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Terms Used In Maryland Code, INSURANCE 7-403

  • 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) (1) The acquiring person in an acquisition subject to this subtitle must file a pre-acquisition notification with the Commissioner.

(2) The acquired person in an acquisition subject to this subtitle may file a pre-acquisition notification.

(b) The pre-acquisition notification must be filed at least 30 days before the acquisition subject to this subtitle is proposed to become effective.

(c) (1) The pre-acquisition notification must be in the form and contain the information required by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners relating to those markets that, under § 7-402(6) of this subtitle, cause the acquisition not to be exempt from this subtitle.

(2) The Commissioner may require a pre-acquisition notification to contain:

(i) additional material and information that the Commissioner considers necessary to determine whether the proposed acquisition, if effective, would violate § 7-405(a)(1)(i) of this subtitle; and

(ii) the opinion of an economist about the competitive impact of the acquisition in the State, together with a summary of the education and experience of the economist indicating the economist’s ability to make an informed opinion.