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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="16-310" 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 section applies to a plan of life insurance:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>that provides that the insurer will determine future premiums based on future experience estimates; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the minimum values of which cannot be determined under the applicable provisions of §§ 16-303 through 16-309 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commissioner must be satisfied that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the benefits provided under the plan described in subsection (a) of this section are substantially as favorable to policyholders and insureds as the minimum benefits otherwise required by §§ 16-303 through 16-309 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the benefits and the pattern of premiums under the plan do not mislead prospective policyholders or insureds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits provided by a plan subject to this section may not be less than the minimum values and benefits required for the plan calculated by a method consistent with the principles of this subtitle, as determined by regulations adopted by the Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
</section>
