DISCRETE GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS BASED ON RACE, RELIGION; ETHNICITY, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, WHETHER OR NOT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS
ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF ANY OF THOSE GROUPS, OR BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL
ASSISTED OR ALLEGEDLY ASSISTED ANY OF THOSE GROUPS, BETWEEN JANUARY 1,
2929, AND DECEMBER 31, 1945, IN AREAS UNDER NAZI INFLUENCE.

(C) (1) " INSURANCE POLICY' MEANS A POLICY OF INSURANCE
SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO ANY KIND OF INSURANCE THAT WAS AUTHORIZED AT
ANY TIME IN MARYLAND BETWEEN AND INCLUDING THE YEARS 1929 AND 1945 OR
AUTHORIZED BY THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE POLICY WAS SOLD AT THE TIME
IT WAS SOLD. 

 (2) "INSURANCE POLICY' INCLUDES ANY FORM OF LIFE, ACCIDENT,

HEALTH, ANNUITIES, PROPERTY, CASUALTY, EDUCATION, OR DOWRY INSURANCE.

(D) " PROCEEDS" MEANS THE FACE OR OTHER PAY-OUT VALUE OF AN
INSURANCE POLICY OR ANNUITY PLUS REASONABLE INTEREST TO DATE OF
PAYMENT AS REQUIRED BY REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER

(E) " AREAS UNDER NAZI INFLUENCE" MEANS THE COUNTRY OF NAZI
GERMANY, AREAS OCCUPIED BY NAZI GERMANY. THOSE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
ALLIED WITH NAZI GERMANY, AREAS OCCUPIED BY THOSE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
ALLIED WITH NAZI GERMANY, OR ANY OTHER NEUTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRY OR
AREA IN EUROPE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OR THREAT OF INVASION BY NAZI
GERMANY OR BY ANY EUROPEAN COUNTRY ALLIED WITH OR OCCUPIED BY NAZI
GERMANY.

(F) " INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION" MEANS THE TWELVE MEMBER
COMMISSION, AND ANY SUCCESSOR ORGANIZATION, ESTABLISHED BY THE
SEPTEMBER 1998 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING EXECUTED BY THE
MARYLAND INSURANCE COMMISSIONER INSURANCE REGULATORS FROM OTHER
STATES, EUROPEAN INSURERS, AND INTERNATIONAL JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS.

(G) " NAZI GERMANY" MEANS:

(1) FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1929 TO 1933, THE REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC; AND

(2) FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1933 THROUGH 1945, DEUTSCHE REICH.

28-102.

THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ARRANGE FOR A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER
AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AS WELL AS OTHER APPROPRIATE LANGUAGES, TO ASSIST
ANY PERSON SEEKING TO RECOVER PROCEEDS FROM AN INSURANCE POLICY
ISSUED TO OR COVERING THE LIFE OR PROPERTY OF A HOLOCAUST VICTIM.

28-103.

(A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS TITLE, ANY
INSURER AUTHORIZED TO DO INSURANCE BUSINESS IN THE STATE, IN RECEIPT OF
A CLAIM AGAINST IT ARISING FROM AN OCCURRENCE DURING THE PERIOD