2017 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956
Act 218 of 1956 THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)
218-1956-41 CHAPTER 41 MODIFIED GUARANTEED ANNUITIES (500.4101...500.4127)
Section 500.4105 Sales and advertising material; illustrations of benefits payable; prospectus.
Sec. 4105.
(1) An insurer authorized to transact modified guaranteed annuity business in this state shall not use any sales material, advertising material, or descriptive literature or other materials of any kind in connection with its modified guaranteed annuity business in this state that is false, misleading, deceptive, or inaccurate.
(2) Illustrations of benefits payable under a modified guaranteed annuity shall not include projections of past investment experience into the future or attempted predictions of future investment experience. However, hypothetical assumed interest credits may be used to illustrate possible levels of benefits.
(3) Before an insurer delivers or issues for delivery a modified guaranteed annuity contract in this state, the commissioner may require the filing of a copy of any prospectus or other sales material to be used in connection with the marketing of the insurer's modified guaranteed annuity contract. The sales material shall clearly illustrate that there can be both upward and downward adjustments due to the application of the market-value adjustment formula in determining nonforfeiture benefits.
History: Add. 1991, Act 85, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1991
Popular Name: Act 218
