A risk retention group not chartered in this state shall submit to the commissioner all of the following:
    (a) Before offering insurance in this state, a statement identifying any state in which the risk retention group is chartered as a liability insurance company, the date on which it was chartered, and its principal place of business.

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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.1811

  • Chartered: means a risk retention group licensed and authorized to engage in business as a liability insurance company in a state. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • feasibility study: means an analysis which presents the expected activities and results of a risk retention group including all of the following:
    (i) Information sufficient to verify that a risk retention group's members are engaged in businesses or activities similar or related with respect to the liability to which the members are exposed by virtue of a related, similar, or common business, trade, product, service, premises, or operation. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • Liability: means legal liability for damages including costs of defense, legal costs and fees, and other claims expenses because of personal injuries, property damage, or other damage or loss, to another person resulting from or arising out of a profit or nonprofit business, trade, product, service, including professional service, a premises or operation, or an activity of a state or local government or an agency or political subdivision of a state or local government. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • Risk retention group: means a corporation or other limited liability association which meets all of the following criteria:
  •     (i) Is either of the following:
        (A) Chartered in a state. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • State: means any state of the United States or the District of Columbia. See Michigan Laws 500.1801
  •     (b) Before offering insurance in this state, a copy of the risk retention group’s plan of operation or feasibility study and revisions of the plan or study submitted to the state in which the risk retention group is chartered. However, the submission of a plan of operation or feasibility study shall not apply with respect to any line or classification of liability insurance which was defined in the liability risk retention act of 1986 before the October 27, 1986 amendments to that act and was offered before October 27, 1986 by a risk retention group which had been chartered and operating for not less than 3 years before October 27, 1986. A revision to the risk retention group’s plan of operation or feasibility study submitted under this subdivision shall be submitted at the same time the revision is submitted to the commissioner of the risk retention group’s chartering state.
        (c) Before offering insurance in this state and by March 1 of each year thereafter, a copy of the risk retention group’s financial statement submitted to the state in which the risk retention group is chartered. The financial statement shall be certified by an independent public accountant and contain a statement of opinion on loss and loss adjustment expense reserves made by a member of the American Academy of Actuaries or a qualified loss reserve specialist.
        (d) A copy of the most recent examination of the risk retention group and upon request by the commissioner, any examination of the risk retention group, as certified by the commissioner or public official conducting the examination.
        (e) Upon request by the commissioner, a copy of any audit performed with respect to the risk retention group and other information as considered necessary by the commissioner in order to determine the risk retention group’s financial condition.
        (f) Before offering insurance in this state, a $25.00 registration fee and, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, a statement of registration which designates the commissioner as its agent for the purpose of receiving service of legal documents or process.
        (g) Other information as may be required to verify the risk retention group’s continuing qualification as a risk retention group.