Sec. 8187.
(1) Reports shall be filed in accordance with this section.
(2) On or before March 1, each society transacting business in this state shall annually file with the commissioner a true statement of its financial condition, transactions, and affairs for the preceding calendar year. The commissioner, in his or her discretion, for cause shown, may extend the time for filing. The statement shall be in a form as required by the commissioner which may be in the general form and context as approved by the national association of insurance commissioners for fraternal benefit societies and as supplemented by additional information required by the commissioner.
(3) As part of the annual statement required in subsection (2), each society shall file with the commissioner, on or before March 1, a valuation of its certificates in force on December 31 of the year preceding the filing. The commissioner, in his or her discretion for cause shown, may extend the time for filing the valuation for not more than 2 calendar months. The valuation shall be done in accordance with the standards specified in section 8186. The valuation and underlying data shall be certified by a qualified actuary or, at the expense of the society, verified by the actuary of the department of insurance of the state of domicile of the society.
(4) A society neglecting to file the annual statement in the form and within the time provided by this section shall be fined $100.00 for each day during which the neglect continues, and, upon notice by the commissioner to that effect, its authority to do business in this state shall cease while the default continues.
History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990 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)
218-1956-81A - Chapter 81a Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8161...500.8199a)
Section 500.8161 - Definitions.
Section 500.8162 - Society Governed by Chapter; Exemption.
Section 500.8163 - Society as Charitable and Benevolent Institution; Tax Exemption.
Section 500.8164 - Definition of Fraternal Benefit Society.
Section 500.8165 - Society Operating on Lodge System; Requirements; Lodges for Children.
Section 500.8170 - Personal Liability; Indemnification and Reimbursement; Purchase of Insurance.
Section 500.8171 - Waiver of Society's Laws.
Section 500.8173 - Reincorporation Not Required.
Section 500.8174 - Amendment to Laws.
Section 500.8175 - Not for Profit Institution; Purposes; Reporting Real or Personal Property.
Section 500.8176 - Reinsurance Agreement.
Section 500.8178 - Domestic Fraternal Benefit Society as Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Section 500.8179 - Contractual Benefits; Specifying Persons Covered in Rules.
Section 500.8181 - Attachment, Garnishment, or Other Process.
Section 500.8182 - Benefit Contracts.
Section 500.8184 - Investments Generally.
Section 500.8186 - Standards of Valuation for Certificates; Excess Reserves.
Section 500.8187 - Reports; Annual Statement; Valuation of Certificates; Penalty.
Section 500.8189 - Examination of Society.
Section 500.8190 - Foreign or Alien Society; License Required; Compliance; Conditions.
Section 500.8193 - Application or Petition for Injunction; Recognition.
Section 500.8194 - Agent of Society; License Required; Exceptions.
Section 500.8195 - Society Subject to Chapter 20.
Section 500.8196 - Service of Process.
Section 500.8198 - Decisions and Findings of Commissioner; Judicial Review.
Section 500.8199 - Exemptions.
Section 500.8199a - Additional Chapters and Provisions Applicable to Fraternal Benefit Society.