Michigan § 500.5106 - Provisions applicable to acquiring insurer.

On and after the effective date of the transfer, any acquiring insurer shall be subject to the following:

The acquiring insurer shall assume, indemnify, and hold the state of Michigan and any of its subdivisions harmless from and against all existing liabilities of the state accident fund under policies of workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance issued by the state accident fund before the effective date of the transfer.

The acquiring insurer shall, in a manner similar to that of the state accident fund in the year before the effective date of the transfer, provide worker's compensation insurance to insureds with premiums less than $10,000.00 adjusted annually according to the increase or decrease in the United States department of labor consumer price index as computed for each calendar year. The acquiring insurer shall not adopt or undertake any underwriting practices or procedures in connection with workers' compensation insurance that discriminate against insureds solely on the basis of the size of the premium of the insured.

The acquiring insurer shall maintain investment securities, cash, and reserve funds acquired in the transfer and those generated from doing business in Michigan, on deposit or in custody within the state of Michigan.

For a period of 5 years after the effective date of the transfer, the acquiring insurer shall administer the workers' disability compensation fund of the state of Michigan at the acquiring insurer's direct cost plus reasonably allocated overhead. Any agreement evidencing such arrangement shall be terminable by the state of Michigan 1 year after the effective date of the transfer upon 6 months' written notice.

For a period of at least 1 year after the effective date of the transfer, the acquiring insurer shall recognize the collective bargaining representatives of employees as constituted on the effective date of the transfer.

For a period of 1 year after the effective date of the transfer, the acquiring insurer shall employ, on terms and conditions determined by the acquiring insurer, and subject to the right of the acquiring insurer to terminate employment for good cause, the employees, other than those employees also employed by the department of attorney general, on the payroll of the state accident fund as of the effective date of the transfer.

Within 90 days after the effective date of the transfer, the acquiring insurer shall notify each holder of a policy of insurance, the obligations of which are assumed by the acquiring insurer that the acquiring insurer is now the insurer under the policy, that the acquiring insurer is not a state agency, and that the acquiring insurer is a member of the property and casualty guaranty association created under chapter 79.

The acquiring insurer shall file the applications described in section 5108.