Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan DIFS Advocates for Careers in the Insurance Industry as Part of Careers Month
Feb 11 2025 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is highlighting in-demand jobs available to Michiganders in the insurance field as part of Insurance Careers Month. More than 73,000 Michiganders work in...
Child Killed in Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion at Michigan Medical Facility
Feb 3 2025 // A pressurized oxygen chamber exploded Friday, killing a 5-year-old patient and injuring his mother at a suburban Detroit medical facility. The hyperbaric chamber explosion occurred about 8 a.m. at the Oxford Center in...
Risk Strategies Acquires Michigan’s Comprehensive Benefits, Gabrielson Insurance
Jan 30 2025 // Risk Strategies announced the acquisition of Comprehensive Benefits, Inc. and Gabrielson Insurance & Financial Services, both located in the Greater Detroit area. The joint acquisition preserves an established working...
Michigan Joins Multistate Enforcement Action Against Block, Inc.
Jan 29 2025 // Michigan joined 47 state financial regulatory agencies in a coordinated enforcement action against Block, Inc., for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) laws that safeguard the financial...
Uncertainty Looms for Michigan’s EV Industry Amid Federal Policy Changes
Jan 28 2025 // While President Donald Trump took aim at the electric vehicle industry last week, there is still optimism about the industry’s future in Michigan, a state retooling from America’s most recognizable auto hub to...
Michigan Adult Care Company to Pay $170K in EEOC Lawsuit
Jan 21 2025 // PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, will pay $170,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission...
Michigan Little Caesars Franchisee to Pay $26K in Child Labor Violations
Jan 16 2025 // A Farmington Hills, Michigan Little Caesars restaurant employed minors in violation of federal child labor regulations by assigning them to operating dangerous equipment such as dough mixers and ovens and allowing three...
Dozens of Vehicles Broken Into During Michigan Basketball Game
Jan 15 2025 // More than two dozen vehicles in a high school parking lot had their windows smashed and were broken into during a men’s college basketball game at nearby University of Michigan. Ann Arbor police said the break-ins...
Michigan Taco Restaurant Owner Ordered to Pay $823K in Back Wages
Dec 23 2024 // A federal court has ordered the owner of three West Michigan taco restaurants to pay 177 workers a total of $823,326 after the court granted the U.S. Department of Labor’s request for summary judgment, concluding...
Michigan DIFS Urges Residents to Review Policies Amid Winter Risks
Dec 11 2024 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is urging residents to review their auto, home, and renters’ insurance policies to ensure they fully understand their coverage and have a plan to pay...
GM to Sell Stake in Michigan EV Battery Plant to LG Energy
Dec 3 2024 // General Motors Co. is selling its stake in an electric-vehicle battery plant in Lansing, Michigan, to South Korean partner LG Energy Solution, recouping about $1 billion in investment from a facility that will still supply...
Rockford Mutual to Expand Commercial Lines Products in Michigan
Dec 2 2024 // Rockford Mutual Insurance Company (RMIC) announced a strategic expansion into the state of Michigan for Commercial Lines products in 2025. This decision is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to diversify its...
Tank Containing Oil Drilling Byproducts Explodes Near GM Plant in Michigan
Nov 27 2024 // BRIGHTON Mich. (AP) — A tank containing byproducts from oil drilling operations exploded and caught fire Tuesday near the General Motors Proving Ground in southeastern Michigan, damaging two nearby homes but causing no...
A-G Specialty Acquires Michigan’s First Agency TPA
Nov 20 2024 // A-G Specialty announced the acquisition of First Agency TPA, A Gallagher Company. First Agency TPA specializes in student and athletic accident coverage at both the interscholastic and intercollegiate levels, as well as...
Michigan to Pay $13M After Shooter Drill Terrified Children’s Hospital
Nov 18 2024 // A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children, an event that terrified kids and staff and caused them to scramble for...
Michigan Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Police in 2020 Custody Death Lawsuit
Nov 15 2024 // The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of police and dismissed a lawsuit alleging negligence in the 2020 death of a woman who was in custody in suburban Detroit. There wasn’t enough evidence to let a jury...
Michigan Jury Awards $12M to Woman Fired for Refusing to Get COVID Vaccine
Nov 12 2024 // DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Much of the award — $10 million — is for punitive...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Michigan’s Peabody
Nov 5 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Fenton, Michigan-based Peabody Insurance Agency, Inc. (Peabody Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Peabody Insurance is a retail insurance...
Trucker Crashes Into Stopped Traffic in Michigan, Killing 4
Nov 5 2024 // WEBBERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A section of Interstate 96 in southeast Michigan remained closed Sunday after a semitruck crashed into more than a dozen vehicles overnight, killing 4 people and injuring 17 others, according to...
AM Best Withdraws Credit Rating of Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. of Michigan
Nov 4 2024 // AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of C++ (Marginal) and the Long-Term ICR of ‘b+’...
