Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.8124a

  • Foreign guaranty association: means any similar entities now in existence or hereafter created by the legislature of any other state. See Michigan Laws 500.8103
  • Guaranty association: means the Michigan property and casualty guaranty association, the worker's compensation self-insurance security fund, the Michigan life and health insurance guaranty association, and any other similar entity now or hereafter created by the legislature of this state for the payment of claims of insolvent insurers. See Michigan Laws 500.8103
  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: means a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Michigan Laws 500.8103
  Any guaranty association or foreign guaranty association has standing to appear and may intervene as a party as a matter of right or otherwise appear and participate in any court proceeding concerning the rehabilitation or liquidation of an insurer if the association is or may become liable to act as a result of the liquidation. Exercise by any guaranty association or its designated representative of the right to intervene conferred under this subsection does not constitute grounds to establish general personal jurisdiction by the courts of this state. The intervening guaranty association or foreign guaranty association is subject to the court’s jurisdiction only for the limited purpose for which it intervenes.