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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4434

Entire contract; provision; application; representations

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Michael J. Hughes v. K Mart Corporation and Aetna Life Insurance Company (1993)

Most recently applied in 223 Mich. App. 264 - Smith v. Globe Life Insurance (July 1997)

1956, Act 218, Eff

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Sec. 4434. Each group life insurance policy shall contain a provision that the policy and the applications of the employer and, if applicable, of the individual employees insured, are the entire contract between the parties, and that all statements made by the employer or by the individual employees shall, in the absence of fraud, be considered representations and not warranties. Any such statement shall not be used in defense to a claim under the policy, unless the statement is contained in a written application. For purposes of this section, an enrollment form is not an application described in this section.

Official source: Michigan Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Michigan statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.