§ 500.4000 Scope of chapter
§ 500.4001 Universal life insurance; definitions
§ 500.4004 Entire contract
§ 500.4008 Life insurance; provisions required; single premium policies
§ 500.4010 Premiums; payment; provision required
§ 500.4012 Life insurance policy; provision required
§ 500.4014 Entire contract; incontestability; exceptions
§ 500.4015 Policy of life insurance; mandatory notice as to cancellation of policy and refund of premium
§ 500.4016 Statements considered representations; provision required; electronic application; endorsement
§ 500.4018 Misstatement of age or sex; provisions required
§ 500.4020 Participation in surplus; provision required
§ 500.4022 Policy loans generally
§ 500.4023 Policy loans; interest rates; notice; information; policy not to terminate as sole result of change in interest rate; applicability of section to insurance or annuity contract
§ 500.4024 Nonforfeiture benefits; cash surrender values; provision required
§ 500.4026 Table of loan values and options; provision required
§ 500.4028 Default in premium payments; reinstatement; provision required
§ 500.4030 Settlement of claim upon death of insured; provision required
§ 500.4032 Table of installments; provision required
§ 500.4036 Title required
§ 500.4037 Universal life insurance policy; provisions required
§ 500.4038 “Policy cost factors” defined; initial disclosure; statement of policy information; delivery; extension of free-look period; furnishing statement at time of policy delivery
§ 500.4040 Safeguard against lapse; special surrender value; optional provisions; supplemental contract
§ 500.4042 Liability limitation; aviation, military or naval service
§ 500.4046 Provisions prohibited; forfeiture of policy for failure to repay loan; limitation of actions; predating policy; settlement at maturity for less than full value
§ 500.4047 Profit sharing, charter or founders and coupon policies; definitions; prohibitions, violations
§ 500.4048 Provisions required by laws of other states or counties
§ 500.4052 Preliminary term insurance on old policies; reserve
§ 500.4054 Proceeds of policy; exemption from creditors
§ 500.4058 Nonforfeiture benefits on old policies
§ 500.4060 Standard nonforfeiture law for life insurance
§ 500.4061 Flexible premium universal life insurance policies; provisions applicable to minimum cash surrender values; minimum paid-up nonforfeiture benefits
§ 500.4062 Loan value; deferment
§ 500.4064 Loan indebtedness; right to compound interest
§ 500.4070 Insurance and annuities on same life; automatic conversion of deferred annuity into paid-up annuity
§ 500.4072 Standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities
§ 500.4073 Annuity policy or contract; notice of right to cancel and receive refund; effect of returning policy or contract; variable annuity contract; exceptions

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 500 > Act 218 of 1956 > Chapter 40 - Life Insurance Policies and Annuity Contract (Other Than Industrial or Group)

  • Allied health degree: means an earned baccalaureate or master degree in nursing, medical technology, medical records administration, dietetics, physician's assistant, emergency medical technology, respiratory therapy, anesthesia, nuclear medicine technology, and other allied health programs which are determined by the state board of education to qualify for reimbursement. See Michigan Laws 390.1021
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Authority: means the Michigan higher education student loan authority created by section 3. See Michigan Laws 390.1152
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bonds: means the bonds authorized to be issued by the authority under this act, which may consist of bonds, notes, term loans, commercial paper, or other debt obligations evidencing an obligation to repay borrowed money and payable solely from revenues and other money pledged by the authority. See Michigan Laws 390.1152
  • Cash surrender value: means the net cash surrender value plus any amounts outstanding as policy loans. See Michigan Laws 500.4001
  • Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Eligible institution: means an institution of higher education; a vocational school; or, with respect to students or their parents who are citizens or nationals of the United States, an institution outside the United States comparable to an institution of higher education or to a vocational school that is approved by the state board of education and by the United States secretary of education for purposes of the guaranteed loan program. See Michigan Laws 390.1152
  • 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.
  • Flexible premium universal life insurance policy: means a universal life insurance policy that permits the policyowner to vary, independently of each other, the amount or timing of 1 or more premium payments or the amount of insurance. See Michigan Laws 500.4001
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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
  • Insurance producer: means that term as defined in section 1201. See Michigan Laws 500.116
  • 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
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Net cash surrender value: means the maximum amount payable to the policyowner upon surrender. See Michigan Laws 500.4001
  • 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.
  • Parent: means a biological or adoptive parent or legal guardian. See Michigan Laws 390.1152
  • 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
  • Policy value: means the amount to which separately identified interest credits and mortality, expense, or other charges are made under a universal life insurance policy. See Michigan Laws 500.4001
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • 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
  • resolution: when used in relation to the issuance of bonds, means either the resolution or trust agreement securing the bonds. See Michigan Laws 390.1152
  • 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
  • Student: means a person who is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at an eligible institution and who is making suitable progress in his or her education toward obtaining a degree or other appropriate certification in accordance with standards acceptable to the authority. See Michigan Laws 390.1152
  • Talent investment fund: means the talent investment fund as defined in section 8a. See Michigan Laws 390.1152
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Universal life insurance: means any individual or group life insurance policy under the policy provisions of which separately identified interest credits, other than in connection with dividend accumulations, premium deposit funds, or other supplementary accounts, and mortality and expense charges are made to the policy. See Michigan Laws 500.4001