Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Atty. General Asks Mich. Insurers to Explain
May 20 2002 // Attorney General Jennifer Granholm has released the results of a statewide survey her office conducted into the practice of insurance redlining in Michigan. In releasing the results—which showed disparities in auto...
Study Says Mich. Retailers Fund Outperforms Other Workers’ Comp Insurers
May 17 2002 // The Michigan Retailers Association (MRA), based in Lansing, Mich., announced that its self-funded workers’ compensation insurance program, Retailers Fund, is doing a significantly better job than other workers’...
Automobile Rates on the Rise in Mich.
May 10 2002 // The typical Michigan motorist will experience increased automobile insurance rates during the coming year, according to the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS). To help Michigan motorists combat...
Regulatory Modernization Bill Introduced in Mich.
Apr 3 2002 // Michigan has an opportunity to continue streamlining its rate and form filing process by adopting legislation recently introduced by Senator Bill Bullard (R-Highland), according to the National Association of Independent...
Mich. Policy Change Addresses MCCA Threshold
Mar 28 2002 // The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) Board of Directors announced it has lowered the assessment that the state’s motorists pay for their unique auto insurance unlimited medical benefits. Beginning July...
Toyota Camry Makes It Five Years in a Row As Most Stolen Vehicle
Mar 19 2002 // The Toyota Camry has made it five-for-five, ranking in 2001 as tops on the target list of auto thieves, according to a report from CCC Information Services Inc. It was the 1991 model Camry that captured the No. 1 slot...
Mich. Governor Signs Second Injury Fund Bill
Mar 18 2002 // A bill championed by the American Insurance Association (AIA) that changes the way insurers are assessed payments to the state’s second injury fund has been signed into law by Michigan Gov. John Engler. “This...
Bill to Change Second Injury Fund Assessments Passes Mich. House
Feb 18 2002 // A bill changing the way insurers are assessed payments to the state’s second injury fund passed the Michigan House Feb. 14. The American Insurance Association (AIA), a strong supporter of the measure, anticipates the...
