Sec. 424.
(1) A foreign or alien insurer shall not be admitted to this state until the insurer files with the commissioner an application for admission upon a form as prescribed by the commissioner. The application shall be accompanied by a copy of the insurer's charter, compact, or articles of incorporation or agreement, and bylaws, duly certified by the commissioner of insurance or corresponding officer of the state of origin or entry, together with a sworn statement of the insurer's business affairs up to any date required by the commissioner to be furnished and any other information, under oath or otherwise, that the commissioner may demand of the applicant.
(2) In addition to subsection (1), an alien insurer shall make and execute under oath a report of its financial standing and of its deposit together with a full statement of its business in the United States for the year preceding the statement pursuant to section 438.
(3) The commissioner shall examine the application and if satisfied that the applicant is safe, reliable, and entitled to public confidence and meets the same financial conditions required of like insurers organized in this state, is authorized to do the kind or class of insurance it seeks to transact, and has complied in all other respects with the applicable laws of this state, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of authority to the applicant.
(4) The applicant shall pay the filing fees as provided by sections 223 and 240.
History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 360, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992 Popular Name: Act 218
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956
Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)
218-1956-4 - Chapter 4 Authorization of Insurers and General Requirements (500.402...500.480)
Section 500.402 - Insurers; Certificate of Authority Requirement.
Section 500.402a - Transactions of Insurance Requiring Certificate of Authority.
Section 500.402b - Transactions of Insurance Not Requiring Certificate of Authority.
Section 500.402c - Motor Vehicle Rental Company; Insurance Transaction; Definitions.
Section 500.403 - Insurers; Authorization to Do Business.
Section 500.404 - Insurers; Financial Conditions; Compliance Required.
Section 500.405b - Requalification Pursuant to MCL 500.405 or 500.405a; Formal Review.
Section 500.407 - Authorization to Transact Kinds of Insurance; Exceptions.
Section 500.410a - Bail Bond Surety and Fidelity Insurance Company; Authority to Transact Insurance.
Section 500.411 - Deposits Required to Transact Insurance.
Section 500.412 - Procedure for Becoming Domestic Insurer.
Section 500.416 - Special Deposit.
Section 500.417 - Repealed. 1966, Act 137, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967.
Section 500.422 - Repealed. 1994, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994.
Section 500.425, 500.426 - Repealed. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992.
Section 500.430 - Repealed. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992.
Section 500.431 - Definitions.
Section 500.431a - State of Entry by Alien Insurer Through u.s. Branch; Requirements.
Section 500.431b - u.s. Branch Using State as State of Entry to Transact Insurance; Compliance.
Section 500.431c - Trusteed Assets; Value.
Section 500.433 - Trusteed Assets Below Minimum Required; Proceeding Against Alien Insurer.
Section 500.434 - Repealed. 1972, Act 360, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973.
Section 500.436b - Certificate of Authority Limited by Order of Commissioner.
Section 500.439 - Repealed. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992.
Section 500.440 - Repealed. 1987, Act 261, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987.
Section 500.441, 500.442 - Repealed. 1987, Act 261, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987.
Section 500.444 - Collection of Delinquent Taxes With Interest or Penalty.
Section 500.445 - Delinquency as Bar to Granting Certificate of Authority.
Section 500.446 - Repealed. 1987, Act 261, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987.
Section 500.448, 500.449 - Repealed. 1975, Act 232, Eff. July 2, 1976.
Section 500.450 - Repealed. 1987, Act 261, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987.
Section 500.451 - Taxes on Unauthorized Insurers; Regulatory Fee; Payment; Delinquency.
Section 500.454 - Name of Insurer.
Section 500.457 - Repealed. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992.
Section 500.460 - Insurance Producer to Write or Place Insurance Policies.
Section 500.462 - Signature of Insurance Producer on Application for Life or Disability Insurance.
Section 500.464 - Additional Deposits by Domestic Insurers.
Section 500.470 - Repealed. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992.
Section 500.476 - Repealed. 1987, Act 261, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987.
Section 500.476b - Taxes to Which Authorized Insurer Subject.
Section 500.476c - Repealed. 1993, Act 200, Eff. Dec. 28, 1994.
Section 500.478 - Naic Report of Activities.