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Terms Used In Maryland Code, INSURANCE 26-501.1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • 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
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) This title does not apply to:

(1) an authorized property and casualty insurer that provides emergency road service, towing service, or a similar type of indemnification under a policy that has been filed with and approved by the Commissioner; or

(2) an obligor under a mechanical repair contract that provides emergency road service, towing service, or other service that may be offered by a licensed motor club under this title if the mechanical repair contract is offered in compliance with § 15-311.2 of the Transportation Article.

(b) Unless a person holds a license issued by the Commissioner, the person may not represent to the public, by use of a title, including “motor club” or “licensed motor club”, by description of services, or otherwise, that the person is licensed or otherwise authorized to provide motor club service or engage in the business of a motor club in the State.