Latest Michigan Headlines
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Appeals Court: Michigan Woman Can Collect Dead Ex-Husband’s Insurance
Mar 22 2016 // A woman can collect a $120,000 insurance windfall after the death of her former husband, despite their divorce years ago, the Michigan appeals court says. John “Jerry” Lett never removed Nancy Henson as the...
Life Insurer Pledges $25M in Low-Cost Loans for Flint Lead Pipe Removal
Mar 8 2016 // The mayor of Flint, Mich., says Union Labor Life Insurance Co. has committed to bring $25 million in low-cost loans to help remove lead pipes and improve water quality. Karen Weaver announced the funding on March 6, saying...
Audit Criticizes Michigan Environmental Regulators over Flint Water Crisis
Mar 7 2016 // Michigan environmental regulators made crucial errors as Flint began using a new drinking water source that would become contaminated with lead, auditors said on March 4, as crews in the city started to dig up old pipes...
Michigan’s Accident Fund Holdings Rebranding as AF Group
Mar 1 2016 // Accident Fund Holdings Inc., based in Lansing, Mich., announced it is rebranding as AF Group. The company said the transition reflects the organization’s unified, collective strength while positioning it for future...
Michigan Insurance Regulators: Consumer Complaints on the Rise
Feb 29 2016 // Michigan’s insurance and financial services regulators say the number of consumer complaints is on the rise and that more than 7,400 consumers were assisted during January alone. The Department of Insurance and...
Michigan Says Potholes Make State a Great Place to Test Robot Cars
Feb 25 2016 // Michigan and California, vying for control of our driverless future, are each proposing crumbling World War II military sites as ideal locations to test robot cars. Michigan’s secret weapon? Better potholes. The...
Attacks by Michigan Uber Driver Renew Questions About Vetting Processes
Feb 23 2016 // The deaths of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan, who authorities say were shot by a driver for Uber Technologies Inc., have revived scrutiny over how the ride service vets its drivers, an issue that has plagued it for...
Michigan’s Inadvertent Tax Break for Car Insurers Targeted for Repeal
Feb 22 2016 // Gov. Rick Snyder and lawmakers inadvertently gave auto insurers a tax break worth $80 million a year. Now, they want to end it _ either to bail out Detroit’s state-managed school district or to address other...
Study: Insurance Industry Has a Significant Economic Impact in Michigan
Feb 22 2016 // A recently released study shows the positive contributions the insurance industry makes to Michigan’s economy statewide. The report — Economic Footprint of Michigan’s Insurance Industry — was...
Study: Economic Impact of Insurance Industry on Michigan Is Significant
Feb 11 2016 // A recently released study shows the positive contributions insurance industry brings to Michigan’s economy. The report — Economic Footprint of Michigan’s Insurance Industry — by Anderson Economic Group...
Self-Driving Vehicles Meet Their Match When Snow Creates Sensor Blindness
Feb 10 2016 // In Jokkmokk, a tiny hamlet just north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, where temperatures can dip to 50 below, Volvo Cars’ self-driving XC90 sport-utility vehicle met its match: frozen flakes that caked on radar...
Michigan Adjusts Insured Claim Caps for P/C Guaranty Association
Feb 4 2016 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services has adjusted the insured’s net worth limit and covered claim cap for determining the status of a claim against the state’s Property and Casualty...
FBI Joins Investigation into Lead Contamination of Flint Water System
Feb 3 2016 // The FBI is working with a multi-agency team investigating the lead contamination of Flint’s drinking water, alongside Environmental Protection Agency investigators who can tackle criminal violations of federal...
Lawsuit Seeks Replacement of Lead Pipes in Flint, Michigan
Jan 28 2016 // Environmental and civil rights groups are asking a federal judge to order the prompt replacement of all lead pipes in Flint’s water system to ensure residents of the Michigan city have a safe drinking supply. A...
Michigan Firm to Pay $31K to Settle Discrimination Suit
Jan 24 2016 // Michigan-based Downriver Community Services will pay $31,000 and provide equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency...
Flint, Michigan Water Crisis Leads to Federal Emergency Order
Jan 19 2016 // President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration Saturday that clears the way for federal aid for Flint, Michigan, which is undergoing a drinking water crisis. The White House also said the Federal Emergency...
Crash Rates Lower for Self-Driving Cars: Virginia Tech Study
Jan 11 2016 // Crash rates for self-driving cars are lower than the national crash rate of conventional cars, according to a new report out of Virginia Tech Transportation Institute that was commissioned by self-driving car developer...
Michigan Business Owners Optimistic; Expect to Hire, Raise Pay in 2016
Jan 11 2016 // Small- to mid-sized business owners are experiencing substantial growth and are poised to reinvest in their business and employees in 2016, according to the November 2015 Michigan Future Business Index. The index is...
2016 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 11 2016 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2016 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Man Settles Suit Against Michigan Doctor Who Mistreated Many
Jan 6 2016 // A man who helped authorities uncover a Detroit, Mich.-area doctor who misled people into believing they had cancer has settled a lawsuit against the doctor for about $1.7 million. Dr. Farid Fata was paid millions of...
