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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="16-505" title_number="16" title_name="Life Insurance and Annuities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Individual Deferred Annuities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any paid-up annuity benefit available under an annuity contract shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the present value of the annuity benefit on the date annuity payments are to begin; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>at least the minimum nonforfeiture amount on that date.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The present value shall be calculated using any mortality table and the interest rate specified in the annuity contract to determine minimum paid-up annuity benefits guaranteed in the contract.</text>
  </level>
</section>
