Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.1368

  • Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Insurer: means that term as defined in section 106 and includes a nonprofit dental care corporation operating under 1963 PA 125, MCL 550. See Michigan Laws 500.1301
  • Person: means that term as defined in section 114, except that it does not include a securities broker that does not perform more than the usual and customary broker's function, so long as the securities broker holds less than 10% of the voting securities of an insurer or of any person that controls an insurer. See Michigan Laws 500.1301
  • Sequester: To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.
  • 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
   When a person has acquired or is proposing to acquire any voting securities in violation of this chapter or any rule or order issued by the commissioner, the circuit court for Ingham county or the circuit court for the county in which the insurer has its principal place of business, on such notice as the court deems appropriate, upon the application of the insurer or the commissioner, may seize or sequester any voting securities of the insurer owned directly or indirectly by such person and issue such orders with respect thereto as may be appropriate. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for the purposes of this chapter the situs of the ownership of the securities of domestic insurers is deemed to be in this state.