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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="16-305" 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>On default of a premium payment due on a policy anniversary, any cash surrender value available under the policy, regardless of whether the cash surrender value is required under § 16-303 of this subtitle, shall be at least:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the present value of the future guaranteed benefits, calculated as of that policy anniversary, that would have been provided under the policy, including any existing paid-up additions; less</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the sum of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the present value of adjusted premiums, calculated as of that policy anniversary in accordance with the applicable provisions of §§ 16-307 through 16-309 of this subtitle, corresponding to premiums that would have fallen due on or after the anniversary; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount of any indebtedness to the insurer on the policy.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to a policy that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>by rider or supplemental policy provision, provides supplemental life insurance or annuity benefits at the option of the insured for an identifiable additional premium; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is issued on or after the operative date of § 16-309 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On a policy subject to this subsection, the cash surrender value referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be at least the sum of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the cash surrender value for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age without the rider or supplemental policy provision; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the cash surrender value calculated under subsection (a) of this section for a policy that provides only the benefits otherwise provided by the rider or supplemental policy provision.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to a family policy that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>defines a primary insured and provides term insurance on the life of the spouse of the primary insured that expires before the spouse’s age 71; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is issued on or after the operative date of § 16-309 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On a policy subject to this subsection, the cash surrender value referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be at least the sum of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the cash surrender value calculated under subsection (a) of this section for an otherwise similar policy issued at the same age without term insurance on the life of the spouse; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the cash surrender value calculated under subsection (a) of this section for a policy that provides only the benefits otherwise provided by term insurance on the life of the spouse.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to a policy of life insurance that is paid-up by completion of all premium payments or is continued under any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit, regardless of whether the cash surrender value is required under § 16-303 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On a policy subject to this subsection, the cash surrender value available within 30 days after a policy anniversary shall be at least the present value, calculated as of the policy anniversary, of the future guaranteed benefits, including any existing paid-up additions, reduced by any indebtedness to the insurer on the policy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
