People's Insurance Counsel Division v. Allstate Insurance

BATTAGLIA, Judge.

The issue in this ease is whether the People’s Insurance Counsel Division (hereinafter the “Division”) may seek judicial review of an order of the Insurance Commissioner, under Sections 6-301 et seq. of the State Government Article, which create and define the powers and duties of the Division, 1 and Section 2-215 of the Insurance Article, which governs judicial review actions from final decisions of the Insurance Commissioner. 2

Specifically, in 2006, Allstate Insurance Company, Respondent, advised the Insurance Commissioner that it had planned to cease writing new homeowners…