Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has appointed a longtime ally to fill a new job in her administration.
Granholm picked Melvin “Butch” Hollowell to be the state’s automobile and home insurance consumer advocate within the Office of Financial and Insurance Services. The appointment is effective next month.
Hollowell is now general counsel of the Detroit NAACP. He was co-chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party from 2003-04 and ran unsuccessfully for secretary of state in 2002.
Granholm created the insurance advocate post to help make sure insurance rates are fair around the state, among other duties.
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