§ 500.2901 Definitions
§ 500.2910 Inspection of property; requests; operation of inspection bureau
§ 500.2912 Issuing insurance at rate requiring consent under MCL 500.2414 or 500.2614; inspection; sworn statements; false affidavits; employing services of surplus lines agent; forms of sworn statements; descri
§ 500.2920 Michigan basic property insurance association or “pool”; membership; plan of operation and amendments to plan; approval; compliance; designation of members as servicing facilities; reimbursement and a
§ 500.2921 Board of governors as manager of pool; appointment, election, qualifications, and term of members; time of election; allotment of votes; increasing number of governors; vacancy
§ 500.2923 Agents writing insurance on behalf of pool; commissions; losses
§ 500.2924 Underwriting standards employed in determining acceptable risk for basic property insurance; basis of underwriting program for home insurance
§ 500.2925 Application to pool for basic property insurance; form; findings; issuance of policy; reinsuring policies; statement required if risk found not acceptable; term of policy; renewal of policy; waiver of
§ 500.2925a Application to pool for home insurance; form; findings; issuance of policy; reinsuring policies; statement required if property or applicant not qualified; term of policy; renewal of policy; selection
§ 500.2925b Liability; inspection; enforcement by commissioner
§ 500.2925c Notice of rights to obtain home insurance
§ 500.2930 Basic property insurance; amount of premium; surcharge; establishment of rates; filing rates and policy forms
§ 500.2930a Rates charged in territory for home insurance; conditions; limitation on premium for repair cost policy; development of plans, rules, classifications, territories, and calculation steps; policy forms
§ 500.2931 Limitation on annual premiums written by or on behalf of pool; premium ratios
§ 500.2932 Annual rate of assessment; establishment; purpose; basis; notice; payment of assessments; estimating assessable premiums; adjustment of premium rates; annual statement; assessments as income; deficit
§ 500.2933 Pool exempted from fees and taxes; exception
§ 500.2939 Reinsurance permitted
§ 500.2941 Pool; supervision, regulation and examination
§ 500.2942 Liability for statements made in reports, at hearings, or in findings; reports of inspection bureau
§ 500.2943 Appeal to insurance commissioner; hearing; order
§ 500.2952 Federal riot reinsurance reimbursement fund; contents, assessments, reimbursements, retroactive effect
§ 500.2954 Determinations made by commissioner

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 500 > Act 218 of 1956 > Chapter 29 - Basic Property Insurance

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Aggregate assessable premiums: means the assessable premiums for basic property insurance plus the assessable premiums for home insurance. See Michigan Laws 500.2901
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Basic property insurance: means :
  (i) Insurance against direct loss to any property caused by perils as defined and limited in a fire policy as provided in chapter 28 and an extended coverage indorsement and a vandalism and malicious mischief indorsement or combination thereof as approved by the commissioner. See Michigan Laws 500.2901
  • Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • 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
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Home insurance: means a homeowners multiple peril insurance policy for qualified property containing all of the following, but does not include insurance intended to insure commercial, industrial, professional, or business property, obligations, or liabilities:
  •   (i) Fire insurance for an insured's dwelling of a type described in section 2103(2). See Michigan Laws 500.2901
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Inspection bureau: means an organization designated by the commissioner to act as the inspection bureau. See Michigan Laws 500.2901
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Michigan finance authority: means the Michigan finance authority created under MCL 12. See Michigan Laws 388.981
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Participating member: means any member of the pool which in any pertinent calendar period has aggregate assessable premiums greater than zero. See Michigan Laws 500.2901
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Rate: means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience. See Michigan Laws 500.2402
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
  •   (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • 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
  • state treasurer: means the state treasurer or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 388.981
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o