“Underwriting standards” means underwriting manuals, including any amendments or supplements to underwriting manuals, and those generally accepted practices of the insurer contained in written underwriting instructions, guidelines, and rules furnished by the insurer for use by its underwriters and insurance producers as standards for acceptance of risks.

Authority: Insurance Article, §§2-109 and 27-501, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: October 16, 1962

Amended effective May 1, 1968

Chapter, Insured Paying Less Than Premium Due Under the Contract, repealed effective March 6, 1989 (16:4 Md. R. 496)

Regulations .01—.05, Filing of Underwriting Standards, adopted effective

February 18, 1991 (18:3 Md. R. 304)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 09.30.30 to COMAR 31.04.16 effective September 7, 1998 (25:18 Md. R. 1439)

Regulation .02 amended effective January 15, 2007 (34:1 Md. R. 33)