Latest Michigan Headlines
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Michigan High Court Rejects Appeal Over Auto Insurance Fund Records
May 19 2017 // There will be no sunlight on the records of an auto insurance fund that touches every Michigan driver. The Michigan Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a coalition of health care, labor and consumer groups. The...
Michigan Orders Man to Stop Selling Insurance Without a License
May 18 2017 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has issued a Cease and Desist Order against Adam Michalik, also known as Adam Heaphy, of Harrison Township, Michigan. DIFS says Michalik has been using the...
Republican Governors Have Own Ideas for Healthcare Reforms
May 18 2017 // A group of about a dozen Republican governors is pushing for its own set of national healthcare reforms, flexing its considerable muscle in the national debate over the future of Obamacare as the U.S. Senate begins writing...
J.M. Wilson Promotes Russon, Hires Lankerd in Michigan
May 17 2017 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Chris Russon and added Travis Lankerd in its Portage, Mich., office. Russon was promoted to property/casualty underwriter. She is responsible for...
Michigan Workplace Fatalities Rise in 2016
May 15 2017 // A state agency says 43 people were killed on the job in Michigan last year, and that’s the state’s highest number of workplace fatalities in a decade. The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Officials: Michigan Traffic Deaths Rose by 10% in 2016
May 15 2017 // Michigan traffic deaths rose by 10 percent last year, according to state safety officials. According to the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning, 2016 was the second-consecutive year to show a 10 percent increase in...
Hylant Promotes Lumpp to President in Michigan Office
May 5 2017 // Privately owned insurance brokerage firm, Hylant, has promoted Jeff Lumpp to president of its Grand Rapids, Mich., office. Lumpp will be responsible for building greater brand awareness, growing the Hylant business in West...
Michigan’s Frankenmuth Insurance Adds Drone Services
May 4 2017 // Frankenmuth, Mich.-based Frankenmuth Insurance announced it has obtained licenses through the FAA to operate drones for use by claims and commercial lines’ loss control teams to aid in inspecting roofs and other...
Officials: Michigan Traffic Deaths Rose Again in 2016
May 4 2017 // Officials say Michigan traffic deaths rose 10 percent last year as drug-impaired, bicyclist and motorcyclist traffic deaths increased. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning noted that it’s the...
Michigan Workplace Fatalities in 2016 Highest in a Decade
May 1 2017 // A state agency says 43 people were killed on the job in Michigan last year, and that’s the state’s highest number of workplace fatalities in a decade. The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Michigan’s Meiers Lombardini Lemanski Agency Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Apr 28 2017 // The Meiers Lombardini Lemanski Agency of East Lansing, Michigan, has joined Keystone Insurers Group. The agency becomes Keystone’s seventh partner in the state. The agency, which was established in 1976, is co-owned...
Michigan Hospital to Pay $791K in Settlement over Needless Tests
Apr 26 2017 // A Detroit-area hospital has agreed to pay $791,000 to settle allegations that it billed for unnecessary lab tests. The case against Crittenton Hospital Medical Center is linked to Dr. Farid Fata. He’s serving a...
Wagenschutz Tapped to Lead Michigan Auto Insurance Placement Facility
Apr 26 2017 // The Michigan Automobile Insurance Placement Facility (MAIPF) has named Mark Wagenschutz as executive director. Wagenschutz will oversee the organization’s mission to guarantee that automobile insurance is available...
Michigan Lawmaker’s Proposal Would Allow Auto Insurance Options
Apr 25 2017 // Michigan state Rep. Jason Sheppard of Temperance has introduced legislation that he says would help drivers and families financially saddled by Michigan’s exorbitant automobile insurance rates. House Bill 4488 will...
Sherman Named President of Michigan’s Acrisure
Apr 24 2017 // Acrisure LLC, a national retail consulting and insurance broker based in Caledonia, Mich., has named D. Michael Sherman as president. Sherman joined Acrisure in January as a strategic advisor, bringing more than 40 years...
Michigan Supreme Court Tosses Suit over Icy Slip-and-Fall
Apr 20 2017 // A traumatic fall in a dark, icy parking lot wasn’t enough to sway the Michigan Supreme Court. The justices last week reversed a decision by the state appeals court and said the conditions should have been “open...
Miller Leaves Michigan Automobile Insurance Placement
Apr 17 2017 // The Michigan Automobile Insurance Placement Facility has announced that Terri A. Miller, its executive director, is leaving after nearly 20 years in that role. Karyn Spaude, MAIPF’s controller, was named interim...
Identifying Surgical Patients at Risk of Becoming Long-Term Opioid Users
Apr 12 2017 // Having surgery always comes with risks. But a new study suggests a new one to add to the usual list: the risk of becoming a long-term opioid user. About six percent of people who hadn’t been taking opioids before...
Michigan Hit with Flooding, Severe Thunderstorms
Apr 11 2017 // Flooding in southwestern Michigan closed several roadways and swamped the home of the Kalamazoo Growlers baseball team while severe thunderstorms caused damage in the Upper Peninsula. The Kalamazoo River is one of several...
Michigan Company to Pay $84,750 to Settle Sex Discrimination Suit
Apr 10 2017 // Country Fresh LLC, a milk manufacturer in Livonia, Mich., will pay $84,750 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The...
