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§ 3-213. Subscribers of domestic, foreign, or alien reciprocal insurers

West's Annotated Code of MarylandInsurance

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Insurance (Refs & Annos)
Title 3. Kinds of Insurers
Subtitle 2. Reciprocal Insurers (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Insurance, § 3-213
§ 3-213. Subscribers of domestic, foreign, or alien reciprocal insurers
Individuals, partnerships, or corporations of State
(a) An individual, partnership, or corporation of the State may make application, enter into agreement for, hold policies or contracts in or with, and be a subscriber of a domestic, foreign, or alien reciprocal insurer.
Corporation of State as subscriber
(b)(1) In addition to the powers specified in its articles of incorporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State has full power as a subscriber to exchange insurance contracts through a domestic, foreign, or alien reciprocal insurer.
(2) The right to exchange insurance contracts through a reciprocal insurer is:
(i) incidental to the purposes for which the corporation is organized; and
(ii) as fully granted as the powers expressly conferred on the corporation.
Governments, government units, states, and fiduciaries
(c) Governments, governmental units, states, political subdivisions of states, boards, associations, estates, trustees, and fiduciaries may exchange reciprocal insurance contracts with each other and with individuals, partnerships, and corporations to the same extent that individuals, partnerships, and corporations may exchange reciprocal insurance contracts.
Officers, representatives, or legal representatives of subscriber
(d) An officer, representative, trustee, receiver, or legal representative of a subscriber shall be recognized as acting for or on behalf of the subscriber for the purpose of a reciprocal insurance contract and in that capacity is not personally liable on the reciprocal insurance contract.

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Added by Acts 1997, c. 35, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1997.
Formerly Art. 48A, § 292.
MD Code, Insurance, § 3-213, MD INSURANCE § 3-213
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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