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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="16-301" title_number="16" title_name="Life Insurance and Annuities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Life Insurance">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subtitle does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>reinsurance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>group life insurance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a pure endowment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>an annuity contract or reversionary annuity contract;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a term policy of a uniform amount that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>does not provide guaranteed nonforfeiture or endowment benefits or provide for renewal;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is for 20 years or less and expires before the insured’s age 71; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>requires uniform premiums, payable during the entire term of the policy;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a term policy of a decreasing amount:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>that does not provide guaranteed nonforfeiture or endowment benefits; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on which the adjusted premium, calculated under the applicable provisions of §§ 16-307 through 16-309 of this subtitle, is less than the adjusted premium on a policy or renewal of a policy of a uniform amount if the policy of the uniform amount:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>does not provide guaranteed nonforfeiture or endowment benefits;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is issued at the same age and for the same initial amount of insurance;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>is for 20 years or less and expires before the insured’s age 71; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>requires uniform premiums, payable during the entire term of the policy; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a policy that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>does not provide guaranteed nonforfeiture or endowment benefits; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has a cash surrender value or present value for any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, at the beginning of any policy year, calculated under the applicable provisions of §§ 16-305 through 16-309 of this subtitle, that does not exceed 1.5% of the amount of insurance at the beginning of the same policy year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For purposes of determining the applicability of this subtitle, the age at expiry for a joint term life insurance policy is the age at expiry of the oldest life.</text>
  </level>
</section>
