Latest Michigan Headlines
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Michigan AG Sues 2 Engineering Companies over Flint Water Problems
Jun 23 2016 // Michigan’s attorney general filed a civil lawsuit on June 22 against two water engineering companies, saying they caused and exacerbated Flint’s lead-tainted water crisis and demanding hundreds of millions of...
Zielke Named Senior VP, General Counsel at Michigan’s AF Group
Jun 21 2016 // Lansing, Mich.-based insurance holding company, AF Group, has appointed Kevin Zielke as senior vice president and general counsel. Prior to joining AF Group, Zielke was a member of the litigation department in the Detroit...
Michigan Governor Says Auto Repair Legislation ‘Overreaches,’ Vetoes Bill
Jun 20 2016 // Gov. Rick Snyder has vetoed legislation that he says would have increased the cost of auto repairs in Michigan and possibly car insurance, too. The bill won overwhelmingly approval in the Legislature. It would have amended...
Michigan Updates P/C Guaranty Association Maximum Refund Amount
Jun 16 2016 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced that the insured’s maximum refund of unearned premiums available from the state’s Property and Casualty Guaranty Association has been...
Appeals Court Voids $30M Settlement Against Michigan Blue Cross
Jun 9 2016 // A federal appeals court has voided a $30 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan involving price-fixing allegations. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said that key details of...
Michigan House Passes Repeal of Inadvertent Auto Insurer Tax Credit
Jun 6 2016 // The Michigan Legislature is close to repealing an annual tax break worth tens of millions of dollars that was inadvertently given to auto insurers four years ago, a move agreed to as part of a state budget deal. The...
Ratings of Michigan Professional Insurance Exchange Upgraded
Jun 3 2016 // A.M. Best has upgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the issuer credit rating to “a-” from “bbb+” of Michigan Professional Insurance Exchange (MPIE) in Grand...
Michigan Auto Repair Bill Passed Without Original Parts Requirement
Jun 2 2016 // The state Senate has given final approval to a bill that would affect auto parts at Michigan repair shops. The Senate approved the House version of the legislation. It’s now headed to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk...
Michigan AG Seeks more Money for Flint WaterProbe
Jun 1 2016 // Michigan’s attorney general has asked to spend $3.4 million more on a criminal and civil probe into Flint’s water crisis, which would more than triple the funding for his team of nearly two dozen outside...
Equal Coverage of Cancer Drugs Required Under Michigan Bill
May 23 2016 // Cancer patients and survivors are lobbying lawmakers to make Michigan the latest in a long line of states to require equal insurance coverage of chemotherapy regardless of whether the drugs are given by needle or taken...
Hundreds Arrested in Michigan Drunken Driving Crackdown
May 23 2016 // Law enforcement officers in Michigan arrested more than 560 motorists for drunken driving during a stepped-up enforcement effort earlier this year. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning on May 4 announced the...
Hundreds Arrested in Michigan Drunken Driving Crackdown
May 12 2016 // Law enforcement officers in Michigan arrested more than 560 motorists for drunken driving during a stepped-up enforcement effort earlier this year. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning on May 4 announced results...
Michigan Traffic Deaths Rose 10 Percent Last Year, Officials Say
May 10 2016 // Officials say Michigan traffic deaths rose 10 percent last year as alcohol-involved, bicyclist, teen and motorcyclist traffic deaths increased. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning says Monday the number of...
Immigrants, Homeless Used by Asbestos Contractors in Michigan, Report Shows
May 4 2016 // A newspaper says contractors are using immigrants, ex-cons, homeless people and teenagers to remove material containing asbestos from of aging buildings. The Detroit Free Press reported this week in the second of a...
Report: Asbestos Violations Not Routinely Fined in Michigan
May 3 2016 // Michigan’s state worker safety agency didn’t issue fines in the majority of asbestos abatement cases where it found serious violations during the past seven years, and not one company was fined the maximum...
Michigan Regulators Recover Over $1.7M for Consumers in March
Apr 28 2016 // The Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Office of Consumer Services assisted 8,353 consumers across the state and helped recover more than $1.7 million. “We strive to create and maintain active...
Michigan Manufacturer to Pay $187.5K to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
Apr 26 2016 // A paper and packaging manufacturer with a facility located in Battle Creek, Mich., will pay $187,500 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC...
Who Wins, Loses In a Driverless Car Economy?
Apr 26 2016 // The automotive and tech companies pursuing the driverless car share a utopian belief: Autonomous vehicles will benefit society, eventually saving most of the nearly 33,000 people each year killed in road accidents in...
Outlook for Michigan Farm Bureau Group Revised to Positive
Apr 14 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ (Good) and the issuer credit ratings of “bbb+” of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Michigan and...
Court Orders Michigan Cheese Manufacturer to Stop Distributing Products
Apr 6 2016 // A federal court in Detroit, Mich., has entered an injunction against a suburban company to prevent the distribution of adulterated cheese products. The Justice Department says the injunction follows a court ruling last...
