Before placing any surplus line or otherwise acting as a surplus lines broker, where Maryland is the Home State of the insured, it will be the responsibility of each individual so acting to acquire a valid Maryland surplus lines broker’s certificate of qualification. The broker will be held responsible for securing timely renewals of the broker’s certification of qualification in order to place new business and provide a continuity of service to clients for whom the broker has previously acted. Each original surplus lines broker’s certificate of qualification shall be issued for a term expiring every other year on the date stated on the certificate of qualification and may be renewed biennially thereafter.

Authority: Insurance Article, §§2-109, 3-304, 3-306—3-308, 3-311—3-313, 3-316, 3-325(c), 9-301(f), 9-303(5), 9-401(j)(1) and (2), 9-405(b), and 27-216, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: March 1, 1968

Amended effective January 1, 1971

Regulations .01—.12 repealed effective June 1, 1983 (10:9 Md. R. 790)

Regulations .01—.08 adopted effective June 1, 1983 (10:9 Md. R. 790)

Regulation .02 amended effective December 30, 1996 (23:26 Md. R. 1859)

Regulation .04 repealed effective December 30, 1996 (23:26 Md. R. 1859)

Regulation .05D amended effective December 30, 1996 (23:26 Md. R. 1859)

Appendix A repealed effective December 30, 1996 (23:26 Md. R. 1859)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 09.30.22 to COMAR 31.03.06 effective September 7, 1998 (25:18 Md. R. 1439)

Regulation .01-1 adopted effective January 7, 2002 (28:26 Md. R. 2275)

Regulation .01-1 amended as an emergency provision effective November 3, 2005 (32:25 Md. R. 1938); amended permanently effective March 13, 2006 (33:5 Md. R. 523)

Regulation .01-1B amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 260)

Regulation .02 amended effective April 10, 2006 (33:7 Md. R. 675); February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 260); October 8, 2018 (45:20 Md. R. 920)

Regulation .03 amended as an emergency provision effective December 15, 2007 (34:1 Md. R. 30); amended permanently effective February 12, 2007 (34:3 Md. R. 303)

Regulation .03 amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 260)

Regulation .04 adopted effective January 7, 2002 (28:26 Md. R. 2275)

Regulation .04 amended as an emergency provision effective November 3, 2005 (32:25 Md. R. 1938); amended permanently effective March 13, 2006 (33:5 Md. R. 523)

Regulation .05 amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 260)

Regulation .05A amended effective April 10, 2006 (33:7 Md. R. 675); October 2, 2017 (44:19 Md. R. 898)

Regulation .06 amended effective April 10, 2006 (33:7 Md. R. 675); February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 260)

Regulation .07A amended effective April 10, 2006 (33:7 Md. R. 675)

Regulation .09 adopted effective June 11, 2001 (28:11 Md. R. 1055)

Regulation .09 amended effective January 7, 2002 (28:26 Md. R. 2275)

Regulation .09 amended as an emergency provision effective November 3, 2005 (32:25 Md. R. 1938); amended permanently effective March 13, 2006 (33:5 Md. R. 523)

Regulation .09 amended effective May 18, 2016 (43:6 Md. R. 412); June 18, 2018 (45:12 Md. R. 621)

Regulation .09C, D amended effective April 10, 2006 (33:7 Md. R. 675)

Regulation .10 adopted as an emergency provision effective June 29, 1999 (26:15 Md. R. 1146); emergency status expired December 25, 1999

Regulation .10 adopted effective May 1, 2000 (27:8 Md. R. 806)

Regulation .10B, C amended effective April 10, 2006 (33:7 Md. R. 675)

Regulation .10C amended effective October 20, 2008 (35:21 Md. R. 1828); February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 260); February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 255); May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 520)

Regulation .11 adopted effective January 7, 2002 (28:26 Md. R. 2275)

Regulation .11 amended as an emergency provision effective November 3, 2005 (32:25 Md. R. 1938); amended permanently effective March 13, 2006 (33:5 Md. R. 523)

Regulation .11 amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 260)