(1) Where a provision included in a contract of insurance has the effect of:
(a) requiring, authorizing or otherwise providing for differences or disputes in connection with the contract to be referred to arbitration; or
(b) limiting the rights otherwise conferred by the contract on the insured by reference to an agreement to submit a difference or dispute to arbitration;
the provision is void.
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect an agreement to submit a dispute or difference to arbitration if the agreement was made after the dispute or difference arose.