Michigan starts issuing $400 auto insurance refund checks: Your most common questions answered

Eligible Michigan drivers will start seeing $400 refund checks starting this week. Here’s everything you need to know. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state’s top insurance regulator said Monday that a $3 billion transfer of surplus funds from the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association to car insurers will be completed this week. The companies will have 60 days to issue the refunds — no later than May 9. Checks could arrive in the mail for some starting this week.