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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="16-306" title_number="16" title_name="Life Insurance and Annuities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Life Insurance">
  <text>On default of a premium payment due on a policy anniversary, the present value of any paid-up nonforfeiture benefit available under the policy, calculated as of that policy anniversary:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>shall at least equal the cash surrender value provided under the policy, calculated as of that policy anniversary; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>if no cash surrender value is provided, shall equal the cash surrender value that would have been required under this subtitle absent a condition that premiums shall have been paid for at least a specified period.</text>
  </level>
</section>
