Latest Michigan Headlines
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M&A Calendar: P/C Agent, Broker Mergers & Acquisition Headlines in 2014
Mar 23 2015 // Insurance Journal reported on more than 200 deals involving agencies’ or brokerages’ mergers and acquisitions in 2014. Activity was busiest in the first and fourth quarters, with more than 60 announcements...
Dozens of Drivers Ticketed after Michigan Freeway Pileup
Mar 20 2015 // Dozens of drivers are being ticketed following January’s massive pileup on snowy Interstate 94 in southwestern Michigan that killed a 57-year-old trucker and closed a stretch of the roadway for two days, police...
Licenses of Michigan Pair Selling ‘One-Day’ Auto Policies Revoked
Mar 18 2015 // Michigan insurance regulators have permanently revoked the insurance licenses of father and son insurance agents and their agencies for selling fraudulent insurance certificates. The Michigan Department of Insurance and...
A.M. Best Upgrades Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Ratings
Mar 18 2015 // A.M. Best has removed from under review with positive implications and upgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the issuer credit rating to “a-” from “bbb” of...
Contractor Sentenced to Prison in Michigan Asbestos Removal Case
Mar 16 2015 // A contractor has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for failing to properly remove asbestos from an old church in Bay City, Mich. The church was converted into a charter school, Bay City Academy. Roy Bradley...
Anti-Insurance Fraud Measures Needed in Minnesota and Michigan
Mar 10 2015 // Minnesota and Michigan both are confronting significant problems with scammers defrauding auto insurance systems they perceive have relatively soft defenses. Minnesota faces a surge in organized fraud rings that fleece...
Michigan Pot Grower Who Didn’t Tell Insurer Must Reimburse Claim Payment
Mar 9 2015 // An insurance company that didn’t know about a medical marijuana nursery in a Bay City, Mich., basement can recover more than $130,000 paid after the house was destroyed by fire. A federal appeals court upheld a...
Estimate of Vandalism Damage at Michigan Ski Resort Quadruples
Mar 3 2015 // The general manager of a ski resort vandalized by University of Michigan students estimates the total damage is about four times the original estimate. Barry Owens of Treetops Resort in Gaylord tells the Detroit Free Press...
Michigan Man Sentenced for Selling Fake Auto Insurance
Mar 2 2015 // A 64-year-old Michigan man has been sentenced to one year in jail for selling fake auto insurance certificates. Hakeem Sanusi of Eastpointe pleaded no contest to six counts of insurance fraud as a habitual offender. He was...
Michigan Pot Grower Who Didn’t Tell Insurer Must Reimburse Fire Claim Payment
Feb 25 2015 // An insurance company that didn’t know about a medical marijuana nursery in a Bay City, Mich., basement can recover more than $130,000 paid after the house was destroyed by fire. A federal appeals court upheld a...
Johnston Promoted to P/C Underwriter at Michigan-Based J.M. Wilson
Feb 23 2015 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson promoted Samantha Johnston to property/casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., office. Samantha Johnston Johnston will be responsible for quoting, binding...
J.M. Wilson Promotes Tobolic to P/C Underwriter in Michigan
Feb 19 2015 // Insurance wholesaler J.M. Wilson has promoted Thomas Tobolic to property/casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich. office. Thomas Tobolic Tobolic is responsible for quoting new and renewal accounts for a wide variety of...
Oil-Tainted Feed Suspected in Death of 50K Turkeys in Michigan
Feb 11 2015 // Federal officials are investigating how feed likely contaminated with oil intended for industrial uses ended up killing 50,000 turkeys on a western Michigan farm in August. State scientists at a January meeting of the...
Cameron M. Wilson & Associates Promotes Goldberg in Michigan
Feb 10 2015 // Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Cameron M. Wilson & Associates recently promoted Amanda Goldberg to director of marketing and communication. Goldberg’s duties will include maintaining existing and cultivating new...
Michigan High Court May Accept Auto Insurance Records Case
Feb 9 2015 // The Michigan Supreme Court wants to hear more about a dispute over public access to the records of an insurance fund that pays for tragic injuries in car crashes. The state appeals court says records of the Michigan...
Michigan Regulators Suspend Licenses of Insurance Agent, Agencies
Feb 6 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced it suspended the insurance licenses of Alia Bahoora and her insurance agencies: Assurity Insurance Agency I, Assurity Insurance Agency II,...
Michigan Driverless Vehicle Test Site to Be Operational this Spring
Jan 26 2015 // Officials expect a Michigan testing site for connected and driverless cars that will simulate a cityscape to be operational this spring. Called “M City,” the 32-acre site is taking shape on the University of...
Michigan Orders Unlicensed Agent, ‘Fictitious’ Insurer to Stop Selling Insurance
Jan 26 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered Ray Coleman, Midwest Insurance Group and RPM Insurance Group (RPM) to cease and desist from selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance...
‘One-Day’ Policy Sales Lead to Agent License Suspensions in Michigan
Jan 26 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced it has suspended the licenses of father and son insurance agents Ali Ali and Adnan Ali-Aljadri and their insurance agencies AAS and ASA for...
Fraternity Members Accused of Vandalism at Michigan Ski Resorts
Jan 23 2015 // Officials at ski resorts in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula say University of Michigan fraternity members were responsible for thousands of dollars in vandalism. WWTV/WWUP reports that police escorted students...
