The Maryland Insurance Administration published a bulletin to clarify its position on the permissible use of underwriting standards by insurers in deciding to cancel, non-renew, or refuse to underwrite a particular risk. 

The Administration's position is that an insurer cannot refuse to underwrite a risk or category of risk for which they have a filed rate. If their rating rule has a rate for a specific type of risk factor, they cannot refuse to underwrite that risk. If their rating rules do not provide a rate for a specific type of risk factor, then they can decline to underwrite that risk. 

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