Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.2271

  • Certificate of insurance: means a document, regardless of how titled or described, that is prepared by an insurer or insurance producer that is a statement or summary of an insured's property or casualty insurance coverage. See Michigan Laws 500.2270
  • Insurance: means any of the lines of authority in chapter 6. See Michigan Laws 500.2270
  • Insurance producer: means that term as defined in section 1201. See Michigan Laws 500.2270
  • 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
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  A person shall not do any of the following:
  (a) Issue or deliver a certificate of insurance that purports to affirmatively or negatively alter, amend, or extend the coverage provided by an insurance policy referenced in the certificate of insurance.
  (b) Prepare or issue a certificate of insurance that contains any false or misleading information concerning an insurance policy referenced in the certificate of insurance.
  (c) Demand or require the issuance of a certificate of insurance from an insurer, insurance producer, or policyholder that contains any false or misleading information concerning an insurance policy referenced in the certificate of insurance.