Latest Michigan Headlines
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Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires The Eriksen Group Of Michigan
Dec 27 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired The Eriksen Group Inc., in Birmingham, Mich. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Eriksen Group is a retirement consulting firm that provides ongoing and project-based retirement...
Young Michigan Immigrants Sue to Get Right To Drive
Dec 20 2012 // Three young people are suing the Michigan secretary of state over her refusal to grant driver’s licenses to applicants who can stay in the U.S. under a new federal immigration policy. The lawsuit, filed by the...
Patriot National’s Guarantee Insurance Co. Expanding into Michigan
Dec 7 2012 // Workers’ compensation insurer Patriot National Insurance Group announced that its subsidiary, Guarantee Insurance Co., will begin writing workers’ compensation insurance in Michigan. The addition of Michigan...
Michigan Regulators Say Fake Auto Insurance Sold in Metro Detroit
Dec 3 2012 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) recently announced that some Detroit-area drivers may have unknowingly purchased fraudulent automobile insurance policies from unlicensed insurance...
Lawmaker: Every Michigan Resident Should Get $500 from Health Insurer
Nov 26 2012 // A Republican state lawmaker says Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan should pay $500 for every Michigan resident as part of legislation that would convert the company from a charitable trust of the state to a customer-owned...
Michigan Man Enters Plea in Buried Motorcycle Case
Nov 21 2012 // A Michigan man who authorities say buried a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in 2009 and claimed it was stolen to collect insurance money faces sentencing next year in the case. MLive.com repots Chad E. Dejongh of Bay...
Some Midwest Incumbent State Court Justices Win, Others Lose
Nov 19 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices. In the Midwest, incumbents in Iowa and Michigan will return for another term; two incumbents on Ohio’s high court will...
Michigan Regulators Say Fake Auto Insurance Sold in Metro Detroit
Nov 15 2012 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) recently announced that some Detroit-area drivers may have unknowingly purchased fraudulent automobile insurance policies from unlicensed insurance...
GOP Holds on to Michigan Supreme Court Majority
Nov 9 2012 // Republicans will hold on to their 4-3 majority on the Michigan Supreme Court after winning two of three up-for-grabs seats. Voters selected GOP nominees Stephen Markman and Brian Zahra, both current justices who were...
How Voters Voted on State Court Justices
Nov 8 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices, including where Republicans, business groups and others targeted the judges for defeat. However, two incumbents on Ohio’s...
Indiana Has 32 Fungal Meningitis Cases; Michigan, 44
Oct 19 2012 // Indiana has 32 cases of fungal meningitis linked to injections of a recalled back pain steroid, and authorities in Michigan are reporting 44 cases of fungal meningitis, along with four non-meningitis infection cases...
Michigan Agent Rises on National Big “I” Leadership Team
Oct 3 2012 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) announced that David Allen Walker was installed as the association’s vice chairman at the association’s recent...
Michigan Woman Can Sue Over Delay in Learning of Cancer
Sep 14 2012 // A Michigan woman who wasn’t told for five years that she had a cancerous kidney can sue a doctor and a clinic for failing to share the news. The Michigan appeals court overturned a decision by a Washtenaw County...
Michigan Man Suspected in Officer’s Slaying, Insurance Fraud Found Dead
Sep 12 2012 // A recently divorced executive accused of mishandling employees’ insurance funds fired on police at his home in a wealthy Detroit, Mich., suburb, killing one officer and precipitating a 20-hour armed standoff that...
Michigan Cherry Growers Get New Crop Insurance Options
Sep 10 2012 // U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow says Michigan’s cherry growers are getting new crop insurance options. The Michigan Democrat is head of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. According to...
Michigan Cherry Growers Getting New Crop Insurance Options
Aug 30 2012 // U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow says Michigan’s cherry growers are getting new crop insurance options. The Michigan Democrat serves as head of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. She announced details...
Allstate Sues Florida Neurologic Clinic for $7.6M in False Claims
Aug 30 2012 // A Florida neurologic clinic that specializes in treating patients with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries is being sued by a major automotive insurance company for more than $7 million in false claims stemming from...
Michigan Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop Again
Aug 28 2012 // Michigan’s regulators say the state’s workers’ compensation premium rates are dropping for the second year in a row. Michigan Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Director Steven H....
Road Tests of ‘Talking’ Cars Underway
Aug 21 2012 // Nearly 3,000 cars, trucks and buses that can “talk” began traveling the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan today as part of a year-long safety pilot project by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The vehicles...
Radar Sign Snaps Photos of Speeding Drivers in Michigan County
Aug 21 2012 // Area speeders might want to smile for the camera as they cruise past Grand Traverse County, Michigan’s new portable radar speed detecting sign. The device will snap a photograph of anyone traveling 15 miles per hour...
