Latest Michigan Headlines
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Michigan Farmers to Have Access to State Weather Data Viewer
Aug 20 2020 // Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is making data on programs related to weather conditions available to farmers. The Geographic Information System viewer allows the agency to take different...
Michigan City, Business Group Settle Lawsuit Over Boy’s Handcuffing for $40K
Aug 19 2020 // A Michigan city and a business group have agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a lawsuit over the handcuffing of a 7-year-old boy at an after-school program in 2015. The boy, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,...
Judge Tosses Texas Barbershops’ Suit Against Insurer Over Coronavirus Losses
Aug 16 2020 // A federal judge has agreed with an insurer that a group of barbershops in the San Antonio, Texas-area have no basis for claims seeking coverage under their commercial insurance policies for business interruption losses...
Huron Capital’s High Street Acquires Michigan’s Capital Insurance Group
Aug 14 2020 // High Street Insurance Partners (High Street), a portfolio company of the private equity firm Huron Capital, has acquired Capital Insurance Group (CIG), headquartered in Bloomfield, Michigan. CIG primarily sells commercial...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Michigan’s Buiten & Associates
Aug 13 2020 // Brown & Brown of Michigan Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all the assets of Buiten & Associates, located in Grand Rapids, Mich. Since 1935, Buiten & Associates has...
Michigan’s Accident Fund Insurance Grants $3.5M in Early Workers’ Comp Dividends
Aug 13 2020 // Lansing, Michigan-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, a national provider of workers’ compensation insurance, has granted $3.5 million in early dividend payments to policyholder groups that achieved...
Viewpoint: Michigan Auto Insurance Reform Is Here. Agents, Are You Ready?
Aug 12 2020 // Finally, there is good reason to believe Michigan will drop the infamous distinction of being the one of the most expensive states in the country in which to insure a vehicle. As of July 2, the state’s drivers now...
D.C. Judge Rules For Insurer, Dismisses Restaurants’ Business Interruption Claims
Aug 7 2020 // The insurance industry has notched another victory in its defense of its commercial insurance policies against claims for business interruption due to the coronavirus. In a case brought by the owner of several restaurants...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Colburn Group Insurance in Michigan
Aug 3 2020 // USI Insurance Services has acquired Troy, Mich.-based Colburn Group Insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. All of the agency’s team members, including Harry Colburn, chairman, and Pamela Haron, president,...
Court: Lawsuit Against Michigan Officials over Lead in Water Can Proceed
Aug 3 2020 // Flint residents whose health and homes were harmed by lead-contaminated water scored a legal milestone on July 29 when the Michigan Supreme Court said they could proceed with a lawsuit against public officials for the...
Former Michigan Insurance Agent Pleads No Contest to Embezzlement Charges
Jul 31 2020 // A plea deal has been reached with a former Genesee County, Michigan, insurance agent who allegedly embezzled from her clients and provided them with phony insurance certificates for home and auto insurance, the...
Michigan Drivers Got Nearly $95M in Premium Refunds in April, May, June
Jul 29 2020 // Michigan motorists are being refunded nearly $95 million in car insurance premiums due to a drop in driving and crash claims during the coronavirus pandemic, regulators said. The amount paid back varies by insurer. It...
Celebrating Insurers Warned Michigan COVID Ruling Not Knockout Punch They Wanted
Jul 29 2020 // A recent ruling from a Michigan judge that business interruption claims payouts require tangible alteration to a property may have sounded like a knockout win for the insurance industry but a legal expert has a slightly...
Enbridge Contractor Vessels May Have Bumped Great Lakes Pipeline Support
Jul 27 2020 // Recent damage that prompted the temporary shutdown of an Enbridge oil pipeline in a channel linking two of the Great Lakes may have been done by vessels working for the company, according to an in-house report provided to...
Girl Killed in Michigan When Construction Equipment Falls Onto Car
Jul 27 2020 // A construction vehicle fell from a trailer onto a car at a suburban Detroit, Michigan, intersection on July 25 and killed a 10-year-old girl inside, police said. The backhoe loader was being pulled by a dump truck that...
The Hilb Group Acquires Michigan Agency, CIA Financial Group
Jul 22 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired CIA Financial Group Inc. (CIA), a Michigan-based independent insurance agency. The transaction became effective on July 1. Founded in 1975, CIA delivers insurance and risk management...
Michigan to Enbridge: $900M in Liability Insurance Plus $1.8B Needed for Oil Spill Risk
Jul 20 2020 // On July 17, Michigan sought a written pledge from Enbridge Inc. to cover costs that would arise if oil were to leak from its dual pipelines that extend across a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, although the Canadian...
Michigan Restaurants’ COVID-19 Business Interruption Claim Rejected by State Judge
Jul 20 2020 // A trial court judge in Lansing, Michigan, handed a victory to insurers in what may be the nation’s first final ruling on the question of whether a property insurer is liable for financial damages caused by a...
Michigan Suit Says Insurer Owes Commercial Premium Refund Due to Virus
Jul 13 2020 // In a class action lawsuit, a Michigan restaurant and bar has challenged its insurer over commercial policy premium payments that covered the time it was forced to shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit...
Midwest States to Get Federal Help After Disaster Declarations Approved
Jul 13 2020 // At least three Midwest states – Michigan, Missouri and North Dakota will receive federal help after President Donald Trump approved their requests for federal disaster declarations. Missouri requested a federal disaster...
