Md. Code, Insurance § 10-402
This is the official text of Md. Code, Insurance § 10-402, part of Maryland’s Code, Insurance — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§10–402.
Official statutory text
This subtitle does not apply to:
(1) an adjuster for or an insurance producer or employee of an insurer or group of insurers under common control or ownership that, as representative of the insurer or group, adjusts losses or damages under policies issued by the insurer or group;
(2) an insurance producer that acts as an adjuster without compensation for an insured for whom the insurance producer is acting as an insurance producer;
(3) an attorney at law who does not:
(i) regularly act as a public adjuster; and
(ii) represent to the public by sign, advertisement, or otherwise that the attorney at law acts as a public adjuster;
(4) a person who negotiates or settles claims arising under:
(i) a life, health, or motor vehicle insurance policy; or
(ii) an annuity contract;
(5) a person employed only for the purpose of obtaining facts surrounding a loss or furnishing technical assistance to a public adjuster, including a photographer, an estimator, a private investigator, an engineer, and a handwriting expert;
(6) a licensed health care provider, or an employee of a licensed health care provider, who prepares or files a health claim form on behalf of a patient; or
(7) a person who settles subrogation claims between insurers.
(1) an adjuster for or an insurance producer or employee of an insurer or group of insurers under common control or ownership that, as representative of the insurer or group, adjusts losses or damages under policies issued by the insurer or group;
(2) an insurance producer that acts as an adjuster without compensation for an insured for whom the insurance producer is acting as an insurance producer;
(3) an attorney at law who does not:
(i) regularly act as a public adjuster; and
(ii) represent to the public by sign, advertisement, or otherwise that the attorney at law acts as a public adjuster;
(4) a person who negotiates or settles claims arising under:
(i) a life, health, or motor vehicle insurance policy; or
(ii) an annuity contract;
(5) a person employed only for the purpose of obtaining facts surrounding a loss or furnishing technical assistance to a public adjuster, including a photographer, an estimator, a private investigator, an engineer, and a handwriting expert;
(6) a licensed health care provider, or an employee of a licensed health care provider, who prepares or files a health claim form on behalf of a patient; or
(7) a person who settles subrogation claims between insurers.
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