(1) Every insurer marketing long-term care insurance in Michigan shall comply with all of the following reporting requirements for the purpose of reviewing more closely agent activities regarding the sale of long-term care insurance:
  (a) Maintain records for each agent of that agent’s amount of replacement sales as a percent of the agent’s total annual sales and the amount of lapses of long-term care insurance policies sold by the agent as a percent of the agent’s total annual sales and report annually by June 30 the top 10% of its agents that have the greatest percentages of lapses and replacements.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.3942a

  • 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
  • Long-term care insurance: means an individual or group insurance policy, certificate, or rider advertised, marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage for at least 12 consecutive months for each covered person on an expense-incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis for 1 or more necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, personal, or custodial care services provided in a setting, including an assisted living facility operating legally in this state, but not including an acute care unit of a hospital. See Michigan Laws 500.3901
  (b) Report annually by June 30 the number of lapsed policies as a percent of its total annual sales and as a percent of its total number of policies in force as of the end of the preceding calendar year.
  (c) Report annually by June 30 the number of replacement policies sold as a percent of its total annual sales and as a percent of its total number of policies in force as of the preceding calendar year.
  (2) All reports prepared pursuant to subsection (1) shall be on a statewide basis.