Sec. 402. A person shall not act as an insurer and an insurer shall not issue a policy or otherwise transact insurance in this state except as authorized by a subsisting certificate of authority granted to it by the director under this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.402, under THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1956.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.402
Sec. 402. A person shall not act as an insurer and an insurer shall not issue a policy or otherwise transact insurance in this state except as authorized by a subsisting certificate of authority granted to it by the director under this act.