Latest Michigan Headlines
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Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan Names Taylor Marketing VP
Aug 30 2018 // Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan has appointed Matt Taylor as its vice president of Marketing, effective Sept.7, 2018. Taylor began his insurance career serving in many positions at State Farm Insurance, including as an...
CPA Mutual Acquires Michigan’s Professional Management Consultants Assoc.
Aug 28 2018 // CPA Mutual, headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, has acquired Michigan-based Professional Management Consultants Association of America (PMCA) in a move to expand brand awareness among more CPA firms, particularly those...
Detroit Mayor, 8 Motorists Sue Insurance Commissioner Over Michigan’s No Fault Law
Aug 24 2018 // Asserting that Michigan’s no fault auto insurance law is unfair to the poor, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, seeking to have the 45-year-old law declared unconstitutional. The suit...
Outlooks Upgraded to Stable for Michigan’s Farmers Mutual Insurance
Aug 22 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of C++ (Marginal) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “b” of Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of...
Risen Named President of Meadowbrook Insurance Agency in Michigan
Aug 22 2018 // Brian L. Risen, senior vice president, Mackinaw Underwriters, Retail Distribution Management, a member of the AmeriTrust Group Inc., has been promoted to president of the Meadowbrook Insurance Agency in Southfield,...
Corless Promoted to CEO of Workers’ Comp Provider AF Group in Michigan
Aug 22 2018 // Lisa Corless has been promoted to president and CEO of AF Group, a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Corless assumes CEO duties from Elizabeth Haar, who is now BCBSM executive vice president and president...
Michigan Insurance Department Creates Insurance Innovation Hotline
Aug 10 2018 // Michigan is seeking insurance innovation entrepreneurs and has opened channels to encourage innovator interaction with the state insurance department. The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS)...
Michigan State Sues Insurers Over Nassar Victims’ Sex Assault Claims Coverage
Aug 6 2018 // Michigan State University has filed suit against 13 insurance carriers over coverage of sexual assault claims by victims of now-imprisoned former sports doctor Larry Nassar. The lawsuit against the insurers was filed July...
Travelers Seeks Review of Court Ruling on Crime Insurance Loss Involving Email Fraud
Jul 31 2018 // Travelers Insurance is seeking a full Sixth Circuit court reconsideration of its three-judge panel ruling that said the insurer’s crime insurance policy’s computer fraud clause covered a loss due to money...
Michigan State Sues Insurers Over Nassar Claims Coverage; Stops Victim Payments
Jul 30 2018 // Michigan State University has filed suit against 13 insurance carriers over coverage of sexual assault claims by victims of now-imprisoned former sports doctor Larry Nassar. The lawsuit against the insurers was filed July...
Michigan Commission: Investigate LGBT Discrimination Claims Despite AG’s Opinion
Jul 25 2018 // The Michigan Civil Rights Commission has directed an agency to continue investigating complaints of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, days after the state attorney general declared the basis...
Michigan Court Backs Insurer Denying $300K Payout in Head-On Crash
Jul 19 2018 // An insurance company refused to pay $300,000 in a head-on crash that killed a Michigan man and his mother after a doctor came up with a key conclusion: Robert Krugman likely drifted out of his lane because of a heart...
Court Finds Travelers Crime Policy Covers Money Transfer Loss Due to Email Spoofing
Jul 17 2018 // For the second time in about a week, a federal appeals court has sided with a commercial policyholder where the insurer denied coverage under a computer fraud provision of a crime insurance policy for a money transfer...
Michigan Governor Wants to Sue 3M for Costs of Contamination
Jul 16 2018 // Gov. Rick Snyder wants Michigan to sue the manufacturer of chemicals linked to contaminated water detected at military bases and industrial sites across the state. Snyder wrote a letter to Attorney General Bill Schuette...
Hearst Settles Magazine Subscribers’ Michigan Privacy Claim for $50 Million
Jul 13 2018 // Hearst Communications Inc. on Thursday reached a $50 million settlement of a lawsuit claiming it violated Michigan privacy law by selling its magazine subscribers’ personal information to third parties without...
Michigan Appeals Court Rules for Driver in Car Wash Fall
Jul 6 2018 // The Michigan appeals court is breaking new legal ground – at a self-serve car wash. In a 2-1 decision, the court ruled that a woman who fell while washing her car can seek payment for her injuries from her car insurer....
Texas Prosecutors Clear Karolyis in Sex Assault Suit; Nassar, Trainer Charged
Jul 2 2018 // Texas prosecutors on June 29 filed sexual assault charges against Larry Nassar and a trainer who worked at his side, expanding the worst abuse scandal in U.S. sports history beyond Michigan while also clearing...
Michigan’s Amerisure Appoints Kenyon VP of Field Claims
Jul 2 2018 // Amerisure Insurance, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has named Becky Kenyon as vice president of field claims. In this position, Kenyon will serve as a liaison between Amerisure and its internal...
People
Jul 2 2018 // H.W. Kaufman Group, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, added Christine M. Tricoli to its executive team as vice president, Human Resources. Based in the company’s Michigan headquarters, Tricoli assumes...
At Least One Dead in Widespread Flooding in Midwest
Jun 20 2018 // Widespread flooding in the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least one death in Wisconsin, while disaster declarations were issued Monday in northern Michigan after flash-flooding washed out roads, damaged businesses and...
