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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="12-209" title_number="12" title_name="Policy Forms and Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Life and Health Insurance and Annuities">
  <text>A life insurance or health insurance policy or annuity contract may not be delivered or issued for delivery in the State if the policy or contract:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>states that the policy or contract is to be construed according to the laws of another state or country;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>states that the rights and obligations of the insured or of a person with a claim under the policy or contract are to be governed by laws other than the laws of this State;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>provides a period shorter than 3 years within which an action may be brought on the policy or contract;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>deprives the courts of the State of the jurisdiction of any action against the insurer;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>provides that the insurance producer who solicits the insurance or annuity is the agent of the insured; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>makes the acts or representations of the insurance producer who solicits the insurance or annuity binding on the insured.</text>
  </level>
</section>
