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Mich. GOP Senator Sponsors Legislation that Rewards Healthy Habits

Jan 24 2006 // Exercising everyday and not smoking could bring more than good health to those who participate. In Michigan it could mean cost savings for Medicaid patients who sign on to a healthier lifestyle. On the premise that good...

Editor’s Note: 2006 Begins with Politics Up Front; State Legislatures Tackle Auto Issues

Jan 22 2006 // Midwesterners have never been known to take a “back seat” on anything. Seizing the opportunity seems to come naturally to us. A case in point is the recent scramble by three Midwestern congressmen to jump into...

MI-Assistant and Xcipio Integrate Will Operate as FSC Insurance Solutions

Jan 18 2006 // Agoura Hills, Calif.-based FSC Insurance Solutions, a business unit of Fiserv Inc. began integrating its rating divisions, MI-Assistant and Xcipio, Inc., under the FSC Insurance Solutions name beginning Jan. 1,...

Retailers Assn. Announces New, Michigan-Based Insurance Company

Jan 9 2006 // The first completely new insurance company established in Michigan in six years was announced today with the Michigan Retailers Association’s launch of the Retailers Mutual Insurance Company. Retailers Mutual is a...

Michigan Insurer Honors Top Independent Agents

Jan 4 2006 // American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a provider of individual and group health insurance, home-based in Livonia, Mich., honored its top-producing independent agents earlier this year. The annual event recognizes...

Mich. AG warns consumers about dangers of buying flood damaged vehicles

Jan 1 2006 // Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox warned consumers about the danger of flood-damaged vehicles. A Consumer Alert, Used Vehicle Buyers Watch for Flood Damage, posted to the attorney general’s Web site provides...

Michgan commissioner extends time for motorists to sue

Jan 1 2006 // Michigan’s Insurance Commissioner Linda Watters is prohibiting auto insurers from setting limits on the amount of time people can sue. Watters, who heads the Office of Financial and Insurance Services, recently...

Courts Rule Truck Insurer Must Pay for Damaged Airplane

Dec 29 2005 // Two Michigan courts have ruled that the insurer of a truck must pay $18,000 for damage caused to a small airplane that crashed after clipping the truck as the pilot tried to land in a grassy airfield. Cincinnati Insurance...

Michigan Commissioner Extends Time for Motorists to Sue

Dec 22 2005 // Michigan’s Insurance Commissioner Linda Watters is prohibiting auto insurers from setting limits on the amount of time people can sue for benefits. Watters, who heads the Office of Financial and Insurance Services,...

Michigan Agents Push for Improved Smoke Detector Use

Dec 22 2005 // Michigan insurance agents are calling for more use of smoke detectors in Michigan homes as the peak fire season approaches. Last year, 119 people died in Michigan house fires. Only 16 percent of the homes where a fire...

Truck Insurer Ordered to Pay for Plane Damage Under Michigan No-Fault Law

Dec 22 2005 // Two courts in Michigan have ruled that the insurer of a truck must pay $18,000 for damage caused to a small airplane that crashed after clipping the truck as the pilot tried to land in a grassy airfield. The truck was...

Michigan AG Provides Tips to Avoid Purchasing Flood Damaged Vehicles

Dec 20 2005 // Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox warned consumers today about the danger of flood-damaged vehicles. A Consumer Alert, Used Vehicle Buyers Watch for Flood Damage, posted to the attorney general’s Website...

Perma-Fix Obtains Claim Settlement

Dec 8 2005 // Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc. has received a final payment of $510,000 for the settlement of the remaining insurance claim, related to the fires, which occurred at the Perma- Fix of Michigan facility during...

Regulators Award Accreditation to Indiana, Michigan and D.C.

Dec 7 2005 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners awarded three states with accreditation honors this week under the its Financial Standards and Accreditation Program. Indiana, Michigan and the District of Columbia were...

People & Places

Nov 21 2005 // Kay W. McCurdy The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on its board of directors. Bernhard Steves McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell &...

New Markets

Nov 20 2005 // Motor Carriers Suite Nuts & Bolts: Lexington Insurance Company, a member company of American International Group Inc., introduced Lex TransportPlus, a new product suite encompassing two policies: Motor Truck Cargo and...

Nov 20 2005 // The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on its board of directors. McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell & Brook in Chicago and has more than...

Lawsuit Filed in N.Y. Against Operator of Lake George Cruise Ship

Nov 15 2005 // The sons of an elderly Michigan woman who drowned when the Ethan Allen cruise ship capsized last month in Lake George have filed a lawsuit against the boat’s operator. The children of 89-year-old Viola Urbaniak are...

HOUSE PASSES WHISTLEBLOWER ACT:

Nov 7 2005 // The Michigan House of Representatives passed H.B. 4577, the Medicaid Whistleblower Protection Statute, by a 106-2 vote. Rep. David Law (R-Commerce Township) unveiled the legislation in March 2005. The statute would amend...

Michigan Governor Seeks 20% Discount on Auto, Homeowners Rates

Nov 6 2005 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Democratic lawmakers want to give homeowners and motorists a 20 percent cut in their insurance rates, a move the insurance industry says isn’t justified and is politically...