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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.4659

  • Affiliated company: means a company in the same corporate system as a parent, an industrial insured, or a member organization by virtue of common ownership, control, operation, or management. See Michigan Laws 500.4601
  • Captive insurance company: means a pure captive insurance company, association captive insurance company, sponsored captive insurance company, special purpose captive insurance company, or industrial insured captive insurance company authorized under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.4601
  • Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Controlled unaffiliated business: means a company to which all of the following apply:
    (i) The company is not in the corporate system of a parent and affiliated companies. See Michigan Laws 500.4601
  • Parent: means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or individual that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote more than 50% of the outstanding voting interests of a company. See Michigan Laws 500.4601
  • Pure captive insurance company: means a company that insures risks of its parent, affiliated companies, controlled unaffiliated businesses, or a combination of its parent, affiliated companies, and controlled unaffiliated businesses. See Michigan Laws 500.4601
  •     The commissioner by rule, regulation, or order may establish standards to ensure that a parent or affiliated company is able to exercise control of the risk management function of any controlled unaffiliated business to be insured by the pure captive insurance company. Until such time as the standards are established, the commissioner may by temporary order grant authority to a pure captive insurance company to insure risks.