Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services
Please Note
We are a service company that can help you file with the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services. We are not associated with this nor any other government agency. We offer paid services and software to help you file. You are not required to purchase our service to file - you may file directly with this agency without using our service.
Contact Information
530 W. Allegan Street
7th Floor
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: (517) 284-8800
Fax: (517) 284-8837
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Licenses
We track the following licenses with the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services in order to provide compliance services to our clients. As a client, you see this and other Compliance Core™ data in License Manager in-line with your licenses.
Michigan Insurance Agency License
| Agency: | Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services |
Initial Registration
This section applies to insurance firms that are applying for a license in Michigan for the first time.
| Agency: | Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services |
| Form: | |
| Agency Fee: | Varies by insurance type. Baseline of $15 |
Registration Renewal
This section applies to insurance firms that are already licensed in Michigan and need to renew their license.
| Agency: | Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services |
| Form: | |
| Agency Fee: | Varies by insurance type. Baseline of $15 |
| Due: | Annually |
| Notes: | Resident and Non-Resident individual and business entity producers do not receive an invoice for license renewal annually. Surplus Lines individual and business entity producers are required to complete the annual renewal process as indicated on the Renewal Information web page. |
Renewal Not Required
Not required
Michigan Producer License - Non-Resident
| Agency: | Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services |
Initial Registration
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| Agency Fee: | $10 |
Renewal Not Required
Not required
Non-Resident individual and business entity (agency) producer licenses are perpetual as long as the home state license remains active and in good standing.
Michigan Resident Producer License
| Agency: | Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services |
Initial Registration
| Filing Method: | |
| Agency Fee: | $10 |
Renewal Not Required
Not required
Resident business entity (agency) licenses are not required to renew as long as the license remains active and in good standing.
Michigan Surplus Lines Producer - Nonresident
Initial Registration
| Filing Method: | |
| Agency Fee: | $110 application/license fee + $6.18 transaction fee = 116.18 |
| Notes: | An application is good for six months from the date it was entered into the Department of Insurance and Financial Regulation (DIFS) database. |
Registration Renewal
| Filing Method: | |
| Agency Fee: | $100 renewal fee + $5.00 NIPR service fee = 105 |
| Due: | Annually by March 31. The window opens February 1. |
| Law: | |
| Notes: | The non-resident Surplus Lines licensee must comply with his/her home state continuing education requirements and remain in good standing. The status of the license may be verified on the NAIC Producer Database (PDB). If the pre-empting Property and Casualty or Accident and Health license is inactivated for any reason, the Surplus Lines license will be inactivated |
Michigan Surplus Lines Producer - Resident
Initial Registration
| Filing Method: | |
| Agency Fee: | $110 application/license fee + $6.18 transaction fee = 116.18 |
| Notes: |
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Registration Renewal
| Filing Method: | |
| Agency Fee: | $100 renewal fee + $5.00 NIPR service fee = 105 |
| Due: | Annually by March 31. The window opens February 1. |
Michigan Third Party Administrator License
| Agency: | Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services |
| Foreign Qualification is Prerequisite: | No |
| Notes: | See checlkist here. |
| Registered Agent (Special Agency) Required? | No |
Initial Registration
| Form: | |
| Filing Method: | |
| Agency Fee: | $200 application fee + $25 ceritficate fee + $25 financial statement review fee |
| Required Attachments: | Third Party Administrator Application for Certifcate of Authority, Financial Statement, Consent to Service, Affiliation Statement, Article of Incorporation, other official filinjg, Bylaws or operating agreement of the TPA, chart showing all of TPA applicants controlling subsidiary entities, current organization chart, verification of TPA applicant's owners' respective ownership, copy of sample serice contract, and fee proccessing card. |
Registration Renewal
| Instructions: | In January, an invoice in the amount of $25.00, along with annual statement filing instructions, are emailed to the contact person on file for each TPA. |
| Filing Method: | Email DIFS-Licensing@michigan.gov |
| Agency Fee: | $25 |
| Law: | |
| Penalties: | Failure to file, late filing, or incorrect payment will result in a penalty, including termination of your certificate of authority as a TPA. If concerns result from review of the annual statement filing, DIFS staff will contact the TPA regarding those concerns and how they can be eliminated. The Certificate of Authority is perpetual as long as the TPA is compliant with the TPA Act. |
| Required Attachments: | FIS 0850 Financial Statement for Third Party Administrators FIS 0865 Third Party Administrator Jurat Page for Annual Renewal
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Related Government Agencies
Explore other Michigan government agencies we can help you stay compliant with:
- Michigan Attorney General - Charitable Trust Section
- Michigan Board of Pharmacy
- Michigan Department of Health & Human Services - Medical Services Administration
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services - Healthy Homes Section
- Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services - Office of Consumer Finance
- Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Bureau of Construction Codes - Licensing Division
- Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Bureau of Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing - Corporations Division
- Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Bureau of Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing - Licensing Division
- Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Bureau of Fire Services
- Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Bureau of Professional Licensing
- Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Public Service Commission
- Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs: Board of Architects
- Michigan Department of State - Office of the Great Seal
- Michigan Department of Treasury
- Michigan Gaming Control Board
- Michigan Liquor Control Commission
- Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council
- Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Asbestos Program
- Michigan State Board of Accountancy
- Michigan State Lottery - Charitable Gaming Division
- Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency
