Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
4 St. Louis-Area Men Convicted in $3.5 Million Arson Scheme
May 23 2005 // Four St. Louis-area men were convicted Wednesday of federal charges related to the torching of four grocery stores as part of a scheme to collect more than $3.5 million in insurance claims. After a 13-day trial, a U.S....
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // MICHIGAN Commissioner Appeals Credit Scoring Decision The state of Michigan has filed an appeal of a judge’s ruling that allowed insurance companies to continue using customers’ credit scores to determine their...
Mich. DOI Releases 2005 Auto Insurance Buyers’ Guide
May 18 2005 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services issued the 2005 Buyers’ Guide to Auto Insurance. The guide contains information and tips about purchasing auto insurance as well as the results of a survey...
Mich. Appeals Credit Scoring Decision
May 13 2005 // The state of Michigan has filed an appeal of a judge’s ruling that allowed insurance companies to continue using customers’ credit scores to determine their home and automobile insurance rates. Attorneys for...
Michigan Judge Stops Insurance Scoring Ban
May 9 2005 // In a scathing opinion that sides with insurers on nearly all points of fact and law, Barry County Court Judge James Fisher declared illegal a rule set banning insurance scoring and reducing base rates. “The...
Mich. Gov. Makes Appointments to Workers’ Comp Appellate Commission
May 2 2005 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced the following recent appointments to the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission: Gregory Przybylo of Okemos, attorney in private practice. Przybylo is appointed for a...
Mich. Judge Rules Insurance Scoring Ban Illegal
Apr 26 2005 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services overstepped its authority in issuing rules that prohibited the use of credit-based insurance scores, according to a Michigan Circuit Court judge. In the case of...
Mich. Patient Safety Group to Hold Public Meeting
Apr 25 2005 // A coalition of 15 Michigan organizations that was asked to provide recommendations to Gov. Jennifer Granholm on how to improve patient safety and reduce health-care errors will hold a public meeting Thursday, April 28. At...
INSURERS FILE SUIT TO STOP CREDIT SCORING BAN
Apr 18 2005 // As planned, a group of Michigan property/ casualty insurers has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new rule set banning their use of credit scores in auto and homeowners insurance and reducing base...
OFIS Highlights Consumer Protection Actions In 2004
Apr 13 2005 // The Office of Financial and Insurance Services released a sample list of actions taken on behalf of Michigan consumers in the last two quarters of 2004. The list is comprised of a series of Commissioners Orders for...
Michigan DOI Study Finds Competition Doesn’t Equal Affordability
Apr 4 2005 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services last month released the results of its long-awaited study of competitiveness in the state’s insurance market. While the report found competition under the...
MCCA HIKES ASSESSMENT 11%:
Apr 4 2005 // The Michigan Claims Catastrophic Association increased its annual assessment to insurers by 11 percent to $141.70 per insured vehicle from $127.24, drawing sharp criticism from the state’s insurance regulator. In a...
Insurers File Suit to Stop Mich. Credit Scoring Ban
Mar 29 2005 // As planned, a group of Michigan property/casualty insurers has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new rule set banning their use of credit scores in auto and homeowners insurance and reducing base...
Mich. Catastrophic Claims Assessment Up 11%
Mar 25 2005 // The Michigan Claims Catastrophic Association increased its annual assessment to insurers by 11 percent to $141.70 per insured vehicle from $127.24, drawing sharp criticism from the state’s insurance regulator. In a...
Mich. DOI Study Finds Competition Doesn’t Equal Affordability; Insurers Say Losses Driving Rates
Mar 24 2005 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services last week released the results of its long-awaited study of competitiveness in the state’s insurance market. While the report found competition under the...
POLL: MAJORITY SUPPORTS TAX PLAN
Mar 21 2005 // A slim majority supports Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s plan to shift the tax burden on Michigan businesses from manufacturing and re-search firms onto insurers, according to a poll commissioned by the Michigan Association...
No, Michigan!
Mar 21 2005 // Imagine there’s a 200-pound boulder crushing your left foot underneath. It hurts like all get out and it’s left you immobile. To relieve the unbearable pain and get going again, you gather a group of friends...
PCI Reports Mich. Supreme Court Rules for Insurers on Medical Charges
Mar 17 2005 // The Supreme Court of Michigan recently ruled that the state’s No-Fault Insurance Act prohibits health care providers from charging more than a reasonable fee for services and left it up to lower courts to determine...
Mich. Lawmakers Pass Bill to Repeal State Helmet Law, According to AAA Michigan
Mar 17 2005 // Michigan lawmakers on Thursday passed Senate Bill 297, which repeals the state’s 36-year-old mandatory motorcycle helmet law. It is estimated that the repeal will result in 22 additional fatalities each year, along...
Insurers Say Granholm’s Premium Tax Hike Will Hurt Mich. Consumers
Mar 14 2005 // The Washington, D.C.-based American Insurance Association recently voiced strong opposition to Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposal to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes onto the insurance industry,...
