Latest Michigan Headlines
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Michigan’s New ‘Smart’ Roads May ‘Talk’ to Vehicles
Aug 25 2015 // Highway officials are beginning to install sensors and cameras on roads near Detroit that will be able to provide construction, traffic and weather updates to motorists. The Michigan Department of Transportation recently...
Michigan’s PIP Maximum Work Loss Benefit Rises Slightly
Aug 21 2015 // The maximum work loss benefit payable under policies of personal protection insurance in Michigan will rise very slightly for the year beginning Oct. 1, the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services...
Michigan’s J.M. Wilson Adds White, Nichols as Underwriters
Aug 5 2015 // Portage, Mich.-based insurance wholesaler, J.M. Wilson, has added two new property/casualty underwriters: Blayne White and Robbin Nichols. Both White and Nichols will quote new and renewal commercial property/casualty...
Michigan Insurance Regulators: Consumer Complaints Up in 2014
Jul 31 2015 // Announcing it assisted 172,913 consumers across the state in 2014, the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services said consumer complaints increased last year compared to 2013. Health insurance generated the...
M City: Where All Cars Are Driverless
Jul 21 2015 // A simulated city opened Monday on the north campus of the University of Michigan to test how self-driving cars will travel in the future without mowing down pedestrians or causing colossal crashes. “We had the...
Regulator to Lawmakers: Leave Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association Funds Alone
Jul 20 2015 // Michigan’s top insurance regulator has taken a stance against a bill that would allow lawmakers to appropriate money for road projects from the state-created mechanism to reinsure unlimited medical benefits for auto...
Michigan Bill Calls for Transparency from Catastrophe Claims Assn.
Jul 14 2015 // A bill introduced in Michigan would require transparency and detailed financial and actuarial information from the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) to be published on the association’s website. House...
Regulator to Lawmakers: Leave Michigan CCA Funds Alone
Jul 14 2015 // Michigan’s top insurance regulator has taken a stance against a bill that would allow lawmakers to appropriate money for road projects from the state-created mechanism to reinsure unlimited medical benefits provided...
Harmful Treatments Get Michigan Doctor 45 Years in Prison
Jul 12 2015 // Calling the scheme “horrific,” a judge sentenced a Detroit-area cancer doctor to 45 years in prison for collecting millions from insurance companies while poisoning more than 500 patients through needless...
Michigan Rail Project to Eliminate Dangerous Crossing
Jul 7 2015 // Officials say a project to extend a rail line in a DTE Energy Co. rail yard in suburban Detroit, Mich. is designed to improve safety and traffic flow. Work begins July 13 in Trenton. The yard holds trains delivering coal...
Michigan Bills Would Allow Beer on Pedal-Powered Trolleys
Jul 6 2015 // Michigan legislation that would allow passengers to drink beer or wine aboard pedal-powered trolleys isn’t getting unanimous support from people who shuttle people around town. Lawmakers have sent bills to Gov. Rick...
Michigan-Based J.M. Wilson Promotes Gleason
Jul 2 2015 // Property/casualty insurance wholesaler, J.M. Wilson, based in Portage, Mich., has promoted Cheryl Gleason as Personal Lines manager. In addition to managing the day-to-day activities of the Personal Lines team, Gleason...
Michigan Hit with Damaging Winds, Tornados, Flooding
Jun 24 2015 // A series of severe thunderstorms that pushed damaging winds and tornados into several parts of Michigan on Monday and Tuesday wrecked homes and knocked out power to thousands of people, officials said. From Monday...
Michigan Regulators OK Meadowbrook/Fosun International Transaction
Jun 22 2015 // Michigan insurance regulators have approved the acquisition of Southfield-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. by China’s Fosun International Limited. Meadowbrook Insurance Group announced that it received the...
Michigan Lawmakers OK Alcohol on Liability-Insured ‘Pedal Pubs’
Jun 22 2015 // People would be able to drink alcohol on certain pedal-powered vehicles under legislation going to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder for consideration. The state House on June 18 gave final approval to the two bills. The bills...
Sedgwick Claims Subsidiary Buys Michigan’s Ternullo & Assoc.
Jun 19 2015 // Unified Investigations & Sciences Inc., a subsidiary of Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., has acquired Stephen Ternullo & Associates, a provider of structural engineering, forensic investigations and fire...
Car Thieves Now Targeting Vehicles for Parts
Jun 18 2015 // While car thefts are declining across the country, stealing car parts and accessories is proving to be a lucrative business for professional thieves. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), organized crime...
The High Cost of Insuring a Teen Driver
Jun 15 2015 // Parents pay an average of 80 percent more for car insurance after adding a teen driver to their policy. The highest jump in premiums—96 percent—comes from placing a 16-year-old driver on a policy while the average...
Universal Property & Casualty Insurance OK’d to Write in Michigan
Jun 9 2015 // Florida-based Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that the Michigan Department of Insurance issued a Certificate of Authority to Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (UPCIC), establishing UPCIC as a...
49,000 Pounds of Pork Sausage Recalled by Michigan Company
Jun 8 2015 // A Michigan-based business is recalling about 49,000 pounds of pork sausage products shipped to institutions nationwide that may be contaminated with foreign materials. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety...
