Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Supreme Court Cited as Culprit in Auto Insurance Cost Hike
Aug 17 2009 // Michigan drivers will pay $20 more this fiscal year to care for accident victims who have brain damage, paralysis or other catastrophic injuries. The culprit? Not the usual suspects such as escalating health care costs or...
Michigan’s Farmers’ Mutual Downgraded
Aug 13 2009 // Rating organization A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B- (Fair) from B (Fair) and issuer credit rating to “bb-” from “bb” of Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Co., based in...
Main Street America’s Great Lakes Launches Commercial Lines in Michigan
Aug 12 2009 // The Main Street America Group’s Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. is now offering its commercial product line, featuring the company’s Main Line Business Owners Policy product, to its Michigan network of...
U Michigan Researcher: Less Leisure Driving Behind Drop in Road Fatalities
Aug 4 2009 // Fewer Americans are dying on the nation’s roads, not only because they are driving less, but also because the type of driving has changed, says a researcher at the University of Michigan Transportation Research...
Michigan’s American Community Launches PPO Network in Ohio
Jul 31 2009 // Michigan-based American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a provider of group and individual health insurance, has introduced its own proprietary medical provider network in Ohio. The company said the American Community...
Michigan Workers’ Comp Medical Payments Per Claim Among Lowest
Jul 31 2009 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Michigan were among the lowest of 14 states, largely the result of lower utilization and lower prices paid for some services, according to a new study from the...
Some Question Michigan Judge’s Refusal to Recuse in Insurance Case
Jul 29 2009 // A Michigan Supreme Court justice’s decision not to recuse herself from a case that pertains to her husband’s profession contradicts the spirit of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on when judges should step...
Michigan Hopes to Recover Tanker Blast Costs from Insurers
Jul 23 2009 // The state of Michigan says it spent about $170,000 to repair a busy stretch of Interstate 75, which reopened less than five days after a fiery tanker crash caused an overpass to melt and collapse. The Michigan Department...
Michigan Democrats Target Insurers Over Bad Faith Claims Denials
Jul 14 2009 // Democrats in the Michigan House are pushing a dozen bills they say are needed to protect consumers from unfair claims practices by insurance companies. But insurers maintain the measures are unnecessary and will do more...
Abandoning Flint, Michigan: As Homeowners Move Out, Fires Move In
Jun 18 2009 // Like the house across the street gone missing and the one at the corner stripped of its front door, the weathered brown bungalow at 1430 Jane Ave. bided its time, edging nearer to a meeting with a wrecking crew. But in a...
Farmers Insurance Bringing 1,600 New Jobs to Michigan
Jun 16 2009 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies will build two new buildings and add an estimated 1,600 new jobs at its location in Caledonia, Michigan. The company said that the development is attributable in part to an attractive...
Michigan Regulator: Home, Auto Insurance Forms Must Be Filed with State
Jun 15 2009 // Michigan’s insurance regulator is reinstating a requirement that insurance companies submit all home and auto insurance documents and forms to the state insurance department for review prior to using them. The order...
Northeast’s ProMutual to Buy Michigan Medical Liability Insurer FinCor
Jun 10 2009 // Massachusetts-based medical liability insurance company Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co., known as ProMutual, will acquire medical liability insurer and risk management company FinCor and its...
MBA in Insurance Approved at Olivet College in Michigan
Jun 5 2009 // The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has approved a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Insurance degree program at Olivet College in Olivet, Mich. The HLC...
Michigan Suit Challenging AIG Bailout on Religious Grounds Proceeds
Jun 4 2009 // A Michigan man who is challenging the government’s bailout of American International Group has won an early legal victory. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff recently refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed in December...
Michigan Mandates Insurers File Home, Auto Insurance Forms with State
Jun 4 2009 // Michigan’s insurance regulator is reinstating a requirement that insurance companies submit all home and auto insurance documents and forms to the state insurance department for review prior to using them with the...
Ratings Recap: GeoVera, Catholic Knights, Auto Owners, Church Mutual
Jun 1 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Calif.-based GeoVera...
Fiat Agrees to Assume Chrysler’s Workers’ Compensation in Michigan
Jun 1 2009 // Michigan is dropping objections to the sale of Chrysler LLC after the buyer agreed to assume Chrysler’s workers’ compensation liabilities. The settlement announced last Friday averts a court fight. The state...
Michigan Termite Case Could Increase Liability for Real Estate Sellers
Jun 1 2009 // A dispute over termites before the Michigan Supreme Court could af-fect the liability of real estate sellers. When Richard and Stacey Roberts bought an old house on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula, they thought the...
Michigan Agent Walker Named to Big ‘I’ Executive Committee
May 28 2009 // David Walker of the Hartland Insurance Agency in Hartland, Michigan has been named to the Executive Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). As an Executive Committee member, Walker...
