Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Koos Joins Hylant in Michigan as President
Dec 23 2015 // Hylant has named Linda Koos president of its Ann Arbor, Mich. office. She will be responsible for the overall vision, direction, growth and success of the Ann Arbor office. Koos has more than 25 years of insurance industry...
Many Michigan Business Owners Expect to Hire, Raise Wages in 2016
Dec 21 2015 // 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 (posted below). The...
Driverless Car Accidents Pile Up As They Obey Laws, Humans Don’t So Much
Dec 18 2015 // The self-driving car, that cutting-edge creation that’s supposed to lead to a world without accidents, is achieving the exact opposite right now: The vehicles have racked up a crash rate double that of those with...
Michigan Bill Takes Aim at ‘Bad Sidewalk’ Suits Against Cities
Dec 14 2015 // Legislation advancing in Michigan’s Legislature is aimed at further shielding municipalities from lawsuits filed by people who trip and fall on sidewalks. The legislation, approved 55-51 by the House last week, lets...
Ohio-Based Cintas Corp. to Pay $1.5M to Settle Sex Discrimination Suit
Dec 1 2015 // Cintas Corp., an Ohio-based uniform manufacturer and supplier, will pay $1,500,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to a lawsuit filed...
App to Alert Drivers About Emergency Vehicles Being Tested in Michigan
Nov 30 2015 // Cory Hohs’ idea was inspired by a close call with a Chicago fire truck on his motorcycle, but his new app, which warns drivers to the presence of emergency vehicle traffic, is being tested first in Grand Rapids,...
Donors Paying for Michigan Village’s Police Insurance Policy
Nov 30 2015 // A Michigan village that has been the center of disputes over publicly releasing the names of those involved in its police force turned to donors to pay for its more than $20,000 insurance policy this fall. There are...
Michigan Places Consumers Mutual Insurance in Rehabilitation
Nov 25 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has placed Consumers Mutual Insurance of Michigan (Consumers Mutual) in rehabilitation. Consumers Mutual has been offering health insurance through...
Michigan Insurance Broker Sentenced on Racketeering Charge
Nov 24 2015 // A Troy, Mich., insurance broker was sentenced last week to 14 months to 20 years in prison on one count of racketeering, the state attorney general’s office announced. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said...
Michigan’s Consumers Mutual to Exit Health Insurance Market
Nov 16 2015 // Consumers Mutual Co-Op, in consultation with the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), has decided to enter into a run off of its health insurance business, the DIFS announced. Consumers Mutual...
No Negligence Found in Michigan Trial over 2012 Meningitis Outbreak
Nov 16 2015 // A jury found doctors at a northern Michigan clinic weren’t negligent in using tainted steroids that were part of a national meningitis outbreak. More than 100 patients sued doctors and the clinic, Neuromuscular...
Professional Casualty Association Enters Michigan Medical PL Market
Nov 12 2015 // Medical professional liability insurer, Professional Casualty Association (PCA), has been approved for operations by the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services as a licensed and admitted carrier, effective...
Patients Lose in Michigan Trial over 2012 Meningitis Outbreak
Nov 8 2015 // A jury says doctors at a northern Michigan clinic weren’t negligent in using tainted steroids that were part of a national meningitis outbreak. More than 100 patients sued doctors and the clinic, Neuromuscular &...
Michigan’s Consumers Mutual to Exit Health Insurance Market
Nov 6 2015 // Consumers Mutual Co-Op, in consultation with the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), has decided to enter into a run off of its health insurance business, the DIFS announced. Consumers Mutual...
Michigan-Based Health Insurers to Merge
Nov 4 2015 // Two companies are planning a merger to become one of the largest health insurers in Michigan. Flint-based HealthPlus of Michigan and Detroit-based Health Alliance Plan announced Nov. 2 that they have reached an agreement...
Family Awarded $5M in Woman’s Michigan Retirement Home Death
Nov 2 2015 // A jury has awarded $5 million to relatives of a 90-year-old woman who died after ingesting detergent at a Detroit-area retirement facility. The Oakland Press reports an Oakland County jury reached the verdict this month...
Michigan Agent Named Big ‘I’ Young Agent of the Year
Oct 16 2015 // The National Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) presented the Outstanding Young Agent of the Year award to Lisa Lemanski of the...
J.M. Wilson Adds Bolhuis as P/C Underwriter in Michigan
Oct 13 2015 // Wholesale insurance broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Kristin Bolhuis as a property and casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., office. Bolhuis is responsible for quoting new and renewal property and casualty business,...
Michigan Drivers May Soon Show Proof of Insurance on Phone
Oct 9 2015 // Michigan drivers pulled over by the police will be able to show proof of their auto insurance on a phone or another mobile device instead of having to provide a hard copy under legislation signed by Gov. Rick Snyder. The...
Michigan Insurance Regulator Tells Agents to Stop ‘Sliding’
Oct 5 2015 // Patrick McPharlin, director of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), issued a bulletin reminding insurance agents that the practice of insurance “sliding” is not allowed. McPharlin...
