Terms Used In Maryland Code, INSURANCE 2-401

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Fraud Division” means the Insurance Fraud Division in the Administration.

(c) “Insurance fraud” means:

(1) a violation of Title 27, Subtitle 4 of this article;

(2) theft, as set out in §§ 7-101 through 7-104 of the Criminal Law Article:

(i) from a person regulated under this article; or

(ii) by a person regulated under this article or an officer, director, agent, or employee of a person regulated under this article;

(3) a violation of § 9-1106 of the Labor and Employment Article; or

(4) any other fraudulent activity that is committed by or against a person regulated under this article and is a violation of:

(i) Title 1, Subtitle 3 of the Agriculture Article;

(ii) Title 19, Subtitle 2 or Subtitle 3 of the Business Regulation Article;

(iii) Title 14, Subtitle 29, § 11-810, or § 14-1317 of the Commercial Law Article;

(iv) the Criminal Law Article other than Title 8, Subtitle 2, Part II or § 10-614;

(v) Title 12, Subtitle 9 of the Financial Institutions Article;

(vi) § 14-127 of the Real Property Article;

(vii) § 6-301 of the Alcoholic Beverages Article;

(viii) § 109 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Caroline County;

(ix) § 4-103 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Carroll County; or

(x) § 8A-1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Talbot County.