Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)
218-1956-81A - Chapter 81a Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8161...500.8199a)

Section 500.8161 - Definitions. - Sec. 8161. As used in this chapter: (a) "Benefit contract"...

Section 500.8162 - Society Governed by Chapter; Exemption. - Sec. 8162. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a...

Section 500.8163 - Society as Charitable and Benevolent Institution; Tax Exemption. - Sec. 8163. Each society organized or licensed under this chapter...

Section 500.8164 - Definition of Fraternal Benefit Society. - Sec. 8164. An incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without...

Section 500.8165 - Society Operating on Lodge System; Requirements; Lodges for Children. - Sec. 8165. (1) A society is operating on the lodge...

Section 500.8166 - Representative Form of Government; Requirements; Postponement of Society Meetings. - Sec. 8166. (1) A society has a representative form of...

Section 500.8167 - Society Operating for Benefit of Members and Their Beneficiaries; Requirements; Subsidiary Corporations or Affiliated Organizations; Laws and Rules; Additional Powers. - Sec. 8167. (1) A society shall operate for the benefit...

Section 500.8168 - Specification of Eligibility Standards, Admission Process, and Rights and Privileges; Social Members; Rights Personal and Not Assignable. - Sec. 8168. (1) A society shall specify all of the...

Section 500.8169 - Principal Office of Domestic Society; Meetings of Supreme Governing Body; Validity of Business Transacted; Minutes; Official Publication; Report, Notice, or Statement; Mailing or Publication of Synopsis of Annual Statement; Grievan... - Sec. 8169. (1) The principal office of a domestic society...

Section 500.8170 - Personal Liability; Indemnification and Reimbursement; Purchase of Insurance. - Sec. 8170. (1) The officers and members of the supreme...

Section 500.8171 - Waiver of Society's Laws. - Sec. 8171. A society's laws may provide that a subordinate...

Section 500.8172 - Formation of Domestic Fraternal Society; Requirements; Filing Documents; Bond; Certifying, Retaining, and Filing Articles of Incorporation; Preliminary Certificate of Authority; Solicitation of Members; Collection of Premium; Recei... - Sec. 8172. (1) To form a domestic fraternal society on...

Section 500.8173 - Reincorporation Not Required. - Sec. 8173. An incorporated society authorized to transact business in...

Section 500.8174 - Amendment to Laws. - Sec. 8174. (1) A domestic society may amend its laws,...

Section 500.8175 - Not for Profit Institution; Purposes; Reporting Real or Personal Property. - Sec. 8175. A society may create, maintain, and operate, or...

Section 500.8176 - Reinsurance Agreement. - Sec. 8176. (1) A domestic society, by a reinsurance agreement,...

Section 500.8177 - Consolidation or Merger; Compliance; Filings; Approval of Contract; Issuance of Certificate; Effective Date; Vesting of Rights, Franchises, and Interest; Affidavit as Evidence of Mailing Notice or Documents; Payment of Expenses and... - Sec. 8177. (1) A domestic society may consolidate or merge...

Section 500.8178 - Domestic Fraternal Benefit Society as Mutual Life Insurance Company. - Sec. 8178. A domestic fraternal benefit society may be converted...

Section 500.8179 - Contractual Benefits; Specifying Persons Covered in Rules. - Sec. 8179. (1) A society may provide in any form...

Section 500.8180 - Changing Beneficiary; Limiting Scope of Beneficiary Designations; Vested Interest of Revocable Beneficiary; Payment of Funeral Benefits; Payment of Benefit to Personal Representative or Owner of Certificate. - Sec. 8180. (1) The owner of a benefit contract may...

Section 500.8181 - Attachment, Garnishment, or Other Process. - Sec. 8181. No money or other benefit, charity, relief, or...

Section 500.8182 - Benefit Contracts. - Sec. 8182. (1) Each society authorized to do business in...

Section 500.8183 - Value of Paid-Up Nonforfeiture Benefit; Amount of Cash Surrender Value, Loan, or Other Option Granted. - Sec. 8183. (1) For certificates issued before April 1, 1991,...

Section 500.8184 - Investments Generally. - Sec. 8184. A society shall invest its funds only in...

Section 500.8185 - Assets; Special Fund; Accounts; Issuance of Contracts on Variable Basis; Special Procedures; Special Voting and Other Rights. - Sec. 8185. (1) All assets shall be held, invested, and...

Section 500.8186 - Standards of Valuation for Certificates; Excess Reserves. - Sec. 8186. (1) Standards of valuation for certificates issued before...

Section 500.8187 - Reports; Annual Statement; Valuation of Certificates; Penalty. - Sec. 8187. (1) Reports shall be filed in accordance with...

Section 500.8188 - Duration of License or Authorization to Transact Business; Copy of License as Evidence. - Sec. 8188. A society that is licensed or authorized to...

Section 500.8189 - Examination of Society. - Sec. 8189. (1) The commissioner, or any person he or...

Section 500.8190 - Foreign or Alien Society; License Required; Compliance; Conditions. - Sec. 8190. A foreign or alien society shall not transact...

Section 500.8191 - Domestic Society; Deficiencies; Notice; Request for Correction; Noncompliance; Action to Enjoin or Action in Quo Warranto; Hearing; Order; Findings; Liquidation; Recognition of Action; Receiver; Voluntary Determination to Discontin... - Sec. 8191. (1) If the commissioner upon investigation finds that...

Section 500.8192 - Foreign or Alien Society; Deficiencies; Notice; Request for Correction; Noncompliance; Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal of License; Contracts. - Sec. 8192. (1) If the commissioner upon investigation finds that...

Section 500.8193 - Application or Petition for Injunction; Recognition. - Sec. 8193. An application or petition for injunction against any...

Section 500.8194 - Agent of Society; License Required; Exceptions. - Sec. 8194. An agent of a society shall be licensed...

Section 500.8195 - Society Subject to Chapter 20. - Sec. 8195. Each society authorized to do business in this...

Section 500.8196 - Service of Process. - Sec. 8196. (1) Each society authorized to do business in...

Section 500.8197 - False or Fraudulent Statement or Representation as Misdemeanor or Perjury; Violation of MCL 500.8177 as Felony; Soliciting or Procuring Membership in Unlicensed Society as Misdemeanor; Violation of or Noncompliance With Chapter; Pe... - Sec. 8197. (1) A person, officer, member, or examining physician...

Section 500.8198 - Decisions and Findings of Commissioner; Judicial Review. - Sec. 8198. All decisions and findings of the commissioner made...

Section 500.8199 - Exemptions. - Sec. 8199. (1) This chapter shall not be construed to...

Section 500.8199a - Additional Chapters and Provisions Applicable to Fraternal Benefit Society. - Sec. 8199a. A fraternal benefit society transacting business in this...