Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.607

  • 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.
  • Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • group disability insurance: means voluntary disability insurance that covers 2 or more employees or members, with or without their eligible dependents, written under a master policy issued to a governmental corporation, unit, agency, or department of a governmental entity, to a corporation, copartnership, or individual employer, or, on application of an executive officer or trustee of the association, to an association that has a constitution or bylaws and that is formed in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance, and under which officers, members, employees, or classes or departments of the association may be insured for their individual benefit. See Michigan Laws 500.607
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  (1) As used in this act, “group disability insurance” means voluntary disability insurance that covers 2 or more employees or members, with or without their eligible dependents, written under a master policy issued to a governmental corporation, unit, agency, or department of a governmental entity, to a corporation, copartnership, or individual employer, or, on application of an executive officer or trustee of the association, to an association that has a constitution or bylaws and that is formed in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance, and under which officers, members, employees, or classes or departments of the association may be insured for their individual benefit.
  (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a group disability insurance policy may be issued to a trust or trustees of a fund established by 2 or more employers to insure 1 or more employees of the employers.