Section 500.1003 - Nonapplicability of chapter.
THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1956 (EXCERPT)
Act 218 of 1956
500.1003 Nonapplicability of chapter.
Sec. 1003.
(1) This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(a) Insurers having direct premiums written in this state of less than $1,000,000.00 in any year and having less than 1,000 policyholders in this state at the end of any year unless the commissioner makes a specific finding that compliance is necessary for the commissioner to carry out the responsibilities of this act.
(b) Domestic insurers transacting insurance only in this state that have direct premiums written of less than $10,000,000.00 in any year, write or assume reinsurance for only property-based coverage, and are not part of an insurance holding company system whose members have total direct written premiums of more than $10,000,000.00 in any year, unless the commissioner makes a specific finding that compliance is necessary for the commissioner to carry out the responsibilities of this act.
(c) Insurers filing audited financial reports in another state, pursuant to the other state's requirement of audited financial reports that have been found by the commissioner to be substantially similar to the requirements of this chapter, if a copy of the audited financial report and the evaluation of accounting procedures and systems of internal control report that are filed with the other state are filed with the commissioner in accordance with the filing dates specified in sections 1005 and 1017 or, if a Canadian insurer, a copy of the independent public accountants' reports that are filed with the Canadian Dominion department of insurance, and a copy of any notification of adverse financial condition report filed with the other state is filed with the commissioner within the time specified in section 1015.
(2) This chapter does not prohibit, preclude, or in any way limit the commissioner from ordering, conducting, and performing examinations of insurers under this act.
History: Add. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992
Popular Name: Act 218