§ 338.821 Short title
§ 338.822 Definitions
§ 338.823 License required; investigation of prohibited activities; civil or criminal action; violation; penalty
§ 338.824 Exemptions from act
§ 338.825 License; issuance, duration
§ 338.826 License; qualifications; reciprocal agreements
§ 338.827 Application for license; notarized statement as to qualifications; investigation of applicant
§ 338.828 Application for license by corporation; contents; copy of incorporation certificate
§ 338.829 License; conditions of issuance; fee; duration; suspension or revocation; bonds; branch office; filing completed application; issuance of license within certain time period; report; “completed applica
§ 338.830 License; suspension or revocation; grounds; additional sanctions; surrendering license and identification card; noncompliance as misdemeanor
§ 338.831 License fee; refund; conditions
§ 338.832 License; posting
§ 338.833 Reporting name or location change in agency; new license
§ 338.834 Identification card; issuance; form and contents; maintenance, custody, and control; duplicates
§ 338.835 Nonassignability of license
§ 338.836 Display of unauthorized badge, shield, identification card, or license; violation; penalties
§ 338.837 Licensees; employment of assistants; records; false statements; fingerprints
§ 338.838 Hiring of person convicted of certain felonies or misdemeanors prohibited; refusal to surrender license or identification card
§ 338.839 Carrying deadly weapon; license required
§ 338.840 Divulging of information; willful sale of or furnishing false information; penalty; privileged communications; notice and hearing
§ 338.841 Violation of act; report of conviction by prosecuting attorney
§ 338.842 Advertising; contents; discontinuing misleading advertising; notice
§ 338.843 Trade names; approval by department
§ 338.844 Record of business transaction and reports; retention
§ 338.845 Investigation of applicants; complaints; subpoenas; fees; failure to obey; penalty; testimony under oath
§ 338.846 License; renewal; fee; bond
§ 338.847 Death of licensee; carrying on business; notice to department; sale of business
§ 338.848 Employment of agents; rules
§ 338.849 Application of act as to license applications and renewals
§ 338.850 Repeals
§ 338.851 Violation; penalty

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 338 > Act 285 of 1965 - Professional Investigator Licensure Act

  • Actual cash value: means the cost of replacing damaged or destroyed property with comparable new property, minus depreciation and obsolescence. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Certified public accountant: means a person licensed as a certified public accountant under article 7 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 338.822
  • CGAD: means a confidential report filed by the insurer or insurance group made in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.1755
  • Chartered: means a risk retention group licensed and authorized to engage in business as a liability insurance company in a state. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • Collateral: means personal property that is pledged as security for the satisfaction of a debt. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Computer forensics: means the collection, investigation, analysis, and scientific examination of data held on, or retrieved from, computers, computer networks, computer storage media, electronic devices, electronic storage media, or electronic networks, or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 338.822
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Credit agreement: means the written document that sets forth the terms of the credit transaction and includes the security agreement. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • Credit transaction: means a transaction by the terms of which the repayment of money loaned or credit commitment made, or payment of goods, services, or properties sold or leased, is to be made at a future date or dates. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • Creditor: means the lender of money or vendor or lessor of goods, services, property, rights, or privileges for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction, or any successor to the right, title, or interest of a lender, vendor, or lessor. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • Creditor-placed insurance: means insurance that is purchased unilaterally by the creditor, who is the named insured, subsequent to the date of the credit transaction, providing coverage against loss, expense, or damage to collateralized personal property as a result of fire, theft, collision, or other risks of loss that would either impair a creditor's interest or adversely affect the value of collateral covered by limited dual interest insurance. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Debtor: means the borrower of money or a purchaser or lessee of goods, services, property, rights, or privileges, for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Department: means the Michigan department of labor and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 338.822
  • Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • feasibility study: means an analysis which presents the expected activities and results of a risk retention group including all of the following:
  (i) Information sufficient to verify that a risk retention group's members are engaged in businesses or activities similar or related with respect to the liability to which the members are exposed by virtue of a related, similar, or common business, trade, product, service, premises, or operation. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Hazardous financial condition: means that, based on its present or reasonably anticipated financial condition, a risk retention group, although not yet financially impaired or insolvent, is unlikely to be able to meet obligations to policyholders with respect to known claims and reasonably anticipated claims or to pay other obligations in the normal course of business. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insurance adjuster: means a person other than a professional investigator who, for a consideration, engages in the activities described in subdivision (e) in the course of adjusting or otherwise participating in the disposal of claims under or in connection with a policy of insurance. See Michigan Laws 338.822
  • Insurance group: means , for the purpose of conducting an ORSA, insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system. See Michigan Laws 500.1701
  • Insurance group: means insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system. See Michigan Laws 500.1755
  • Insurance holding company system: means 2 or more affiliated persons, 1 or more of which is an insurer. See Michigan Laws 500.115
  • Insurance tracking: means monitoring evidence of insurance on collateralized credit transactions to determine whether insurance required by the credit agreement has lapsed, and communicating with debtors concerning the status of insurance coverage. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106
  • Insurer: means that term as defined in section 106. See Michigan Laws 500.1701
  • Insurer: means that term as defined in section 1701. See Michigan Laws 500.1755
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Investigation business: means a business that, for a fee, reward, or other consideration, engages in business or accepts employment to furnish, or subcontracts or agrees to make, or makes an investigation for the purpose of obtaining information with reference to any of the following:
  •   (i) Crimes or wrongs done or threatened against the United States or a state or territory of the United States, or any other person or legal entity. See Michigan Laws 338.822
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liability: means legal liability for damages including costs of defense, legal costs and fees, and other claims expenses because of personal injuries, property damage, or other damage or loss, to another person resulting from or arising out of a profit or nonprofit business, trade, product, service, including professional service, a premises or operation, or an activity of a state or local government or an agency or political subdivision of a state or local government. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • Licensee: means a person licensed under this act. See Michigan Laws 338.822
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Loss ratio: means the ratio of incurred losses to earned premium. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • NAIC: means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. See Michigan Laws 500.1701
  • NAIC: means that term as defined in section 1701. See Michigan Laws 500.1755
  • Net debt: means the amount necessary to liquidate the remaining debt in a single lump-sum payment, excluding all unearned interest and other unearned charges. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • ORSA: means a confidential internal assessment, appropriate to the nature, scale, and complexity of an insurer or insurance group, conducted by the insurer or insurance group, of the material and relevant risks associated with the insurer or insurance group's current business plan, and the sufficiency of capital resources to support those risks. See Michigan Laws 500.1701
  • ORSA guidance manual: means the own risk and solvency assessment guidance manual as adopted and prescribed by the director. See Michigan Laws 500.1701
  • ORSA summary report: means a confidential high-level summary of an insurer or insurance group's ORSA. See Michigan Laws 500.1701
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Personal risk liability: means liability for damages because of personal injury, property damage, or other loss or damage, to any person resulting from a personal, family, or household responsibility or activity, and not from responsibilities or activities described under subdivision (c). See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Producer: means a person who receives a commission for insurance placed or written or who, on behalf of an insurer or creditor, solicits, negotiates, effects, procures, delivers, renews, continues, or binds policies of insurance to which this chapter applies, but does not include the following:
  •   (i) A regular salaried officer, employee, or other representative of an insurer who devotes substantially all working time to activities other than those specified in this subdivision and who receives no compensation that is directly dependent on the amount of insurance business written. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • Professional engineer: means a person licensed under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 338.822
  • Professional investigator: means a person, other than an insurance adjuster who is on salary and employed by an insurance company, who for a fee, reward, or other consideration engages in the investigation business. See Michigan Laws 338.822
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Rate: means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience. See Michigan Laws 500.2402
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Risk retention group: means a corporation or other limited liability association which meets all of the following criteria:
  •   (i) Is either of the following:
      (A) Chartered in a state. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
  •   (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Single interest insurance: means insurance purchased by the creditor to insure its interest in the collateral securing a debtor's credit transaction where the following 3 conditions must be met for payment of loss under the policy:
  •   (i) The debtor has defaulted in payment. See Michigan Laws 500.1605
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • State: means any state of the United States or the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o