Latest Michigan Headlines
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Michigan AG Warns of Scams Over $400 Auto Refund Checks
Mar 22 2022 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel warned residents to be aware of scams as auto insurers issue $400 per-vehicle refunds to eligible Michigan policyholders. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced earlier this...
No Changes to Michigan Auto Insurance Law This Term
Mar 18 2022 // Bills intended to fix a Michigan law that slashed auto insurance payments for crash survivors’ post-acute care are dead for the term, a key lawmaker said. House Speaker Jason Wentworth, a Farwell Republican and...
Michigan Court Rules Against Railroad That Struck Teen
Mar 17 2022 // The Michigan Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit against a railroad, 10 years after a teen listening to music was struck by a train and severely injured in suburban Detroit. The court said a judge misinterpreted a case...
State of Michigan, Landfill Reaches Settlement Over Compliance Issues
Mar 14 2022 // The state of Michigan has reached a settlement with a suburban Detroit landfill operator over compliance issues. Arbor Hills Landfill in Salem Township is required to pay fines and the cost of emissions monitoring and...
Michigan Drivers to Receive $400 Auto Insurance Refunds Over Next 2 Months
Mar 10 2022 // Michigan drivers with auto insurance will soon starting getting previously announced $400 refunds per vehicle. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state’s top insurance regulator said Monday that a $3 billion transfer of...
Former Michigan Gov. Snyder Will Take 5th if Called to Testify in Water Trial
Mar 9 2022 // Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who faces misdemeanor charges in the Flint water crisis, wants to avoid testifying in a civil trial involving engineering firms that are being sued over liability for lead-contaminated...
Michigan Sues Dam Owner Over Sediment in Kalamazoo River
Mar 4 2022 // The state of Michigan sued the owner and operator of a hydroelectric dam, alleging that its mismanaged drawdown of a lake to do repairs created sediment that has choked a 30-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River, impeded...
Michigan AG Asks State High Court to Extend Anti-Discrimination Law to Gays And Lesbians
Mar 4 2022 // Michigan’s attorney general on March 2 asked the state Supreme Court to overturn key decisions and extend the state’s anti-discrimination law to gays and lesbians. People who claim discrimination on the basis...
Michigan School Accused of Retaliation Against Parent Settles Case
Mar 3 2022 // A suburban Detroit parent who claimed she lost her job for criticizing COVID-19 policies in local schools has reached a tentative deal to settle a lawsuit against the district, a lawyer said March 1. Controversy over how...
7th Circuit: Liberty Must Defend USA Gymnastics in Nassar Lawsuits; Coverage May Be Limited
Mar 2 2022 // Larry Nassar is accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of girls and young women while working with USA Gymnastics, resulting in his criminal conviction and hundreds of lawsuits that forced the organization into...
High Street Acquires Michigan’s The Craft Agency
Feb 23 2022 // High Street Insurance Partners has acquired The Craft Agency in Jackson, Michigan. The Craft Agency has been serving their clients for 100 years and provides comprehensive personal lines, commercial and life insurance...
Equipment Failure Sends Raw Sewage Into Michigan’s Flint River
Feb 23 2022 // Officials have issued a health advisory for the Flint area after equipment failed at a municipal pumping station, sending an unknown amount of raw sewage into the Flint River. Genesee County Health Department officials...
Indiana Steel Mill to Pay $3 Million, Improve Waste System
Feb 16 2022 // A steel company has agreed to pay $3 million and improve the wastewater system at an Indiana mill, more than two years after a discharge of ammonia and toxic chemicals killed fish and closed beaches, the federal government...
Flint, Michigan Water Crisis Trial Will Test Contractors’ Liability
Feb 15 2022 // Jury selection starts Feb. 15 in a trial to determine if engineering contractors bear responsibility for lead-contaminated water in Flint. Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, known as LAN, were not...
Program in Michigan Targeting Basement Flooding from Storms
Feb 14 2022 // Detroit is starting a program to reduce chronic basement flooding during intense storms. The program initially will target two neighborhoods and later expand to others, Mayor Mike Duggan said. The strategy follows major...
Judge Awards $40 Million to Lawyers in Flint, Michigan Water Settlement
Feb 8 2022 // A judge awarded about $40 million to the lead attorneys in a $626 million settlement for Flint residents and property owners whose water was contaminated with lead, but millions in additional legal fees will also be carved...
Michigan Fire Deaths Rose 144% in January
Feb 7 2022 // Michigan’s fire-related deaths rose significantly in January as the state began 2022 with 144% more deadly fires than it saw during the same month last year, officials said. Michigan’s Bureau of Fire Services...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2022 // National Marsh McLennan, Affinity Agency Association Member Benefits Advisors, a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, has agreed to acquire the associations business of Mercer, a business of...
Declarations
Feb 7 2022 // PG&E Probation “In these five years, PG&E has gone on a crime spree and will emerge from probation as a continuing menace to California.” — U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the utility...
AM Best Assigns Michigan’s Universal & Fire Casualty Excellent Rating
Feb 2 2022 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Universal Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, headquartered in Waterford,...
