Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mich. AAA Oppose Lawmakers’ Attempt to Repeal State Helmet Law
May 26 2006 // An informal AAA poll of state lawmakers suggests that the Michigan House of Representatives has the number of votes needed to repeal the state’s 37-year-old mandatory motorcycle helmet law. It is estimated that the...
Mich. Lawmakers Consider Asbestos Reform Legislation
May 22 2006 // Michigan state lawmakers this week will consider legislation aimed at reforming asbestos litigation, which manufacturers say has caused more than 70 business bankruptcies and cost at least 60,000 jobs nationwide. The...
Argonaut Group’s Great Central Introduces Mich. Liquor Liability Insurance Program
May 15 2006 // Great Central Insurance, a member of the Select Markets segment of Argonaut Group, Inc., announced today the addition of a liquor liability insurance program for the state of Michigan to its portfolio of specialized...
Report Says Mich. Needs to Bump Up Enforcement of Limo Safety Laws
May 15 2006 // The state of Michigan has scaled back its enforcement of safety laws related to limousines even as the number of limousines in the state has increased, according to a newspaper’s review published Sunday. In October,...
Premiums, Income Down for Mich.-based North Pointe in Q1
May 12 2006 // North Pointe Holdings Corporation, Southfield, Mich., reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006. According to the company, gross premiums written amounted to $45.6 million in the first quarter...
Mich. Gov. Renewing Push for Health Coverage for Uninsured
May 12 2006 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is renewing a push to provide affordable health insurance to cover uninsured Michigan residents. Granholm, first unveiled the proposal in January, was expected to talk more about her plan...
Michigan Senate Votes to Tie Health Insurance to Behavior
May 11 2006 // Health insurers and HMOs in Michigan could offer financial incentives to smaller employers that want to reward workers for healthy behavior under legislation passed unanimously May 9 in the state Senate. Supporters of the...
Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Sees Increased Profitability in Q1
May 9 2006 // Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. a Michigan-based provider of property and casualty insurance, announced first-quarter 2006 operating results including its wholly owned subsidiary, Fremont Insurance Company, highlighted by...
Fraud Roundup
May 8 2006 // Mich. fugitive convicted of health care fraud, sent back to jail after 17 years Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox recently announced that, after 17 years of being a fugitive from justice, Joel Edward Freedland,...
Editor’s Note: Asbestos reform gaining momentum in the states
May 8 2006 // Insurers who support the bills now being considered in Michigan say that with reform, resources could be properly allocated to those who are truly ill, and that courts won’t be overburdened with cases that often seek...
Fraud Roundup
May 8 2006 // Mich. fugitive convicted of health care fraud, sent back to jail after 17 years Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox recently announced that, after 17 years of being a fugitive from justice, Joel Edward Freedland,...
North Pointe of Mich. Adds Coverage for Roller Skating Centers
May 5 2006 // Southfield, Mich.-based North Pointe Holdings Corp. today announced that it has received an endorsement from the Roller Skating Association International, a not-for profit organization representing approximately 1,000...
Oswald Cos. to Acquire Mich.-based Risk and Insurance Expert
May 4 2006 // Cleveland-based Oswald Companies announced it is acquiring another longstanding Midwest market leader Poyle Associates, located in the Detroit suburbs. The Cleveland-based risk expert and insurance brokerage will now serve...
Mich. Blues Re-elect Chair and Vice Chair, Name New Board Members
May 2 2006 // The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Board of Directors recently re-elected Greg Sudderth of Gladstone in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to his fifth year as board chair, and re-elected John M. MacKeigan, M.D., of...
Mich. House Okays Ethics-related Health Insurance Bills
Apr 28 2006 // Michigan insurance companies and HMOs would not have to provide health care benefits that conflict with the organization’s moral or religious mission under legislation passed this week by the state House. The...
Insurance Scam Plotted by Mich. Prison Inmates Takes Fatal Twist
Apr 28 2006 // According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, what started as a life-insurance fraud scheme ended up as an execution. Michigan inmates Cameron Wade Sanders and Kevin Mykolaitis hatched a con while in prison to create...
Mich. Blues Receive Voluntary Effort Award from U.S. Department of Labor
Apr 27 2006 // Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan recently received an Exemplary Voluntary Efforts Award from the U.S. Department of Labor. Each year, the department presents EVE awards to federal contractors with exceptional equal...
Mich. Legislature Considers Asbestos Litigation Reform, Insurer Group Says
Apr 27 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America says that the Michigan Legislature is considering litigation reform regarding asbestos claims. According to Chicago-based PCI, Michigan has looked at the efforts of...
Study Reveals Gap in Access to Health Care Among Mich. Residents
Apr 26 2006 // “Cover the Uninsured Week” was launched in southeast Michigan this week and sponsors released a new report with government data that confirmed there is a significant gap in Michigan in the amount of health care...
University of Michigan Provides Diabetes Medicine Free
Apr 25 2006 // Trying to slow the growing health care costs of diabetes, the University of Michigan said this week that it will provide most diabetes medicines free to insured employees and their families who need the drugs. The program,...
