Michigan Laws 500.1910 – Prohibited placement of insurance with unauthorized insurer; rebuttable presumption as to availability of coverages; list of unavailable lines of insurance; additions to or deletions from list; public
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.1910
- Association: means an association registered under section 1930. See Michigan Laws 500.1903
- Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
- 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
- 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
- Licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.1903
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
(1) Insurance shall not be placed by a licensee with an unauthorized insurer if coverage is available from an authorized insurer.
(2) There is a rebuttable presumption that the following coverages are available from an authorized insurer:
(a) No-fault automobile insurance, as required by section 3101, which is not written for a person who is self-insuring motor vehicles under section 3101d.
(b) Private passenger automobile physical damage coverage.
(c) Homeowners and property insurance on owner-occupied dwellings, the value of which is less than the maximum limits of coverage that are available for the property under the general rules of the Michigan basic property insurance association.
(d) Any coverage readily available from 3 or more authorized insurers, unless the authorized insurers quote a premium and terms not competitive with the premium and terms quoted by an unauthorized insurer.
(e) Worker’s compensation insurance that is not written for an employer that is partially self-insured under section 611 of the worker’s disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.611.
(3) There is a rebuttable presumption that the following coverages are unavailable from an authorized insurer:
(a) Coverages with respect to which 1 portion of the risk is acceptable to authorized insurers, but another portion of the same risk is not acceptable. The entire coverage may be placed with eligible unauthorized insurers if it can be shown that eligible unauthorized insurers will accept the entire coverage but not the rejected portion alone.
(b) Any coverage that the licensee is unable to procure after diligent search among authorized insurers.
(4) The commissioner shall maintain, on a current basis, a list of those lines of insurance for which coverages are determined by the commissioner to be generally unavailable in the authorized insurance market. Any person may request in writing that the commissioner add or remove a coverage from the current list. The commissioner shall grant or deny a request within 30 days after receiving the written request. The commissioner shall encourage dissemination of information regarding the availability of coverages for which the public interest necessitates additions to or deletions from the list. The list shall be published at least quarterly and shall be revised as required. The commissioner shall make the list available to all licensees and other members of the public, upon request.