Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
14 Insurers File to Be on Michigan Health Exchange
Jun 10 2013 // Fourteen health insurance companies have filed to offer plans through a new Michigan insurance market being created under the federal health care law. The state Department of Insurance and Financial Services says it...
H.E.A.T.: Unconventional Auto-Related Crimes Increasing in Michigan
Jun 7 2013 // Auto thefts in Michigan are in a five-year decline, but other forms of vehicle-related crime are on the rise, according to Help Eliminate Auto Thefts (H.E.A.T.), a statewide insurance industry-funded theft prevention...
Michigan Pair Plead Guilty to Embezzling from Workers’ Comp TPA
Jun 6 2013 // Michigan’s attorney general announced that the former CEO and a bookkeeper of a non-profit workers’ compensation insurance-related organization have pleaded guilty to embezzling millions. Michigan Attorney...
Motorcycle Injuries Rise After Helmet Laws Weakened: Study
Jun 5 2013 // The average medical claim from a motorcycle crash rose by more than one-fifth last year in Michigan after the state stopped requiring all riders to wear helmets, according to an insurance industry study. Across the nation,...
Tuit Joins Michigan-Based Acrisure as CFO
Jun 3 2013 // Caledonia, Mich.-based retail insurance brokerage, Acrisure LLC, announced that Dave Tuit has joined the firm as chief financial officer. Tuit has more than 20 years of leadership in finance and accounting, mergers and...
Michigan Broker Gets 5 Years in $1M Fraud Case
May 31 2013 // A northern Michigan insurance broker accused of fleecing elderly clients out of more than $1 million has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison. Prosecutors say William Lowder persuaded clients to change their...
Michigan Democrats Lay Out Auto Insurance Bills
May 22 2013 // Detroit’s Democratic state House Caucus is laying out an effort to change Michigan’s auto insurance policies. The package of legislation was revealed during a news conference in Detroit. Republicans control the...
Michigan Pair Charged with Embezzling $2.6M from Work Comp Firm
May 14 2013 // Michigan’s attorney general has charged the former CEO and a bookkeeper with embezzling millions from a workers’ compensation insurance-related organization. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced...
Partner Benefits Stand for Michigan State Workers
May 6 2013 // Same-sex domestic partners of state employees will continue to qualify for health insurance after the Michigan Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal filed by the state. In a short order released May 2 and dated May...
House Panel OKs Changes to Michigan Car Insurance Rules
May 6 2013 // A Michigan legislative panel has approved a bill that would end unlimited lifetime medical care for people seriously injured in car crashes. Premiums would drop at least $125 in the first year under the measure being...
Michigan Man Says Insurance Won’t Cover Bullet Damage
May 6 2013 // A northern Lower Michigan man is upset insurance doesn’t cover the damage done to his mobile home during a neighbor’s shootout with police. Lance Reed said he’s already spent $1,500 on repairs to five...
Insurer Plans 1,000 More Jobs in Lansing, Michigan
May 2 2013 // Buoyed by a year of record profits, a Michigan insurance company said it is planning a $100 million expansion that could lead to the addition of more than 1,000 jobs at its headquarters. Lansing-based Jackson National Life...
Michigan Man Says Insurance Won’t Cover Bullet Damage from Shootout
Apr 26 2013 // A northern Lower Michigan man is upset insurance doesn’t cover the damage done to his mobile home during a neighbor’s shootout with police. Lance Reed tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle he’s already...
Fraud is Michigan’s ‘Other’ Auto Insurance Problem
Apr 24 2013 // As legislative work picks up in earnest on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to reform the state’s woeful no-fault auto insurance system, we wanted to call attention to a less-noticed provision of the proposal...
Declarations – Midwest
Apr 22 2013 // All Clear “The data is clear. The experiment is over in Michigan. Helmets save lives.” —Heather Drake of AAA Michigan. Michigan’s insurance and medical industries as well as some rider groups want...
One-Day Modern Consumer Training for Insurance Professionals Hosted by PIA of Michigan on Thursday, April 25th
Apr 19 2013 // Warwick, RI, 4/19/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing solutions and sales training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in Michigan and surrounding...
Michigan Governor Unveils Auto Insurance Plan
Apr 18 2013 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican lawmakers have unveiled a proposal to end unlimited lifetime coverage for medical expenses tied to auto accidents. Drivers now pay $175 per car per year to cover catastrophic...
Could this be the Year for No-Fault Reform in Michigan?
Apr 18 2013 // Maybe the Michigan auto insurance law was “essential” when it became law, but in the last four decades it has become luxurious compared to all other states. Gov. Rick Snyder and insurance committee chairs Sen....
Survey: Michigan Voters Support No-Fault Reform
Apr 18 2013 // According to a recent statewide poll commissioned by the Coalition for Auto Insurance Reform (CAIR), an overwhelming number of Michigan voters believe their auto insurance premiums are too high and support no-fault reform...
Michigan Tells Auto Dealer to Stop Selling Insurance
Apr 16 2013 // Michigan’s Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered a Detroit-area auto dealer to stop selling insurance without a license. The DIFS issued a cease and desist order against Monaco Motors...
