Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan’s Credit-Scoring Law Moves Closer to the Mainstream
Jul 3 2012 // The State of Michigan, whose Supreme Court struck down an absolute ban on the use of credit information in insurance underwriting and rate-making decisions, has moved to slightly loosen its insurance scoring restrictions...
Ex-Michigan Police Officer Getting $1M Settlement in Bias Case
Jun 28 2012 // A former Saginaw, Mich., police officer who claimed he was fired in 2006 and discriminated against because of his race is expected to get more than $1 million in a settlement. The Saginaw News reports City Council recently...
Michigan’s InPro Insurance Group Acquires Falvay-Counihan Insurance
Jun 27 2012 // InPro Insurance Group, a Troy, Mich.-based independent insurance agency, announced the acquisition of Falvay-Counihan Insurance Inc., of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Through the acquisition, InPro gains Falvay-Counihan’s...
Association’s Suit Seeks Information from Michigan Auto Claims Administrator
Jun 26 2012 // The Brain Injury Association of Michigan (BIAMI) announced it has filed a lawsuit against the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) to obtain vital financial information, specific claimant records and actuarial...
Regulators: Fewer Complaints Against Michigan Insurers in 2011
Jun 25 2012 // Consumer complaints against Michigan insurance companies are slightly down from the previous year. The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation says in a statement that the agency received 3,441 insurance...
Michigan Residents Due $13.9M in Health Care Rebates
Jun 25 2012 // The federal government says 114,000 Michigan residents will get rebates from insurance companies under the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the...
Michigan State Police: 8,050 Citations in Belt Crackdown
Jun 22 2012 // State police say an annual Michigan enforcement crackdown on motorists who fail to use seat belts and child safety seats led to 8,050 citations. That’s down about 1,000 from 2011. This year’s Click It or Ticket...
Campgrounds Reopen After Michigan Upper Peninsula Wildfire
Jun 22 2012 // Officials say several state forest campgrounds in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that were closed during a recent wildfire are completely or partially reopened. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced that...
Ratings Recap: Auto Owners, Stonebridge, Tokio Marine (U.S.), Courtesy, Young America, Old Glory
Jun 21 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A++’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa+” of Auto-Owners Insurance Company and its four wholly owned...
Ratings Recap: Church Mutual, Ocean Harbor, HSBC (Del.), Golden RRG, Southern Pioneer, Affirmative
Jun 20 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and downgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a” from “a+” of Wisconsin-based Church Mutual...
Michigan Court Rules for Insurer in Tragic Hit-and-Run
Jun 18 2012 // The Michigan Supreme Court says an insurance company doesn’t have to pay benefits in a hit-and-run case because the incident wasn’t reported within 30 days. The court’s conservative majority overturned a...
Major Michigan Wildfire Contained After 3 Weeks
Jun 14 2012 // Officials say a major wildfire in the Upper Peninsula area of Michigan that started about three weeks ago has been fully contained. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday issued the update about the Duck...
Rare Tornado Confirmed Last Week In Michigan’s UP
Jun 14 2012 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that a rare tornado touched down last week in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. WLUC-TV and The Mining Journal of Marquette report the weak tornado touched down Friday in...
Judge Rejects Challenge to Michigan’s Fireworks Insurance Law
Jun 12 2012 // A judge has rejected a challenge to the insurance requirement in Michigan’s new law expanding the sale of fireworks. Federal Judge Thomas Ludington in Bay City says he’s not going to trump the judgment of...
Michigan-Based Firm Cited for Safety, Health Violations at Ohio Plant
Jun 6 2012 // Brown-Campbell Co. has been cited for 19 alleged safety and health violations at its facility in Maple Heights, Ohio, federal regulators announced. Proposed fines total $64,400. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Clinton Joins Michigan’s Fremont Insurance
Jun 4 2012 // Fremont Insurance, a Michigan-exclusive property and casualty insurance carrier with headquarters in Fremont, Mich., has hired Christopher Clinton as a vice president of Commercial Lines and Product...
Court Rules for Michigan Ski Resort in Lawsuit over Halfpipe
Jun 4 2012 // A skier who had a bone-crushing fall on the halfpipe at Boyne Mountain has lost a lawsuit that challenged whether the Michigan ski resort had adequately marked the pipe. A judge in Charlevoix County had declined to dismiss...
Business Moves – Midwest
Jun 4 2012 // SIAA, Thomas Insurance Group The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance has signed its 4,000th member agency, the Thomas Insurance Group of Cape Girardeau, Mo. Recruited by master agency Valley Insurance Agency Alliance of...
Michigan Court Rules for Insurer in Tragic Hit-and-Run
Jun 1 2012 // The Michigan Supreme Court says an insurance company doesn’t have to pay benefits in a hit-and-run case because the incident wasn’t reported within 30 days. The court’s conservative majority overturned a...
Michigan Upper Peninsula Wildfire Destroys 115 Structures
May 31 2012 // State officials say 115 structures, including homes and a motel, have been destroyed by a wildfire in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said the wildfire in Luce County’s Duck Lake...
