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Terms Used In Maryland Code, INSURANCE 2-116

  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(a) The Commissioner may send a notice or other communication by electronic means if:

(1) the Commissioner is required to deliver, give, mail, serve, or otherwise provide the notice or other communication in writing;

(2) the recipient has provided an e-mail address to the Commissioner to receive notices or other communications;

(3) the notice or other communication is sent to the e-mail address provided by the recipient; and

(4) the Commissioner maintains proof that the notice was sent to the recipient at the recipient’s e-mail address.

(b) If a person is required to send the Commissioner a notice or other communication and the person is not licensed, certified, or otherwise regulated by the Commissioner:

(1) the person may send the notice or other communication by electronic means approved by the Commissioner; and

(2) the Commissioner may not require the person to send the notice or other communication by electronic means.

(c) The Commissioner may require a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise regulated by the Commissioner to send a notice or other communication by electronic means.

(d) Subject to the provisions of the Maryland Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, a notice or other communication sent in accordance with this section shall be presumed to have been received in the ordinary course.