Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 500 > Act 218 of 1956 > Chapter 22A

• Certificate of insurance: means a document, regardless of how titled or described, that is prepared by an insurer or insurance producer that is a statement or summary of an insured's property or casualty insurance coverage. See Michigan Laws 500.2270
• Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Director: means the director of the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.2270
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Insurance: means any of the lines of authority in chapter 6. See Michigan Laws 500.2270
• Insurance producer: means that term as defined in section 1201. See Michigan Laws 500.2270
• Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o