Latest Michigan Headlines
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Grace Period Winding Down for Expired Michigan Driver’s Licenses
Sep 29 2020 // Time is running out for Michigan residents who have waited to renew their driver’s license or vehicle registration during the coronavirus pandemic. Anyone with an expiration date after March 1 were given a long grace...
Michigan House Passes Bills Shielding Employers from Virus Lawsuits
Sep 25 2020 // A divided Michigan House voted on Sept. 23 to shield health providers and businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits filed by patients, employees or customers, advancing bills that majority Republicans said would give...
New York, California Could be Fastest Growing States for Renewables
Sep 24 2020 // U.S. environmental policies will drive long-term demand for renewable energy, Moody’s Investors Service said in a new report. The report depicts a “a credit positive for renewable energy developers” in...
Michigan Man Faces Felony Charges Over Alleged Fake Auto Insurance Certificates
Sep 23 2020 // A formerly licensed insurance agent in Flint, Michigan, faces multiple felony charges for allegedly selling fraudulent automobile insurance certificates. The Michigan Department of Financial Services (DIFS) said 24-year...
Lockton Partners with Michigan Minority Enterprise Brokerage, Birwood Services Group
Sep 21 2020 // Lockton has formed a strategic alliance with Birwood Services Group, a Detroit-based certified minority business enterprise (MBE) insurance brokerage. Lockton’s alliance with Birwood is part of the company’s...
Michigan Auto Insurer Hagerty Adds Hunter as VP, Brand
Sep 14 2020 // Hagerty, based in Traverse City, Mich., has added Laura Hunter to its Brand team as vice president of Brand Communications. Reporting to Soon Hagerty, senior vice president of Brand, Hunter oversee public relations,...
Michigan Healthcare System to Pay $104.7K to Settle Wage Discrimination Lawsuit
Sep 9 2020 // A non-profit health care system based in Saginaw, Mich., will pay $104,707 and provide other relief to settle a federal gender wage discrimination lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in...
Plaintiffs Suffer Another Loss in Michigan COVID-19 Business Interruption Suit
Sep 9 2020 // Another federal court has dismissed a COVID-19 business interruption lawsuit, finding that a closure order does not constitute a covered “direct physical loss” and that the policy excluded damages caused by...
Hagerty in Michigan Adds Rabinowitz as VP, Insurance Partners Group
Sep 8 2020 // Hagerty, based in Traverse City, Mich., has hired Kevin Rabinowitz to lead its Insurance Partners Group. Working under Hagerty’s Senior Vice President of North American Markets Jack Butcher, Rabinowitz will be...
Berkley One Collector Vehicle Product Now Available in Minnesota
Sep 8 2020 // Berkley One has launched its Collector Vehicle product in Minnesota and and made rating enhancements to its coverage in Michigan. Berkley has provided collector vehicle owners coverage since 1974 and most recently...
Michigan Cites 6 Businesses for COVID-19 Workplace Safety Violations
Sep 3 2020 // In late August, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) issued a round of COVID-19 “general duty” citations, citing six different businesses with serious violations for failing to...
Michigan Sets New 30-Day Loss Benefit Amount for Personal Protection Policies
Aug 25 2020 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services has adjusted the amount of the maximum work loss benefit and survivors’ loss benefits payable under personal protection insurance policies for the coming...
Earthquake Shakes Southeast Corner of Michigan
Aug 24 2020 // A magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred on Aug. 21 near Monroe in the southeastern corner of Michigan, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The depth was about 5.7 miles (9.17 kilometers). The earthquake was felt in the Detroit...
Texas Insurance Agency Released from Suit by Restaurant Group Over Virus Losses
Aug 21 2020 // A federal judge in Texas has dismissed an independent insurance agency from a lawsuit brought by a Dallas restaurant group seeking reimbursement for business income losses stemming from the civil authority enforced...
$600M Flint Water Deal a Step Toward Making Amends, Michigan Governor Says
Aug 21 2020 // A proposed $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and residents of the impoverished, majority-Black city of Flint who were harmed by lead-tainted water is a step toward making amends for a disaster that upended...
Michigan Governor Assessing Risk of Reopening Long-Closed Businesses
Aug 20 2020 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said that her administration is assessing the risk of reopening Michigan businesses that have been closed for five months under her orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus, saying she will have...
Michigan Farmers to Have Access to State Weather Data Viewer
Aug 20 2020 // Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is making data on programs related to weather conditions available to farmers. The Geographic Information System viewer allows the agency to take different...
Michigan City, Business Group Settle Lawsuit Over Boy’s Handcuffing for $40K
Aug 19 2020 // A Michigan city and a business group have agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a lawsuit over the handcuffing of a 7-year-old boy at an after-school program in 2015. The boy, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,...
Judge Tosses Texas Barbershops’ Suit Against Insurer Over Coronavirus Losses
Aug 16 2020 // A federal judge has agreed with an insurer that a group of barbershops in the San Antonio, Texas-area have no basis for claims seeking coverage under their commercial insurance policies for business interruption losses...
Huron Capital’s High Street Acquires Michigan’s Capital Insurance Group
Aug 14 2020 // High Street Insurance Partners (High Street), a portfolio company of the private equity firm Huron Capital, has acquired Capital Insurance Group (CIG), headquartered in Bloomfield, Michigan. CIG primarily sells commercial...
