ORS § 743.255 to 743.273 apply only to annuity and pure endowment policies, other than reversionary annuity policies except as provided in ORS § 743.273, and other than group annuity policies, and shall not apply to reversionary or deferred annuity benefits included in life insurance policies. Such sections apply to such policies that are variable annuity policies, except to the extent the provisions of such sections are obviously inapplicable to variable annuities or are in conflict with other provisions of such sections that are expressly applicable to variable annuities. [1967 c.359 § 404; 1973 c.435 § 19]