Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Crews Work to Protect Structures in Michigan Wildfire
May 30 2012 // Crews worked on May 29 to ensure that no more structures were damaged by a wildfire burning across more than 30 square miles of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as high winds in the forecast threatened to test firefighting...
SIAA Adds Another Master Agency in Michigan Marketplace
May 23 2012 // SIAA Inc., a national alliance of insurance agencies, has signed its 51st master agency, Michigan Agency Partners of Jackson, Mich. The agency’s territory includes 62 counties across the Lower Peninsula. Michigan...
Michigan Marks 100
May 21 2012 // March 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the workers’ compensation system in Michigan. Commenting in a video commemorating the anniversary, Michigan Workers’ Compensation Director Kevin Elsenheimer said...
Blue Cross Fights North Carolina Claim It Blocks Competition
May 8 2012 // North Carolina’s Blue Cross plan and the national Blue Cross licensing organization asked a federal court to reject a lawsuit claiming the company’s network of insurance plans across the country are limiting...
Snyder Proclaims Arson Awareness Week in Michigan
May 7 2012 // It’s Arson Awareness Week in Michigan. Gov. Rick Snyder says he wants to focus public attention on the seriousness of fire-setting by young people and the importance of preventing such behavior through collaborative...
Michigan Workplace Deaths Drop Slightly
May 7 2012 // The Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program reported that 141 workers died on the job in 2011 – four fewer than in 2010. The program investigates work-related deaths and seeks ways to prevent...
Michigan Governor Signs Bill Making Motorcycle Helmets Optional
May 7 2012 // A decades-long fight to eliminate Michigan’s helmet law roared into the victory lane on April 13, 2012, when Gov. Rick Snyder announced he signed the repeal into law. Senate Bill 291 took effect immediately, making...
Christian Group Sues Michigan City, Muslims Over Event
May 2 2012 // A Christian legal advocacy group has claimed in a federal lawsuit that officials in a western Michigan city violated the rights of a self-proclaimed former terrorist by interrupting him during an event on free speech at a...
Insurer Says It’s Not Liable for Drug-Related Fire in Michigan
Apr 30 2012 // An insurance company claims it should be reimbursed after a fire linked to drugs badly damaged a house in Bay City, Mich. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance of Columbus, Ohio, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to recover...
Michigan Fireworks Suppliers Want Fast Decision on Insurance Law
Apr 26 2012 // Suppliers are urging a judge to quickly consider their challenge to a new Michigan law that requires millions of dollars in liability insurance if they want to sell powerful fireworks. Bay City federal Judge Thomas...
Michigan Workplace Deaths Show Slight Dip in 2011
Apr 26 2012 // A report says fewer people died in the workplace across Michigan last year compared to 2010. The Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program reported that 141 workers died on the job in 2011 — four fewer...
Michigan Volunteers Work on Alabama Storm-Damaged Houses
Apr 17 2012 // A group of 70 volunteers from Michigan recently installed floors and insulation and did a myriad of repairs to five tornado-damaged houses in Pleasant Grove and Birmingham’s Pratt City community. The group was made...
Michigan Governor Signs Bill Making Motorcycle Helmets Optional
Apr 17 2012 // A decades-long fight to eliminate Michigan’s helmet law roared into the victory lane on April 13 when Gov. Rick Snyder announced he signed the repeal into law. The repeal took effect immediately, making Michigan the...
Auto Insurance Fee Rekindles Michigan Law Debate
Apr 13 2012 // An increase in the amount Michigan drivers will pay into a fund for accident victims with brain damage, paralysis and other catastrophic injuries is renewing a call by some lawmakers for more transparency in how the rates...
Michigan’s Davenport University Introducing Insurance Education Specialty
Apr 11 2012 // Davenport University in Michigan announced it is introducing a new risk management and insurance specialty within its Bachelor of Business Administration in Management program beginning in the fall of 2012. Farmers...
160-Year Old Hanover Retaking Its Place as P/C Industry Leader
Apr 3 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals. Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...
Hastings Mutual Recognized as a Top Employer in West Michigan
Apr 3 2012 // Hastings, Mich.-based Hastings Mutual Insurance Co. announce it has been selected as one of West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For by the Michigan Business & Professional Association (MBPA)...
Michigan Catastrophic Injury Premium to Go to $175 Per Car
Apr 2 2012 // Michigan drivers will pay $30 more for auto insurance starting July 1 to care for accident victims who have brain damage, paralysis or other catastrophic injuries, raising the annual fee to $175 per vehicle. The Michigan...
Michigan Lawmakers Again OK Motorcycle Helmet Repeal
Mar 29 2012 // Michigan lawmakers are making another attempt at repealing a state law that requires motorcyclists to wear helmets. The state Senate gave final legislative approval to a repeal of the ban Wednesday by a 24-14 vote. The...
Lawsuit Filed In Michigan In Fatal September Helicopter Crash
Mar 29 2012 // The estate and family of a man who died in a northern lower Michigan helicopter crash in September claims in a lawsuit that negligence contributed to the accident that killed him and another Detroit-area man. A lawsuit was...
