Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.200 (2026)

Insurance department; establishment.

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THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1956

Act 218 of 1956

500.200 Insurance department; establishment.

Sec. 200.

There is hereby established a separate and distinct state department which shall be especially charged with the execution of the laws in relation to insurance and surety business and to perform such other duties as may be required by law: Provided, however, That the said department so established shall be deemed and considered as in continuation of and the successor to the insurance bureau established by Act No. 108 of the Session Laws of 1871, and other acts amending and supplementing the same, and as in continuation of and the successor to the state department established by Act No. 256 of the Public Acts of 1917 and other acts amending or supplementing the same.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957

Compiler's Notes:

Act 108 of 1871, referred to in this section, was superseded by Act 256 of 1917. Act 256 of 1917, also referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 218 of 1956.

For transfer of the Department of Insurance and Office of the Commissioner on Insurance from the Department of Licensing and Regulation to the Department of Commerce, see E.R.O. No. 1991-9, compiled at MCL 338.3501 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

For transfer of authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the commissioner of insurance to the commissioner of the office of financial and insurance services by type III transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2000-2, compiled at MCL 445.2003 of the Michigan compiled laws.

TransferOfPowers Notes:

See MCL 16.329 and 16.732.

PopularName Notes:

Act 218

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1985–2010 · leading case: Smith v. Globe Life Ins., 597 N.W.2d 28 (Mich. 1999).

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Smith v. Globe Life Ins., 597 N.W.2d 28 (Mich. 1999). · cites it 2× “1402 ("No person shall act as an insurer and no insurer shall issue any policy or otherwise transact insurance in this state except as authorized by a subsisting certificate of authority granted to it by the commissioner pursuant to this code"); MCL 500.”

Michigan Basic Prop. Ins. v. Off. of Fin. & Ins. Reg., 288 Mich. App. 552 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “MCL 500.200. It succeeded the insurance bureau, and is now within the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation.”

Ludington Serv. v. Acting Comm'r of Ins., 511 N.W.2d 661 (Mich. 1994). “” MCL 500.200; MSA 24.1200. Accordingly, this Court, in reviewing the record, will accord the commissioner’s factual findings great deference.”

NAS Sur. Grp. v. Cooper Ins. Ctr., Inc., 617 F. Supp. 2d 581 (W.D. Mich. 2007). · cites it 2× “2003 ; Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 500.200 et seq. Plaintiff argues in its Brief in Support of Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment that the absolute judicial privilege attaching to complaints extends to complaints filed with any administrative board that performs a judicial function.”

Comm'r of Ins. v. Albino, 572 N.W.2d 21 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “§ 500.200 et seq.; M.S.A. § 24.1200 et seq.”

Auto Club Ins. v. Comm'r of Ins., 376 N.W.2d 150 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “MCL 500.200; MSA 24.1200. The commissioner must effectuate the purposes and execute and enforce the provisions of the insurance laws.”

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