Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mich. Businesses to Pay Less in Workers’ Comp Premiums in 2008
Sep 21 2007 // Michigan businesses will see their pure premium rates for workers’ compensation insurance drop in 2008 by more than 4 percent. Private insurance carriers use the pure premium rate to compare their rate structure for...
Mich. Sets New Requirements for Drivers Training for Teens
Sep 10 2007 // Every state has some form of graduated driver’s licensing. It typically restricts nighttime driving and bans teen passengers until drivers rack up hours of driving experience. But Michigan Secretary of State Terri...
Officials in Midwest States Seek Federal Aid after August Storms
Sep 7 2007 // Flooding concerns continue to plague states in the Midwest after the latest round of high winds, tornadoes and heavy rain in late August. Some state officials are seeking federal aid to help homeowners and businesses get...
Mich. Senate Approves Changes Targeting School Health Costs
Sep 6 2007 // The Michigan GOP-led Senate narrowly approved bills Tuesday aimed at lowering the health insurance costs of K-12 schools and other public employers, a key change Republicans want in exchange for backing a tax...
Mich. Auto Parts Maker Delphi Announces Settlement of Fraud Lawsuit
Sep 4 2007 // Struggling auto parts maker Delphi Corp. announced on Friday, Aug. 31 that there is a settlement of lawsuits by investors who have accused the company’s former managers of fraud. The plaintiffs, including about...
Mich. Meadowbrook Insurance to Present at Investor Conference Sept. 5
Aug 29 2007 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. announced today that the Company will be participating in the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2007 Investor Conference, to be held on Sept. 4 and 5, 2007. The conference will be held at The...
Mich. Accident Fund Acquires CWI Holding Inc.
Aug 28 2007 // Lansing, Mich.-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has entered into an agreement with the shareholders of CWI Holdings Inc. to purchase CWI and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including San Francisco,...
Merchants Mutual Adds Commercial Lines Subsidiary in Mich.
Aug 27 2007 // Merchants Mutual Insurance Co. recently announced that it has recently formed a subsidiary, Merchants Preferred Insurance Co. Merchants Preferred Insurance Co. is now accepting commercial lines business in Michigan,...
USG Insurance Services Adds Brokerage Manager in Mich. Office
Aug 16 2007 // USG Insurance Services, Inc, a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance headquartered in Tampa, Fla., recently announced the promotion of Lucas Bacon to brokerage manager of the company’s Michigan branch. In...
Strong Winds Keep Mich. Wild Fires Growing to More Than 12,000 Acres
Aug 7 2007 // A fire on remote, uninhabited land in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has pushed past fire lines and grown to more than 12,000 acres amid erratic winds, temperatures in the 80s and a lack of rain, the state said...
Mich. Forest Wildfire Damages Homes, Forces Evacuations
Jul 31 2007 // A wildfire that started in eastern Michigan’s Huron National Forest and spread across 500 acres forced the evacuation of 100 residents and damaged at least three homes, police said July 30. State police Sgt. Tim...
Mich. USF Insurance Names Director of Underwriting
Jul 26 2007 // USF Insurance Co. recently announced that Ken Rice has been promoted to director of underwriting. Rice joined USF in July 2006 as underwriting manager, a role he held until his promotion. Previously, Rice was a...
Mich. Mother of Injured Man Could Receive Millions from State
Jul 24 2007 // The state of Nebraska may have to pay more than $9 million in damages because it failed to repair a faulty traffic-signal system in Schuyler more than eight years ago that led to a serious accident. The lawyer for the...
AAA Michigan Partners with Auto Theft Group
Jul 23 2007 // AAA Michigan announced today they have partnered with H.E.A.T (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) to provide specially trained operators to answer the auto theft tip line, 1-800-242-HEAT, 24 hours a day, seven days a...
Insurers Say Mich. Motorists Should Have Choice in Medical Coverage
Jul 19 2007 // The insurance industry in Michigan released a study on Tuesday, July 17th that predicts motorists could save up to 16 percent on their auto premium if they were allowed to select capped health benefits for accident...
Mich. Meadowbrook Announces Completion of Common Stock Offering
Jul 19 2007 // Southfield, Mich.-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. announced today it has completed an offering of 5,500,000 additional shares of newly issued common stock at $9.65 per share. The gross proceeds of the offering are...
Mich. Automakers Offer More Safety, Security and Navigation Gizmos
Jul 18 2007 // As automakers race to inject as many safety, security, navigation and entertainment features as possible into their vehicles, they ought to keep Mark Evangelista in mind. The 45-year-old owner of a suburban Detroit...
Mich. Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for ID Theft
Jul 11 2007 // A man convicted of trying to sell the Social Security numbers and other information for thousands of people to undercover agents was sentenced to five years in federal prison, authorities said. Binyamin Schwartz, 29, of...
Mich. North Pointe Acquires Capital City Holdings Company
Jul 5 2007 // Mich.-based North Pointe Holdings Corp. announced that it has closed its acquisition of Capital City Holding Company, Inc. The transaction included the purchase of a property and casualty insurance holding company located...
Allstate awards cities free gas for safe driving records
Jul 2 2007 // For the second straight year, an insurance study has found that Sioux Falls, S.D. has the safest drivers in the nation. Researchers with Allstate Insurance Co. analyzed two years of internal crash data to calculate the...
