Md. Code, Insurance § 27-405
This is the official text of Md. Code, Insurance § 27-405, part of Maryland’s Code, Insurance — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§27–405.
Official statutory text
(a) It is a fraudulent insurance act for a person to act as or represent to the public that the person is:
(1) an insurance producer or a public adjuster in the State if the person has not received the appropriate license under or otherwise complied with Title 10 of this article;
(2) a navigator of the Small Business Health Options Program of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange if the person has not received the appropriate license under or otherwise complied with § 31–112 of this article;
(3) a navigator of the Individual Exchange of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange if the person has not received the appropriate certification under or otherwise complied with § 31–113 of this article; or
(4) an application counselor certified by the Individual Exchange of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange if the person has not received the appropriate certification under or otherwise complied with § 31–113(r) of this article.
(b) It is a fraudulent insurance act for an insurance producer:
(1) to solicit or take application for, procure, or place for others insurance for which the insurance producer has not obtained an appropriate license;
(2) knowingly to violate § 10–130 of this article; or
(3) intentionally to fail to report to an insurer the exact amount of consideration charged as a premium for an insurance contract, if different from the policy premium, and to fail to maintain records that show that information.
(1) an insurance producer or a public adjuster in the State if the person has not received the appropriate license under or otherwise complied with Title 10 of this article;
(2) a navigator of the Small Business Health Options Program of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange if the person has not received the appropriate license under or otherwise complied with § 31–112 of this article;
(3) a navigator of the Individual Exchange of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange if the person has not received the appropriate certification under or otherwise complied with § 31–113 of this article; or
(4) an application counselor certified by the Individual Exchange of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange if the person has not received the appropriate certification under or otherwise complied with § 31–113(r) of this article.
(b) It is a fraudulent insurance act for an insurance producer:
(1) to solicit or take application for, procure, or place for others insurance for which the insurance producer has not obtained an appropriate license;
(2) knowingly to violate § 10–130 of this article; or
(3) intentionally to fail to report to an insurer the exact amount of consideration charged as a premium for an insurance contract, if different from the policy premium, and to fail to maintain records that show that information.
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