(1) To qualify for and maintain authority to transact insurance in this state a domestic insurer shall maintain a deposit with the state treasurer of $300,000.00 or such larger amount as the commissioner considers appropriate taking into consideration the actual or anticipated premium volume of the insurer and the characteristics of, and the degree of risk inherent in, the insurance business written by the insurer. If a domestic insurer doing business on January 9, 1973 has assets of less than $750,000.00, the commissioner may approve a smaller deposit appropriate to the size of the insurer and the character of its business but not less than $50,000.00. The deposit shall consist of cash or securities at market value, exclusive of interest, of the kinds described in section 912. The deposit shall be held by the state treasurer for the benefit of the policyholders of the insurer and shall be administered as directed in section 464. A policyholder of an insurer includes any person having a legal or equitable right arising out of an insurance or annuity contract issued by the insurer.
  (2) To qualify for and maintain authority to transact insurance in this state a foreign insurer shall maintain a deposit with the state treasurer or with the treasurer or other state officer of the state in which the insurer is domiciled of the same kinds, in the same amounts, and for the same purpose as required in subsection (1) for domestic insurers.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.411

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • 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
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  (3) To qualify for and maintain authority to transact insurance in this state an alien insurer entering through this state to transact insurance in the United States shall maintain a deposit with the state treasurer and an alien insurer entering through a state other than this state to transact insurance in the United States shall maintain a deposit with the state treasurer or with the treasurer or other state officer of the state through which the insurer entered of the same kinds, in the same amounts, and for the same purpose as required in subsection (1) for domestic insurers.
  (4) To qualify for and maintain authority to transact insurance in this state an alien insurer shall maintain deposits, including those required in subsection (3), with the state treasurer, with officers of states other than this state or with trustees resident in the United States or with any combination of such persons, under trust indentures approved by the commissioner. The insurer shall cause the persons holding the deposits to make to the insurance regulatory authority of the state through which the insurer entered to transact insurance in the United States a report, under oath on or before March 1 of each year, of the insurer’s deposits as of December 31 of the preceding year. The deposits shall be in cash or in securities of the kinds described in section 910 to 947 and shall satisfy the following conditions:
  (a) The deposits shall be not less than the amount of liabilities with respect to the insurer’s business in the United States.
  (b) The deposits, if the insurer is a life insurer, shall be held for the benefit of policyholders who were residents of the United States on the date of issuance of the policy and for the benefit of creditors of the insurer within the United States.
  (c) The deposits, if the insurer is not a life insurer, shall be held for the benefit of policyholders and creditors within the United States.
  (d) The securities deposited under this subsection shall be valued and limited in accordance with section 901.
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