Prohibited policy provisions

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    (a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a policy of life insurance may not contain:

        (1)    a provision that the insurer may reduce or deny liability under the policy because the insured has previously obtained other insurance from the same insurer;

        (2)    a provision that gives the insurer the right to declare the policy void because the insured has had a disease or ailment, whether specified or not, or has received institutional, hospital, medical, or surgical treatment or attention; or

        (3)    a provision that gives the insurer the right to declare the policy void because the insured has been rejected for insurance, unless the right is conditioned on a showing by the insurer that knowledge of the rejection would have led to a refusal by the insurer to issue the policy.

    (b)    Subsection (a)(2) of this section does not prohibit a policy provision that gives the insurer the right to declare the policy void if:

        (1)    the insured has received institutional, hospital, medical, or surgical treatment or attention within 2 years before the policy was issued; and

        (2)    the insured or a claimant under the policy fails to show that the condition occasioning the treatment or attention was not serious or was not material to the risk.


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