1. A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Comparable business” includes the same lines and kinds of insurance, same kinds of risks, similar policy limits, and similar quality of business.
   2. (2) “Control”, including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by”, and “under common control with”, has the meaning stated in Insurance Article, §8-101(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.
   3. (3) “Insurance holding company system” has the meaning stated in Insurance Article, §7-101(e), Annotated Code of Maryland.
   4. (4) “Insurer” means an insurer described in Insurance Article, §8-102, Annotated Code of Maryland.

Authority: Insurance Article, §§2-109, 4-116(b), 7-605, 7-701—7-704, and 10-126, Title 7, Subtitle 1, and Title 8, Subtitle 1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.03 adopted as an emergency provision effective September 15, 1993 (20:20 Md. R. 1557); adopted permanently effective December 20, 1993 (20:25 Md. R. 1945)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 09.30.98 to COMAR 31.04.13 effective September 7, 1998 (25:18 Md. R. 1439)

Regulation .01 amended effective January 15, 2007 (34:1 Md. R. 32)

Regulation .03 amended effective January 15, 2007 (34:1 Md. R. 32)