# Insurance (GIN)

## Title 17. Group Life Insurance

### Subtitle 3. Group Life Insurance Policy Provisions

#### Section 17-307

Each policy of group life insurance shall contain a provision that any sum due because of the death of the insured is payable to the beneficiary designated by the insured, subject to:

(1) the provisions of the policy as to payment of all or part of the sum if a designated beneficiary is not alive at the death of the insured; and

(2) any right that the insurer reserves in the policy and sets forth in the certificate to pay at its option a part of the sum, not exceeding $2,500, to a person that the insurer considers equitably entitled to it for having incurred funeral or other expenses incident to the insured's death or last illness.

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Md. Code Ann., Ins. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)