Latest Michigan Headlines
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Mich. Insurance Consumer Brochures Now Available in Arabic
Feb 16 2006 // This week, the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services released their most popular free consumer publications in Arabic. “Michigan’s ethnic diversity presents us with opportunities to provide...
ACG Ranks Second in Nation for Collision Repair Customer Satisfaction
Feb 10 2006 // The Auto Club Group (ACG) — holding company for the Auto Club Insurance Association (ACIA) and six AAA affiliates in the Midwest (including AAA Michigan) — is ranked second in the nation for collision repair...
Michigan Territorial Rating Bill Could Raise Rates for Most Consumers
Feb 8 2006 // Legislation supported by Detroit-area lawmakers, which seeks to lower insurance costs in their city, could increase premiums up to 60 percent for other Michigan consumers by prohibiting insurance companies from using...
H.E.A.T. Auto Theft Notes Reduction in Car Crimes in Michigan
Feb 6 2006 // H.E.A.T. (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) has responded to statistics released by the Auto Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA) that indicate a decrease in auto theft in metro Detroit and across the state in 2004. “After...
Michigan’s Accident Fund Names Miles & Finch 2006 Agency of the Year
Feb 2 2006 // Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, a national workers compensation carrier that does business with over 700 independent insurance agents, announces Miles &Finch Insurance Agency as its Agency of the...
Michigan Commissioner Warns Consumers About Insurance Scam
Feb 2 2006 // Michigan Insurance Commissioner Loretta Watters is warning consumers about a new insurance scam that has been uncovered by the Office of Financial and Insurance Services. The two organizations, Global Healings Society and...
Michigan Governor, Democrats Introduce Insurance Reform Package
Feb 1 2006 // Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Democratic legislators introduced a multi-bill insurance reform package this week that is designed to reduce insurance rates. The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies said industry...
Mich. House Insurance Committee Opposes Federal SMART Act
Jan 24 2006 // A resolution opposing the federal State Modernization and Regulatory Transparency Act (SMART) was approved by the Michigan House Insurance Committee last week and is expected to receive full House approval within the next...
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...
