Michigan Laws 500.3402 – Disability insurance policy; provisions required
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.3402
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Disability insurance policy: includes an insurance policy or insurance contract that insures against loss resulting from sickness or from bodily injury or death by accident, or both, including also the granting of specific hospital benefits and medical, surgical, and sick-care benefits to an individual, family, or group, subject to the exclusions provided in this section. See Michigan Laws 500.3400
- Health insurance policy: means an expense-incurred hospital, medical, or surgical policy, certificate, or contract. See Michigan Laws 500.608
- 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
- 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
An insurer shall not deliver or issue for delivery in this state a disability insurance policy for an individual or family unless all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The entire money and other considerations for the policy are expressed in the policy.
(b) The time at which the insurance takes effect and terminates is expressed in the policy.
(c) The policy purports to insure only 1 individual, except that a policy may insure, originally or by subsequent amendment, upon the application of an adult member of a family who is considered to be the policyholder, any 2 or more eligible members of that family, including husband, wife, dependent children, any children under a specified age, and any other individual dependent upon the policyholder, if coverage is made available to any dependent child at least until the child turns 26 years of age for a health insurance policy or 19 years of age for a policy of disability insurance, a policy providing pediatric dental benefits, or a policy providing pediatric vision benefits.