Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mich. Bill Would Restrict Aftermarket Parts
Mar 27 2003 // A Michigan bill that would place onerous restrictions on insurers ability to prescribe auto repair shops and use aftermarket parts would increase claims costs, ultimately hurting consumers, according to the Alliance of...
Travelers, Michigan Ins. Recipients of AMS Users’ Group Quantum Award
Mar 19 2003 // The winners of the first-ever Quantum Award were announced at the AMS Users’ Group 27th Annual National Conference on March 15. Travelers Property Casualty and Michigan Insurance Company tied for the award, which...
Former Mich. Commish Had ‘Integrity,’ Says NAMIC
Feb 27 2003 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said the Michigan Insurance Commissioner who recently resigned had “integrity.” A NAMIC statement said that Frank Fitzgerald worked hard over the...
Michigan Insurance Commissioner Resigns
Feb 24 2003 // Michigan Financial and Insurance Services Commissioner Frank Fitzgerald has resigned, though he had two years before his appointed term expired. New Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, attacked insurance-based scoring as...
Mich. Commish Demands Insurers’ Scoring Models
Feb 19 2003 // A new bulletin requires Michigan insurers to begin providing more information to consumers about the use of credit to calculate rates by July 1. Bulletin 2003-01-INS, issued by Michigan Financial and Insurance Services...
Willis Group Appoints Roberts to Board of Directors
Feb 13 2003 // Willis Group Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Douglas Roberts, the Former Treasurer of the State of Michigan, to its Board of Directors. He will chair the Audit Committee. Roberts served two terms as Michigan...
Visibillity Moves to Michigan Avenue
Feb 5 2003 // Collaborative litigation management firm Visibillity has completed its move to a new, larger headquarters on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago. Visibillity, which provides Internet-based services for claims professionals...
Hub International Purchases Mich. Firm
Jan 30 2003 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced that one of its major hub insurance brokerage facilities, Battle Creek, Michigan-based Burnham Insurance Group, Inc. (Burnham), purchased the stock of Alberts Insurance...
The AMVISTA Group Opens Workers’ Comp Program in Mich.
Jan 20 2003 // The AMVISTA Group, a unit of American Workers Assurance, made its Michigan debut recently by opening an operation in Grand Rapids. The AMVISTA Group offers a high value workers’ compensation insurance product through...
MI-Assistant Acquires Applied Systems Rating Division
Jan 20 2003 // Illinois-based Applied Systems, Inc., an automation solutions provider for the property and casualty insurance industry, has reached an agreement to sell its Rating Division to MI-Assistant. “Economies of scale and...
Mich. Legislative Session Concludes with Good News for Insurers
Jan 13 2003 // The Michigan Legislature adjourned a very busy but generally successful legislative session recently. Several bills of interest to property/casualty insurers passed during the last two weeks of the session including...
NAII Files Brief in Michigan Coordination of Benefits Provision Case
Dec 24 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers announced that it has filed an amicus brief with the Michigan Supreme Court in the case of Sprague V. Farmers “to clarify the cost savings function of the...
AAA Michigan Supports Federal Crackdown on Impaired Drivers
Dec 19 2002 // Michigan’s AAA issued a statement supporting tough new measures against drunk driving contained in the current “You Drink and Drive. You Lose” campaign described at a press conference held in Washington...
Michigan’s OFIS Releases Credit Scoring Report, NAII Comments
Dec 18 2002 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) has released its long awaited report examining the use of credit scores to set insurance rates, raising some significant concerns about the way insurance...
Michigan Report on Credit Scoring Due Next Week
Dec 4 2002 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Frank M. Fitzgerald announced that it will release a report on Monday, Dec. 16 regarding the use of insurance credit scoring in...
Michigan AAA Warns on Distracted Driving
Dec 3 2002 // Michigan’s AAA organization took issue with a just released study by Harvard University’s Center for Risk Analysis, that seemed to imply there were some benefits to be derived from the use of cell phones. Not...
Michigan’s OFIS Cites Company Violations of Home Insurance Laws
Nov 1 2002 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) announced that it is investigating a number of consumer complaints into potential violations of Michigan’s homeowners insurance law. The bulletin said it...
Michigan Insurance Dept. Launches Home Insurance Site
Oct 21 2002 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) announced that it has launched a special home insurance information web site to provide the state’s consumers with up-to-date information on the...
AAA Michigan Opens New Detroit Location
Oct 17 2002 // AAA Michigan announced that it will hold a “Grand Opening Ceremony today at its new Downtown Detroit branch office, located in the newly refurbished Dime Building at 719 Griswold, Suite 170, “Celebrating 86...
Michigan Insurance Commissioner to Share Insights on Insurance Scoring
Oct 14 2002 // Commissioner Frank M. Fitzgerald of the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services will discuss his findings on insurance scoring at a national workshop on urban insurance to be held Oct. 23-24 at the Hotel Monaco...
