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Jun 18 2007 // Mich. study: Industry can be key player in economic recovery The results of a new study indicate that the insurance industry will lead the state in job creation in the coming decade, resulting in more than 16,000 total new...
Allstate Awards S.D. Cities Free Gas for Safe Driving Records
Jun 15 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...
Mich. Seat Belt Crack Down Results in More than 18,000 Tickets
Jun 13 2007 // Police across Michigan issued more than 18,000 safety belt citations during a recent two-week crackdown. Federal safety grants helped pay for the project, which ran May 21 to June 3 in several communities across the state....
Mich. Issues New Rules on Discretionary Clauses for Policy Forms
Jun 12 2007 // The Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) announced it has issued new administrative rules that prohibit insurers from inserting discretionary clauses in insurance policy forms. Discretionary clauses give...
Police Jail Witness in Arson, Fraud Case Against Former Mich. Mayor
Jun 7 2007 // Police arrested a key witness in the case involving a former Saginaw, Mich. mayor charged with arson and insurance fraud in the burning of her 1986 Mercedes-Benz. Jerry W. Wilkins was arrested June 1st at a restaurant by...
Mich. Study: Industry Can Be Key Player in State’s Economic Recovery
Jun 6 2007 // Michigan’s insurance industry will lead the state in job creation in the coming decade, resulting in more than 16,000 total new jobs by 2014, helping transition the state to a high-tech 21st century economy and...
CarInsurance.com Enters Mich. Auto Market
Jun 6 2007 // CarInsurance.com recently announced that it has expanded its auto insurance agency into Michigan, making it the 21st state where the on-line company does business. CarInsurance.com offers insurance products in all 50...
Agent study: Mich. boating fatalities drop slightly, accidents rise
Jun 4 2007 // Fewer Michigan boaters were killed last year, even though more were injured in alcohol-related accidents, an increasing number collided with other vessels and many still did not strap on life jackets, according to...
Mich. Arson Investigator Charged with Planting Evidence
Jun 1 2007 // An arson investigator was arraigned this week in two counties on charges of planting evidence at fire scenes, Michigan authorities said. Jeffrey D. Wallace, 53, was arraigned last week on similar charges in Gladwin County...
Biker Group Again Seeks to Make Helmets Optional in Mich.
May 24 2007 // A group again is seeking the option to ride motorcycles without helmets in Michigan. The new plan pitched this week by American Bikers Aiming Toward Education (ABATE) would allow riders to pay a $100 annual state permit...
Mich. Meat Company Recalls 129,000 Pounds of Beef Products
May 18 2007 // A Michigan meat company is recalling 129,000 pounds of beef products because of possible E. coli contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. The meat products are made by Davis Creek Meats and Seafood and were...
Mich. Jury Awards $315,000 to Ex-parishoner of Lansing-area Church
May 15 2007 // A jury recently awarded about $315,000 to a woman whose fall during a service led to a falling-out with her former church and pastor. Judith Dadd, 52, of Lansing, accused Mount Hope Church of negligence and its pastor,...
Mich. North Pointe Acquires Capital City for $41 Million
May 14 2007 // Mich.-based North Pointe Holdings Corp. today announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire all of Capital City Holding Company Inc.’s outstanding stock. In addition, the purchase of this...
Mich. Accident Fund Names Gileczek Vice President, Business Development
May 14 2007 // Lansing, Mich.-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America recently named Al Gileczek as its vice president of Business Development Regional Operations. In his new role, Gileczek oversees Accident Fund’s...
Mich. First Mercury Announces 1st Quarter Results, Conference Call Today
May 3 2007 // First Mercury Financial Corp. announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. Highlights for the quarter include: — Total operating revenues increased 51.6 percent from the first quarter of 2006 to...
Mich. Business Tax Plan Would Impact Insurance Companies
Apr 27 2007 // A new business tax plan detailed this week by the Michigan House Democrats would reward companies that create jobs in Michigan, but could shift more of the burden to those headquartered out of state and insurance...
Miller Joins Hylant Group’s Executive Risk Practice in Mich.
Apr 18 2007 // Doug Miller was recently named vice president in Hylant Group’s Ann Arbor, Mich. office. Miller has almost 20 years of experience in the executive risk field serving Fortune 500, middle market, public, private, and...
Mich. Meadowbrook to Acquire Excess Workers’ Comp Program Manager
Apr 17 2007 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.,announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire U.S. Specialty Underwriters, Inc. (USSU) for a purchase price of $23.0 million. The purchase price is comprised...
Former Mich. Mayor Awaits Trial in Arson, Insurance Fraud Case
Apr 16 2007 // A Michigan judge recently ruled that there is enough evidence for a former mayor charged with arson and insurance fraud in the burning of her 1986 Mercedes-Benz to stand trial in the case. Wilmer Jones Ham, who serves on...
American Community Names Chairman, President, Board Member
Apr 13 2007 // The Board of Directors of American Community Mutual Insurance Company, based in Livonia, Mich., named Arthur O. Dummer, chairman of the Board, and Michael E. Tobin as the company’s new president and chief executive...
