§ 10-6A-06. Refusal to issue or suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew license.

MD Ins Code § 10-6A-06 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    The Commissioner may refuse to issue a limited lines license or suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a limited lines license to sell insurance in connection with, and incidental to, a peer–to–peer car sharing program agreement issued under this subtitle after notice and opportunity for a hearing under Title 2, Subtitle 2 of this article if the peer–to–peer car sharing program or an employee or authorized representative of the peer–to–peer car sharing program has:

(1)    willfully violated this article or another State law that relates to insurance;

(2)    operated without a limited lines license to sell insurance in connection with, and incidental to, a peer–to–peer car sharing program agreement as required under this subtitle;

(3)    failed to provide required disclosures;

(4)    offered or sold unapproved insurance products;

(5)    failed to hold an appointment with the insurer;

(6)    failed to train employees and authorized representatives selling or soliciting, or negotiating the sale of, insurance products on behalf of the peer–to–peer car sharing program; or

(7)    misrepresented pertinent facts or policy provisions that relate to the coverage offered or sold under this subtitle.

(b)    A peer–to–peer car sharing program and its employees and authorized representatives may not advertise, represent, or otherwise hold itself out as an authorized insurer, or as an insurance producer, for any kind or subdivision of insurance.

(c)    Instead of, or in addition to, suspending or revoking a limited lines license to sell insurance in connection with, and incidental to, a peer–to–peer car sharing program agreement, the Commissioner may:

(1)    impose on the peer–to–peer car sharing program a penalty of not less than $100 but not more than $2,500 for each violation of this subtitle; and

(2)    require that restitution be made to any person who has suffered financial injury because of the violation of this article.