1. (a) An insurer may not refuse to issue or renew a contract of motor vehicle insurance, property insurance, or casualty insurance solely because the subject of the risk or the applicant's or insured's address is located in a certain geographic area of the State unless:

   1. (1) at least 60 days before the refusal, the insurer has filed with the Commissioner a written statement designating the geographic area; and
   2. (2) the designation has an objective basis and is not arbitrary or unreasonable.
2. (b) A statement filed with the Commissioner under this section is a public record.

Added by Acts 1996, c. 11, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997.

Formerly Art. 48A, § 61A.