Sec. 729.
(1) The following minimum morbidity standards for disability income benefits for individual health insurance policies shall be used:
(a) For contract reserves for policies issued on or after the effective date of this chapter, the 1985 commissioners individual disability tables A (85 C.I.D.A.) or the 1985 commissioners individual disability tables B (85 C.I.D.B.) and for policies issued on or after January 1, 1965, and before the effective date of this chapter, the insurer may use either of those tables or the 1964 commissioners disability table (64 C.D.T.). Each insurer shall elect, with respect to all individual policies issued in any 1 annual statement year, whether it will use tables A or tables B as the minimum standard. The insurer may, however, elect to use the other tables with respect to any subsequent annual statement year.
(b) For claim reserves, the minimum morbidity standard in effect for contract reserves as of the date the claim is incurred.
(2) Contract reserve standards for hospital, surgical, and maternity benefits for scheduled or fixed-time period benefits for individual health insurance policies issued on or after January 1, 1955 and before January 1, 1982, shall be based on the 1956 intercompany hospital-surgical tables and for policies issued on or after January 1, 1982, the 1974 medical expense tables, table A,Transactions of the Society Actuaries, volume XXX, page 63.
(3) The contract reserve standards for scheduled or fixed-time period cancer expense benefits shall be based on the 1985 N.A.I.C. cancer claim cost tables for policies issued on or after January 1, 1986.
(4) Contract reserve standards for accidental death benefits shall be based on the 1959 accidental death benefits table for policies issued on or after January 1, 1965.
History: Add. 1994, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1994 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)
218-1956-7 - Chapter 7 Reserve Standards for Disability Insurance (500.701...500.737)
Section 500.701 - Definitions.
Section 500.702 - Health Insurance Reserves; Determination of Adequacy; Basis.
Section 500.709 - Estimation of Claim Liabilities; Methods.
Section 500.715 - Premium Reserves; Computation.
Section 500.725 - Reinsurance; Determination of Increases To, or Credit Against, Reserves.
Section 500.733 - Maximum Interest Rates.
Section 500.735 - Mortality Basis; Use of Other Mortality Tables; Request for Approval.