Mich. Admin. Code R. 500.636 – Rewriting and passing examinations; termination of agents' authority. | Midpage
Rule 500.636
Mich. Admin. Code R. 500.636
Rewriting and passing examinations; termination of agents' authority.
(By authority conferred on the commissioner of insurance by sections 210 and 4424(6) of Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1956, as amended, being SS500.210 and 500.4424(6) of the Michigan Compiled Laws)Insurance
(1) An agent who fails to pass part 1 of the examination may rewrite it after a waiting period in accordance with securities and exchange commission requirements but the waiting period shall be not less than 20 days. An agent who fails to pass part 2 of the examination may rewrite it after a waiting period of not less than 20 days.
(2) When an agent successfully completes the examination, the commissioner shall notify the sponsoring insurer and instruct the insurer to return the agent's license to be amended. Amending a license consists of adding the designation including variable contracts to the license and making the appropriate notations on the agent's control card in the commissioner's files. There is no additional charge to the sponsoring insurer for amending a license.
(3) If an insurer terminates the authority of an agent to solicit and sell contracts on a variable basis but maintains the agent's authority to act as a life insurance agent for the company, the insurer shall notify the commissioner immediately and return the license to the commissioner for deletion of the including variable contracts designation.