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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 7706. (1) There is created a nonprofit legal entity to be known as the Michigan life and health insurance guaranty association. A member insurer shall be and remain a member of the association as a condition of authority to transact insurance in this state. The association shall perform its functions under the plan of operation established and approved under section 7710 1 and shall exercise its powers through a board of directors established under section 7707. 2 For purposes of administration and assessment the association shall maintain the following 2 accounts:
(a) The health insurance account.
(b) The life insurance and annuity account which includes the following subaccounts:
(i) A life insurance subaccount.
(ii) An annuity subaccount, which shall include unallocated annuity contracts owned by a governmental retirement plan, or its trustee, established under section 401, 403(b), or 457 of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 401, 403, and 457, but shall not include other unallocated annuities.
(iii) An unallocated annuity subaccount, which shall not include unallocated annuity contracts owned by a governmental retirement benefit plan, or its trustee, established under section 401, 403(b), or 457 of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 401, 403, and 457.
(2) The association is under the immediate supervision of the commissioner and is subject to the applicable provisions of the insurance laws of this state. Meetings or records of the association may be open to the public upon majority vote of the board of directors of the association.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 500. Insurance Code of 1956 § 500.7706 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-500-insurance-code-of-1956/mi-comp-laws-500-7706/
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