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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.106 (2026)

"Health maintenance organization" and "insurer" defined.

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THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1956


Act 218 of 1956


500.106 "Health maintenance organization" and "insurer" defined.

Sec. 106.

    As used in this act:

    (a) "Health maintenance organization" means that term as defined in section 3501.

    (b) "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. Except as otherwise provided in section 3503 and unless the context requires otherwise, insurer includes a health maintenance organization.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016

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Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2022 · leading case: Michigan Podiatric Med. Ass'n v. Nat'l Foot Care Prog., Inc., 438 N.W.2d 349 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989).
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Michigan Podiatric Med. Ass'n v. Nat'l Foot Care Prog., Inc., 438 N.W.2d 349 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 3× “Section 106 of the Insurance Code, MCL 500.106; MSA 24.1106, defines an "insurer” as "any .”
Liberty Mut. Ins. v. Vanderbush Sheet Metal Co., 512 F. Supp. 1159 (E.D. Mich. 1981). · cites it 2× “Mich.Comp.Laws §§ 500.106, 500.-3030 (Mich.”
Gen. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield, 291 Mich. App. 64 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “therwise acquire, own, hold, vote, employ, sell, lend, lease, exchange, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, mortgage, pledge, use, and otherwise deal in and with, bonds and other obligations, shares, or other securities or interests issued by entities other than domestic,…”
Attorney Gen. Ex Rel. Dep't of Nat. Resources v. Michigan Prop. & Cas. Guar. Ass'n, 553 N.W.2d 700 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “11301(a), for purposes of the Insurance Code chapter involving holding companies, the Legislature incorporated the definition of "insurer" from § 106, but stated that the definition does not include "a state or political subdivisions of a state.”
William Helgemo v. Operating Eng'rs Local 324 (6th Cir. 2022). “An “insurer” includes those “engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts,” Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.106 (b), and an “insurance contract” means “a contract of insurance, indemnity, suretyship, or annuity issued or proposed or intended for…”
Helgemo v. Int'l Union of Operating Engineers Local 324 (W.D. Mich. 2021). “§ 500.106(b). And section 116 of Michigan’s Insurance Code defines “insurance contract” as “a contract of insurance, indemnity, suretyship, or annuity issued or proposed or intended for issuance by a person engaged in the business of insurance.”
Graphic Packaging Corp. v. Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Pub. Accounts of the State of Texas & Ken Paxton, Attorney Gen. of the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2015). “(2) "Insurance company" means an authorized insurer as defined in sections 106 and 108 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218 , MCL 500.106 and 500.108. (3) "Internal revenue code" means the United States internal revenue code of 1986 in effect on January 1, 2008 or, at the…”
Walter Toebe Constr. Co. v. Dep't of Treasury, 810 N.W.2d 128 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “Throughout the act, “as defined in” or “as defined by” were the phrases used to denote an adoption of a statutory definition from another statute.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.106(b) — 1 case
Helgemo v. Int'l Union of Operating Engineers Local 324 (W.D. Mich. 2021). “§ 500.106(b). And section 116 of Michigan’s Insurance Code defines “insurance contract” as “a contract of insurance, indemnity, suretyship, or annuity issued or proposed or intended for issuance by a person engaged in the business of insurance.”
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