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Terms Used In Maryland Code, INSURANCE 8-608

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Subject to the hearing provisions of Title 2 of this article, the Commissioner may deny a registration to an applicant or refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke the registration of a registrant if the applicant or registrant:

(1) knowingly makes a material misstatement in an application for registration;

(2) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a registration for the applicant or registrant or for another;

(3) has been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;

(4) in connection with the viatical settlement contract and related insurance application, commits fraud or engages in illegal or dishonest activities;

(5) otherwise has shown a lack of trustworthiness or competence to act as a viatical settlement broker or viatical settlement provider; or

(6) violates any provision of this subtitle or a regulation adopted under it.