 13-112 ; Annotated Code of Maryland
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