Latest Michigan Headlines
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Brundle to Open Brightway Insurance Agency in Eastern Michigan
Dec 4 2017 // Veteran insurance agent and now Brightway Insurance store owner, Bob Brundle, will open Brightway, The Bob Brundle Agency in Grand Blanc, Michigan on Dec. 4, the agency franchise operation announced. He has a decade of...
Michigan, Enbridge Reach Deal to Boost Pipeline Safety
Nov 29 2017 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Canadian oil transport company Enbridge Inc. announced a timeline for determining the future of twin pipelines beneath the channel where Lakes Huron and Michigan converge. Options include...
Victims of Michigan Cancer Doctor Could Receive $4.1M
Nov 26 2017 // An expert is recommending approval of $4.1 million in claims, including $2 million in funeral costs, filed by victims of a Detroit-area doctor who committed fraud by putting hundreds of patients through needless cancer...
Auto Insurance Reform Bill Goes Down in Michigan House
Nov 20 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country. After...
Credit Ratings of Michigan’s Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. Withdrawn
Nov 16 2017 // A.M. Best has withdrawn the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+”, each with a stable outlook, of Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. (Great Lakes) in Grand...
Auto Insurance Reform Bill Defeated in Michigan House
Nov 6 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country. After...
Court Dismisses Michigan Pizza Delivery Man’s Lawsuit over Icy Fall
Nov 6 2017 // Cheese and pepperoni — but hold the lawsuit. That’s the message from the Michigan appeals court, which has reversed a decision and dismissed a lawsuit by a Domino’s Pizza delivery man. Robert Garsoff...
Michigan City to Settle Sidewalk Fall Suit for Nearly $350K
Nov 3 2017 // A city in Michigan has agreed to pay nearly $350,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who tripped and fell on a sidewalk. The Bay City Times obtained details of the settlement between Bay City and 90-year-old...
Michigan Dental Surgery Practice Sued for Age Discrimination
Nov 1 2017 // Professional Endodontics P.C., a dental surgery practice based in Southfield, Mich., with three locations, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for allegedly firing an employee because...
Farmers Files Trade Secrets Suit in California Against Auto Club Michigan, Former Employees
Oct 31 2017 // Farmers Insurance has filed a lawsuit in California against a pair of former employees and the Automobile Club of Michigan alleging the theft of trade secrets. The suit alleges violations of the California Trade Secrets...
The Hilb Group Acquires Michigan’s BKC Insurance Agency
Oct 30 2017 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired BKC Insurance Agency (BKC), based in Cheboygan, Michigan. In addition to Cheboygan, BKC has an additional location in Indian River, Michigan. The agency provides a wide array of...
Michigan Pizza Delivery Man Loses Lawsuit over Icy Fall
Oct 27 2017 // Cheese and pepperoni — but hold the lawsuit. That’s the message from the Michigan appeals court, which has reversed a decision and dismissed a lawsuit by a Domino’s Pizza delivery man. Robert Garsoff...
Alphabet to Test Self-Driving Cars in Snowy Michigan
Oct 26 2017 // Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit Waymo is expanding winter testing as it works to address a potential blind spot for autonomous vehicles: snowy and icy conditions. Waymo said that Michigan is the sixth state...
Michigan’s Meadowbrook Insurance Changes Name to AmeriTrust Group
Oct 24 2017 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. in Southfield, Michigan, has changed its name to AmeriTrust Group Inc. (AmeriTrust). AmeriTrust begins as an autonomous, vertically integrated risk management organization with strategic...
H.W. Kaufman Group Opens New Burns & Wilcox Office in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Oct 23 2017 // H.W. Kaufman Group has opened a new office for wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The opening of the new location follows the acquisition of Grand...
Detroit Mayor, Statehouse Leaders Take Another Shot at Michigan No-Fault Reform
Oct 18 2017 // The state that long has been home of the American auto industry also long has taken a unique approach to auto insurance. The Great Lake state is the only one in the country that requires auto insurance policies to pay...
Bill to Lower Michigan Auto Insurance Premiums on Shaky Ground
Oct 16 2017 // Legislation to reduce Michigan’s high auto insurance premiums by letting drivers opt out of mandatory unlimited medical coverage is in peril, with majority Republicans lacking enough support to pass it on their own...
Hub International Acquiring Michigan Employee Benefits Agency
Oct 12 2017 // Chicago-based international insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Marwil & Associates LLC (Marwil & Associates) in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Terms of the acquisition were...
Liability Case Over Hot Coals at Century-Old Inn Going to Michigan Supreme Court
Oct 2 2017 // The Michigan Supreme Court is looking into a case of hot coals. The case concerns a 10-year-old girl who burned her foot on hot coals that couldn’t be seen under sand, a day after a Lake Michigan bonfire. In a 3-0...
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Oct 2 2017 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited (HUB) named Marc Cohen, currently president, as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He also will be a member of the board of directors. Cohen...
