January 3, 2017
Subject: Michigan State Police (MSP), Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA)
2016 Annual Assessment Form EX-055
Dear Sir or Madam:
The Michigan Attorney General has opined that MCL 500.6107(1) authorizes the ATPA to assess fees on all motor vehicles insured under MCL 500.3101 of the Insurance Code of 1956, as amended. OAG No. 7284 (June 1, 2015).
As a result, the ATPA is now assessing commercial motor vehicles for 2016 in addition to all motor vehicles assessed in previous years.
As a reminder, all insurance companies engaged in writing motor vehicle insurance coverages in the state of Michigan which provide security for the payment of benefits under personal protection insurance,
property protection insurance, and residual liability insurance as required by MCL 500.3101, must pay the ATPA annual assessment for all required vehicles
prior to April 1, 2017 as a condition of its authority to transact insurance in this state. All insurers of motor vehicles under MCL 500.3101, including commercial vehicles, must complete and submit the EX-055 online at: https://survey.vovici.com/se/6CAB813157D6AD54. However, due to the updated requirements with
respect to commercial vehicles, the ATPA is extending the deadline for payment of commercial motor vehicle assessments only to
May 31, 2017, to accommodate insurance reporting modifications.
The ATPA assessment is calculated based on $1 per “earned car year” of insured motor vehicles. An “earned car year” is defined as 12 months of insurance coverage on a vehicle. The basis for our calculation remains unchanged. We require supporting documentation, summarized, to show the calculation used to arrive at the total earned car year count, along with a copy of your company’s Michigan Statutory Page 14 from your company’s Annual Statement. Attaching a copy of your Michigan Statutory Page 14 is required, whether or not there are any earned car years. For your convenience, the Michigan Compiled Law 500.6107(1) is available on the ATPA website located at: www.michigan.gov/atpa.
After submitting your companies EX-055 online; if the total of the earned car years equals zero, email a copy of the EXHIBIT OF PREMIUMS AND LOSSES, Statutory Page 14, from your company’s Annual Statement to MSPATPA@michigan.gov (please list company NAIC Group Number in the subject line of the email).
If payment is due, send supporting documentation (summary of the data used to calculate the ATPA Assessment above and the EXHIBIT OF PREMIUMS AND LOSSES, Statutory Page 14, from your company’s Annual Statement) and payment (check made payable to the "State of Michigan") to:
Michigan State Police
c/o ATPA
P.O. Box 30634
Lansing, Michigan 48909-0634
If you have any questions, please contact the ATPA at 517-284-3207.
Sincerely,
Scott Woodard, Spl/F/Lieutenant
Executive Director