Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mich. USF Insurance Names Director of Underwriting
Jul 26 2007 // USF Insurance Co. recently announced that Ken Rice has been promoted to director of underwriting. Rice joined USF in July 2006 as underwriting manager, a role he held until his promotion. Previously, Rice was a...
Mich. Mother of Injured Man Could Receive Millions from State
Jul 24 2007 // The state of Nebraska may have to pay more than $9 million in damages because it failed to repair a faulty traffic-signal system in Schuyler more than eight years ago that led to a serious accident. The lawyer for the...
AAA Michigan Partners with Auto Theft Group
Jul 23 2007 // AAA Michigan announced today they have partnered with H.E.A.T (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) to provide specially trained operators to answer the auto theft tip line, 1-800-242-HEAT, 24 hours a day, seven days a...
Insurers Say Mich. Motorists Should Have Choice in Medical Coverage
Jul 19 2007 // The insurance industry in Michigan released a study on Tuesday, July 17th that predicts motorists could save up to 16 percent on their auto premium if they were allowed to select capped health benefits for accident...
Mich. Meadowbrook Announces Completion of Common Stock Offering
Jul 19 2007 // Southfield, Mich.-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. announced today it has completed an offering of 5,500,000 additional shares of newly issued common stock at $9.65 per share. The gross proceeds of the offering are...
Mich. Automakers Offer More Safety, Security and Navigation Gizmos
Jul 18 2007 // As automakers race to inject as many safety, security, navigation and entertainment features as possible into their vehicles, they ought to keep Mark Evangelista in mind. The 45-year-old owner of a suburban Detroit...
Mich. Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for ID Theft
Jul 11 2007 // A man convicted of trying to sell the Social Security numbers and other information for thousands of people to undercover agents was sentenced to five years in federal prison, authorities said. Binyamin Schwartz, 29, of...
Mich. North Pointe Acquires Capital City Holdings Company
Jul 5 2007 // Mich.-based North Pointe Holdings Corp. announced that it has closed its acquisition of Capital City Holding Company, Inc. The transaction included the purchase of a property and casualty insurance holding company located...
Allstate awards cities free gas for safe driving records
Jul 2 2007 // For the second straight year, an insurance study has found that Sioux Falls, S.D. has the safest drivers in the nation. Researchers with Allstate Insurance Co. analyzed two years of internal crash data to calculate the...
Editor’s Note: Traffic safety, not just a topic for the holidays
Jul 2 2007 // The Department of Public Safety said 494 people were killed on Minnesota roads last year, a drop of nearly 12 percent from 2005 and the lowest number since 1945. Summer holidays like the 4th of July are always a great time...
Allstate awards cities free gas for safe driving records
Jul 2 2007 // For the second straight year, an insurance study has found that Sioux Falls, S.D. has the safest drivers in the nation. Researchers with Allstate Insurance Co. analyzed two years of internal crash data to calculate the...
Editor’s Note: Traffic safety, not just a topic for the holidays
Jul 2 2007 // The Department of Public Safety said 494 people were killed on Minnesota roads last year, a drop of nearly 12 percent from 2005 and the lowest number since 1945. Summer holidays like the 4th of July are always a great time...
Mich. House Passes Bill to Increase Use of Child Safety Seats
Jun 29 2007 // More Michigan children would be required to travel in safety car seats under legislation passed this week by the state House. Current Michigan law generally requires children under 4 to ride in a child restraint system,...
Aon Risk Adds Sales Director in Mich.
Jun 29 2007 // Aon Risk Services, the retail brokerage and risk management arm of Aon Corp. recently announced that Kevin Pastoor has joined the company’s Southfield, Mich. office as resident sales director. Pastoor comes to Aon...
Swett & Crawford Adds Casualty Broker in Mich. Office
Jun 26 2007 // Swett & Crawford recently announced that Brandon King has joined the Bloomfield Hills (Detroit), Mich. office as a casualty broker. Previously King worked at Johnston Lewis Associates, Inc as a property/casualty...
New “kid” in town, Gaddis Co. Opens Michigan Wholesale Office.
Jun 25 2007 // Donald Gaddis Co., Inc. Wholesale Excess and Surplus Lines Brokers Serving Retail Agents Since 1982 Donald Gaddis Co. is thrilled to announce that Jay Dillon has joined us to open our new Michigan office. The only thing...
Hanover Group Acquires Michigan-Based Professional Liability Carrier
Jun 25 2007 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire a professional liability insurer, Professionals Direct, Inc., for $23.2 million. Professionals Direct is the Michigan-based holding company for the Professionals...
Mich. J.M. Wilson Announces New Staff Promotions
Jun 21 2007 // J.M. Wilson recently announced the addition of Ted Darbor, CIC, CPCU, as the company’s transportation manager and the promotion of Roxanne Barry, CIC, CISR, to Property Casualty manager. Both will be located in the...
Mich. Burns & Wilcox Appoints Director of Education, Training, Development
Jun 20 2007 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox recently announced that it has appointed Doug Swiatkowski to director of education, training and development. Swiatkowski is responsible for developing the company’s...
Michigan insurance industry data
Jun 18 2007 // • The insurance industry in Michigan employs more than 111,000 people through insurance carriers, agencies, and brokerages and related services. • For every three people employed by the insurance industry, one...
