BCS Life Insurance v. Commissioner of Insurance

The Commissioner of Insurance appeals from Ingham Circuit Court Judge James T. Kallman’s June 5, 1985, order which denied the commissioner’s motion to set aside a default judgment which was entered on May 22, 1985.

This case had its genesis in early 1984 when the State Bar of Michigan wrote to its members and their legal assistants, endorsing a health care program administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan (bcbsm) and underwritten by BCS Life Insurance Company (bcs). The letter began:

After careful review and consideration of numerous health care alternatives, the State Bar of…