Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.4719

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Insurance securitization: means a package of related risk transfer instruments, capital market offerings, and facilitating administrative agreements by which all of the following apply:
  (i) The proceeds of the sale of SPFC securities are obtained, in a transaction that complies with applicable securities laws, by an SPFC directly through the issuance of the SPFC securities by the SPFC or indirectly through the issuance of preferred securities by the SPFC in exchange for some or all of the proceeds of the sale of SPFC securities by the SPFC's parent, an affiliated company of the SPFC, a counterparty, or a captive LLC. See Michigan Laws 500.4701
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Management: means the board of directors, managing board, or other individual or individuals vested with overall responsibility for the management of the affairs of the SPFC, including the election and appointment of officers or other agents to act on behalf of the SPFC. See Michigan Laws 500.4701
  • Securities: means those different types of debt obligations, equity, surplus certificates, surplus notes, funding agreements, derivatives, and other legal forms of financial instruments. See Michigan Laws 500.4701
  •   An SPFC may enter into swap agreements, or other forms of asset management agreements, including guaranteed investment contracts, or other transactions that have the objective of leveling timing differences in funding of up front or ongoing transaction expenses or managing asset, credit, or interest rate risk of the investments in the trust to ensure that the investments are sufficient to assure payment or repayment of the securities, and related interest or principal payments, issued pursuant to an SPFC insurance securitization transaction or the obligations of the SPFC under the SPFC contract.