Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Injured Workers’ Drug Costs Lowest in Study
Apr 28 2010 // The cost per claim of prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Michigan is the lowest among 16 states studied. According to the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), the average payment per claim for...
Insurance Hall of Fame in Michigan to Induct 3 Executives
Apr 21 2010 // The Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame will honor three leaders in the insurance industry at the seventeenth annual induction ceremony of the Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame on August 18 on the campus of Olivet College. New...
Michigan Warns Consumers on Scam Using Fake Allstate Insurance Checks
Apr 21 2010 // Michigan insurance officials and Allstate Insurance Co. are warning consumers of an international mail fraud scheme using counterfeit checks with Allstate’s name on them. The Michigan Office of Financial and...
Michigan Officials Suspect Arson in 10 Fires in Flint
Apr 20 2010 // Authorities in Flint are investigating a dozen weekend fires — most of them suspected to be arson. Flint Fire Department Battalion Chief Andy Graves said Sunday that 12 fires were reported since midnight last Friday....
Michigan House Panel Advances Bill on Fremont Insurance Takeover
Apr 19 2010 // Michigan lawmakers are wading into a fight over control of a west Michigan insurance company. The House Insurance Committee has approved legislation that would make it tougher for Biglari Holdings Inc. to take over Fremont...
Michigan Court Reinstates Award for Woman Hurt in Spiritual Fall
Apr 12 2010 // The Michigan Supreme Court has reinstated a $317,000 award to a woman who says she was hurt when no one caught her fall after she was “overcome by the spirit of the Lord” in church. The Lansing woman says she...
Michigan Senate Backs Bill to Thwart Fremont Insurance Takeover
Apr 9 2010 // The Michigan Senate recently advanced a bill to make it more difficult for outsiders to take over the domestic insurer Fremont Michigan InsurCorp. The measure, which passed the Senate 27-10 and was sent to the House...
Michigan Auto Insurance Assessment Going Up 14%
Apr 2 2010 // The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association assessment to insurance companies will be $143.09 per insured vehicle effective July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The current MCCA assessment is $124.89– which is about $20...
Court: Michigan Teen Should Have Gone to Assigned Claims Plan
Mar 31 2010 // A Michigan teenager hit and injured by a U.S Postal Service truck while riding her bike has been denied benefits under a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling. The court ruled that her source of relief was not the courts but the...
Michigan House Backs Repeal of Motorcycle Helmet Law
Mar 29 2010 // The Michigan House has passed a bill that would let motorcycle riders 21 and older travel without helmets, despite the threat of a veto from Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The Democrat-led House passed repeal on a 63-46 vote. The...
Michigan County Settles Swamp Death Lawsuit for $750K
Mar 23 2010 // A southeastern Michigan county agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a man who drowned in a swamp during his arrest, according to records unsealed by a federal judge. Details of the settlement, which...
Survey: Michigan Firms Plan to Hike Wages Over Next 6 Months
Mar 22 2010 // While a growing number of Michigan’s small- to mid-size businesses are not satisfied with the economy, a recent survey indicates that more businesses plan to increase wages over the next six months. In the...
Topa Joins Accident Fund in Michigan
Mar 19 2010 // Lansing, Michigan-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has named Joanne Topa as the new director of Enterprise Applications. She will be involved with content management, Web services and business relations...
Michigan Legislator Seeks Workers’ Compensation for Illegal Immigrants
Mar 18 2010 // A Michigan state representative has filed a bill to give illegal aliens in the state access to workers compensation benefits if they are injured on the job. State Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, has introduced legislation...
Survey: Michigan Firms Plan to Hike Wages Over Next 6 Months
Mar 12 2010 // While a growing number of Michigan’s small- to mid-size businesses are not satisfied with the economy, a recent survey indicates that more businesses plan to increase wages over the next six months. In the...
Michigan School District Held Liable for Bullying
Mar 8 2010 // A Michigan school district accused of not doing enough to prevent the harassment of a student has been ordered to pay $800,000. Hudson Area Schools, in Lenawee County near the Ohio border, was sued by the parents of a...
Declarations
Mar 7 2010 // Scrubbing ‘Gotcha’ Clauses “Our goal is to scrub ‘gotcha’ clauses out of insurance contracts before they’re sold to Michigan consumers.” —Michigan Office of Financial and...
It Figures
Mar 7 2010 // 14.6% Auto thefts in Michigan in 2008 declined by 14.6 percent compared to 2007. Michigan’s H.E.A.T. (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) said 2008 statistics — the latest year for which data is available —...
Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Posts Record Results in 2009
Feb 23 2010 // Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc., a Michigan-exclusive property and casualty insurance carrier, reported record revenues of $56.9 million for 2009, representing growth of 13.4 percent over 2008. For the year ended Dec. 31,...
Fremont Insurance Expands Yacht Policy Navigation Coverage
Feb 22 2010 // Fremont Insurance, a Michigan-based property and casualty insurance carrier, has unveiled new enhancements to the company’s yacht policy, which allows policyholders the ability to travel anywhere in North America...
