Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
J.M. Wilson Agency Adds Personal Lines Manager in Mich.
Mar 8 2007 // Managing General Agency J.M. Wilson has announced that it has added Wendy Loveless as manager in its Personal Lines department in their Portage, Mich. location. Loveless will oversee the day-to-day operations of the...
National Group Cautions Making Changes to Mich. No-fault Threshold
Mar 2 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), a national insurance trade group representing p/c insurance companies, told the Michigan House Judiciary Committee this week that there could be far-reaching...
Mich. Brown & Brown Acquires Alcos
Mar 1 2007 // Brown & Brown, Inc. and Alcos, Inc., headquartered in Sterling Heights, Mich., today announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition by Brown & Brown, Inc. of Alcos, Inc. Alcos, with annualized...
People and Places
Feb 26 2007 // James W. Good, executive vice president of trucking industry insurer Baldwin and Lyons Inc. and president of its subsidiary insurance company, Protective Insurance Co., announced he will retire from the company in May...
People
Feb 25 2007 // James W. Good, executive vice president of trucking industry insurer Baldwin and Lyons Inc. and president of its subsidiary insurance company, Protective Insurance Co., announced he will retire from the company in May...
People and Places
Feb 12 2007 // Chicago-based The Park Group, a wholesale insurance brokerage has announced the promotion of Peter Upjohn to the position of manager of the newly established Professional Liability Brokerage Department. Upjohn is...
It Figures
Feb 12 2007 // 2,700 The world’s largest kosher slaughterhouse is recalling about 2,700 pounds of potentially underprocessed frankfurters shipped to New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, company and federal officials said....
Mich. AAA Names Board of Directors Chair, Vice Chair
Feb 7 2007 // Stephen E. Ewing, retired vice-chair of DTE Energy, was elected for a one-year term as chair of the board of directors of the more than 1.6-million-member Automobile Club of Michigan (AAA Michigan) during a board meeting...
Mich. Auto Insurance Rates Fall in 2006
Feb 5 2007 // Auto insurance rates offered by the state’s top ten insurance companies dropped an average of 2 percent last year, according to the Insurance Institute of Michigan. “Michigan has hundreds of insurance companies...
Mich. Farmers, Foremost Insurance Sponsor “Drive for 55” Agent Contest
Feb 1 2007 // Beginning Feb. 1, 2007 Farmers and Foremost Insurance invite agents to put the pedal to the metal and “Drive for 55”. This is just one way that Foremost will celebrate 55 years serving the insurance industry in...
PGI Commercial Adds Restaurant Program, Branch Office in Mich.
Feb 1 2007 // Morristown, N.J.-based PGI Commercial (PGIC), the U.S. program manager of Bermuda-based insurance distributor Primary Group Limited, has added an underwriting team and opened a branch office in Troy, Mich. The unit will...
Mich. Court Decision Upholds Insurance Code, Insurer Group Says
Jan 31 2007 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today praised a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that it says validates and upholds Michigan’s insurance code by rejecting duplicative methods for...
Mich. Court Orders $10 Million Settlement in Sterling Heights Suit
Jan 24 2007 // In a written opinion issued January 19, 2007, United States District Court Judge Nancy G. Edmunds of the Eastern District of Michigan has ordered United National Insurance Co. to pay the city of Sterling Heights over $10...
Mich. Attorney General Urges Judge to Toss Calif. Global Warming Suit
Jan 23 2007 // Michigan’s attorney general has joined six automakers in asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute...
Mich. Becomes 29th State to Join Interstate Compact
Jan 22 2007 // Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has signed legislation permiting Michigan to join the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact Commission, making Michigan the 29th state to join the Commission. Created...
Former Mich. Legislator Joins Agent Association as Vice President
Jan 17 2007 // Former State Representative Scott Hummel of DeWitt, Mich. has been named vice president of Governmental Affairs for the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents. Hummel was first elected to the 93rd District of the House...
Mich. Governor Signs Law that Allows Discount for Senior Drivers
Jan 11 2007 // Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation that would allow, but not require, insurers to give discounts to Michigan drivers age 50 and older who take a safety course. The senior driver legislation is House Bill 5661,...
Credit scoring an issue in 2007
Jan 8 2007 // Even though 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases are about...
Editor’s Note: Credit scoring an issue in 2007
Jan 7 2007 // Even though 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases are about...
Mich. First Mercury Expands West Coast Presence
Dec 29 2006 // Southfield, Mich.-based First Mercury Financial Corp. recently announced the opening of an underwriting office in Irvine, Calif. and the hiring of LaTrina Green as vice president. Green is responsible for managing this...
