Michigan Laws 500.3715 – Information and documentation; retention at principal place of business
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(1) Each small employer carrier shall maintain at its principal place of business a complete and detailed description of its rating practices and renewal underwriting practices, including information and documentation that demonstrate that its rating methods and practices are based upon commonly accepted actuarial assumptions and are in accordance with sound actuarial principles.
(2) Each small employer carrier shall file each March 1 with the commissioner an actuarial certification, that the carrier is in compliance with this section and that the rating methods of the carrier are actuarially sound. A copy of the actuarial certification shall be retained by the carrier at its principal place of business.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.3715
- Actuarial certification: means a written statement by a member of the American Academy of Actuaries or another individual acceptable to the director that a small employer carrier is in compliance with section 3705, based on the individual's examination, including a review of the appropriate records and the actuarial assumptions and methods used by the carrier in establishing premiums for applicable health benefit plans. See Michigan Laws 500.3701
- Carrier: means a person that provides health benefits, coverage, or insurance in this state. See Michigan Laws 500.3701
- Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
- 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.
- Small employer: means any person actively engaged in business that, on at least 50% of its working days during the preceding and current calendar years, employed not fewer than 2 and not more than 50 eligible employees. See Michigan Laws 500.3701
- Small employer carrier: means a carrier that offers health benefit plans covering the employees of a small employer. See Michigan Laws 500.3701
(3) A small employer carrier shall make the information and documentation described in subsection (1) available to the commissioner upon request.
(4) This section is in addition to, and not in substitution of, the applicable filing provisions in this act and in the nonprofit health care corporation reform act, 1980 PA 350, MCL 550.1101 to 550.1704.