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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2019 (2026)

Unfair methods of competition or deception; unfair discrimination in life insurance.

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THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1956


Act 218 of 1956


500.2019 Unfair methods of competition or deception; unfair discrimination in life insurance.

Sec. 2019.

    The following are defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance:

    Making or permitting any unfair discrimination between individuals of the same class and equal expectation of life in the rates charged for any contract of life insurance or of life annuity or in the dividends or other benefits payable thereon, or in any other of the terms and conditions of such contract.

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

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Cited in 4 cases, 1986–2002 · leading case: Kuebler v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y, 555 N.W.2d 496 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996).
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Kuebler v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y, 555 N.W.2d 496 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 8× “§ 500.2019; M.S.A. § 24.12019. We agree. The Michigan Insurance Code's section on unfair trade practices and frauds, known as the Uniform Trade Practices Act, M.”
Bell v. League Life Ins., 387 N.W.2d 154 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “Plaintiffs claim that certain provisions of the policies violate the unfair discrimination provision of the UTPA, MCL 500.2019; MSA 24.12019, and, consequently, should be stricken from the policy.”
Katt v. Ins. Bureau, 505 N.W.2d 37 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993). “MCL 500.2019; MSA 24.12019; MCL 500.2020; MSA 24.”
Makki v. Farmers New World Life Ins., 49 F. App'x 36 (6th Cir. 2002). “Makki rehes on Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 500.2019 , which defines as an unfair trade practice the “[m]aking or permitting any unfair discrimination between individuals of the same class and equal expectation of life in the rates charged for any contract of life insurance or of…”
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