Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Central Regulation Report Card: Texas’ Grade Rises, Arkansas’ Drops
Dec 22 2016 // No South Central state had the best score and none had the worst in a report recently released by a conservative-leaning research organization that annually assesses the effectiveness states’ insurance regulatory...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Dec 22 2016 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds More Michigan Agencies
Dec 9 2016 // Keystone Insurers Group announced the addition of three more agency partners in Michigan: Nulty Insurance Agency, Ottawa Kent Insurance and Mason-McBride Inc. Keystone recently expanded into Michigan, adding Saginaw Bay...
Michigan’s Global Marine Acquired by Specialty Program Group
Dec 8 2016 // Specialty Program Group, a holding company for specialty insurance brokers and underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Global Marine Insurance Agency. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in...
Keystone Insurers Group Expands into Michigan
Dec 6 2016 // Keystone Insurers Group has expanded to 11 states with the addition of its first partner in Michigan, Saginaw Bay Underwriters. Saginaw Bay Underwriters has offices in Saginaw, Bay City and Midland. Saginaw Bay...
Business Moves
Dec 5 2016 // BrickStreet Mutual, Motorists Mutual BrickStreet Mutual Insurance and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. are formalizing an affiliation agreement between the two companies.If approved by state regulators and closed as...
Court: Workers’ Comp Medical Exam not False Imprisonment in Michigan
Nov 30 2016 // A medical appointment that lasts hours might be an annoyance, but it’s not false imprisonment in Michigan. A federal appeals court last week ruled in favor of an insurance company in a dispute over an exam for a man...
Dixon Named Sr. Vice President in Hylant’s Michigan Office
Nov 30 2016 // Privately owned insurance brokerage firm, Hylant, has promoted JPaul Dixon to senior vice president in its Ann Arbor, Michigan, office. Dixon has worked for Hylant for 25 years. He is an authority in operational insurance...
Michigan to Appeal Flint Home Water Delivery Order
Nov 23 2016 // The state of Michigan says it will ask an appeals court to stop an order that calls for home delivery of water in Flint. The state briefly disclosed its next step on Nov. 21, less than two weeks after a federal judge...
People
Nov 21 2016 // Former long-time Chubb executive Dino E. Robusto assumes the roles of CNA chairman and chief executive officer on Nov. 21, succeeding Thomas F. Motamed, who is retiring after eight years in those positions. The succession...
Michigan Utility Cyber-Ransom Attack Response Totals $2.4 Million
Nov 21 2016 // Officials say the Lansing Board of Water & Light in Michigan paid a $25,000 ransom to unlock its internal communications systems after they were disabled in the spring by a cyberattack. General manager Dick Peffley...
Study: Head Injuries Increase after Michigan’s Motorcycle Helmet Law Repeal
Nov 18 2016 // The 2012 partial repeal of Michigan’s universal motorcycle helmet law resulted in less helmet use and more head injuries, according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers compared helmet...
Michigan Utility Paid $25,000 Ransom After Cyberattack
Nov 14 2016 // Officials say the Lansing Board of Water & Light in Michigan has paid a $25,000 ransom to unlock its internal communications systems after they were disabled in the spring by a cyberattack. General manager Dick Peffley...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Michigan’s Regency Group
Nov 10 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the Regency Group (Regency), a wholesale insurance broker and program administrator located in East Lansing, Michigan. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in...
None Injured in Fire at Ford Motor Michigan Headquarters
Oct 31 2016 // Ford Motor Co. said a fire at its headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, on Oct. 31 did not injure anyone but caused the 1,500 employees based there to leave the 60-year-old building for the day. A spokesman said Ford will...
Michigan Golf Course Verdict Puts Insurers in the Rough
Oct 27 2016 // Did the weight of winter ice ruin the putting greens at three suburban Detroit golf clubs? That tricky issue was posed to jurors in federal court, who ruled in favor of the clubs last week in a dispute with insurance...
Baldwin Named 2016 Distinguished Partner by Michigan Professional Insurance Agents
Oct 27 2016 // Cathy Baldwin, director of Marketing and Communication at wholesale insurance broker J.M. Wilson, has been named 2016 Distinguished Partner of the Year by the Michigan Association of Professional Insurance Agents (MI...
Michigan Doctor, a Former Lawmaker, Gets Probation for Insurance Fraud
Oct 26 2016 // A Lansing, Mich.-area doctor who is a former state lawmaker has been placed on probation for making false statements to an insurer. Judge Robert Jonker on Oct. 24 gave a significant break to Paul DeWeese, whose clinic, NBO...
People – Midwest
Oct 24 2016 // Wisconsin-based independent insurance agency, Robertson Ryan & Associates (RRA), has added Garrett Maloney, Robert Flath and Brittany Swinton. Maloney joined RRA as vice president and is based in the Waukesha office....
Acrisure in Michigan Announces Management-Led Buyout
Oct 21 2016 // Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Acrisure LLC has signed a definitive agreement for a management-led buyout of the company, led by Greg Williams, Acrisure’s CEO and co-founder, and a consortium of minority...
