Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hub International Purchases Mich. Firm
Jan 30 2003 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced that one of its major hub insurance brokerage facilities, Battle Creek, Michigan-based Burnham Insurance Group, Inc. (Burnham), purchased the stock of Alberts Insurance...
The AMVISTA Group Opens Workers’ Comp Program in Mich.
Jan 20 2003 // The AMVISTA Group, a unit of American Workers Assurance, made its Michigan debut recently by opening an operation in Grand Rapids. The AMVISTA Group offers a high value workers’ compensation insurance product through...
MI-Assistant Acquires Applied Systems Rating Division
Jan 20 2003 // Illinois-based Applied Systems, Inc., an automation solutions provider for the property and casualty insurance industry, has reached an agreement to sell its Rating Division to MI-Assistant. “Economies of scale and...
Mich. Legislative Session Concludes with Good News for Insurers
Jan 13 2003 // The Michigan Legislature adjourned a very busy but generally successful legislative session recently. Several bills of interest to property/casualty insurers passed during the last two weeks of the session including...
NAII Files Brief in Michigan Coordination of Benefits Provision Case
Dec 24 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers announced that it has filed an amicus brief with the Michigan Supreme Court in the case of Sprague V. Farmers “to clarify the cost savings function of the...
AAA Michigan Supports Federal Crackdown on Impaired Drivers
Dec 19 2002 // Michigan’s AAA issued a statement supporting tough new measures against drunk driving contained in the current “You Drink and Drive. You Lose” campaign described at a press conference held in Washington...
Michigan’s OFIS Releases Credit Scoring Report, NAII Comments
Dec 18 2002 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) has released its long awaited report examining the use of credit scores to set insurance rates, raising some significant concerns about the way insurance...
Michigan Report on Credit Scoring Due Next Week
Dec 4 2002 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Frank M. Fitzgerald announced that it will release a report on Monday, Dec. 16 regarding the use of insurance credit scoring in...
Michigan AAA Warns on Distracted Driving
Dec 3 2002 // Michigan’s AAA organization took issue with a just released study by Harvard University’s Center for Risk Analysis, that seemed to imply there were some benefits to be derived from the use of cell phones. Not...
Michigan’s OFIS Cites Company Violations of Home Insurance Laws
Nov 1 2002 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) announced that it is investigating a number of consumer complaints into potential violations of Michigan’s homeowners insurance law. The bulletin said it...
Michigan Insurance Dept. Launches Home Insurance Site
Oct 21 2002 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) announced that it has launched a special home insurance information web site to provide the state’s consumers with up-to-date information on the...
AAA Michigan Opens New Detroit Location
Oct 17 2002 // AAA Michigan announced that it will hold a “Grand Opening Ceremony today at its new Downtown Detroit branch office, located in the newly refurbished Dime Building at 719 Griswold, Suite 170, “Celebrating 86...
Michigan Insurance Commissioner to Share Insights on Insurance Scoring
Oct 14 2002 // Commissioner Frank M. Fitzgerald of the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services will discuss his findings on insurance scoring at a national workshop on urban insurance to be held Oct. 23-24 at the Hotel Monaco...
Local Reports Find Big Increases in Med Mal, Home Owners Rates
Sep 20 2002 // One report spotlights the crisis among doctors in North-eastern Ohio, who are refusing to deliver babies due to higher medical malpractice insurance premiums; another report from Detroit says that home owners insurance...
Michigan Atty. Gen’l. Demands Hearings on Credit Scoring
Sep 16 2002 // Jennifer M. Granholm, Michigan’s Attorney General, announced that she has filed a “Petition for Contested Case Hearing” with Financial and Insurance Services Commissioner Frank M. Fitzgerald that demands...
Financial Information For Mich. Insurers Now Available on Online
Aug 12 2002 // Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Frank Fitzgerald announced that insurance company and health maintenance organization (HMO) financial statements are now available on the OFIS Web...
Mich. Sets July Dates for Credit Scoring Hearings
Jul 11 2002 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) released the dates of upcoming hearings on the use of credit scoring by insurers. In May, Commissioner Frank M. Fitzgerald announced public hearings to gather...
Mich. Scoring Issue Heats Up
Jun 3 2002 // The debate on credit-based insurance scoring in Michigan will now shift from the legislature to a series of public hearings being held in June and July by Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS). The Michigan...
Mich. Legislative Panel Hears Testimony on Benefits of Credit Scores
May 30 2002 // Testifying before a Michigan House committee, a spokesperson for the Alliance of American Insurers said a bill being considered by state legislators that would prevent insurers from using credit scores to determine premium...
Michigan OFIS to Hold Credit Scoring Public Hearings
May 24 2002 // Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Frank M. Fitzgerald announced his office will hold public hearings during June and July to gather information on the use of consumer credit history to...
