Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
UK Broker Beach & Associates to Be Acquired by Michigan-Based Acrisure
Jan 10 2018 // London-based broker Beach & Associates announced Acrisure LLC has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the company’s equity from existing shareholders. These shareholders include Aquiline Capital Partners, a private...
Policy Language Leads to $200K Loss for Insurer in Michigan Lawsuit
Jan 4 2018 // A dispute over four words will cost an insurance company about $200,000. A federal appeals court in Michigan has ruled in favor of a man in the Grand Rapids area who suffered serious injuries during a motorbike crash in...
Top Insurance Journal West Stories of 2017
Dec 29 2017 // Trade secrets and Hippos, lawsuits and tragedies. The news for 2017 didn’t seem to be dominated by a single trend or sole event, but in an ever-fractured media world that must try and cater to short attention spans...
Michigan Fights Federal Judge’s Ruling Restricting Driver’s License Suspensions
Dec 28 2017 // The state of Michigan is trying to stop a court order that prevents officials from suspending the driver’s licenses of people who can’t afford traffic fines. Lawyers representing the secretary of state have...
A.M. Best Removes Michigan’s Conifer Holdings, Subsidiaries from Under Review
Dec 20 2017 // A.M. Best has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb” of Birmingham,...
Michigan Moped Driver Hurt By Low-Hanging Wire Awarded $2.9M at Trial
Dec 20 2017 // A jury has awarded $2.9 million to a moped driver who was badly injured when he struck a low-hanging telecommunications wire in Michigan. The Ann Arbor News reports a Washtenaw County jury last week reached the verdict...
Michigan Insurance Agent Sentenced for Embezzling $800K from Clients
Dec 15 2017 // A suburban Detroit insurance agent has been sentenced to at least six years in prison for embezzling more than $800,000 from a dozen elderly clients. Paul Garceau Jr. of Grosse Pointe Park had pleaded guilty to...
WCRI: Michigan Medical Payments per Work Comp Claim Relatively Low
Dec 14 2017 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Michigan were among the lowest of 18 state workers’ compensation systems analyzed in a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The...
Michigan Nonprofit Must Pay $25K in Suit over Recess Injury
Dec 8 2017 // A Michigan nonprofit has settled a lawsuit over an incident in which a group of students injured a boy during recess at a public charter school it operates. The North Flint Reinvestment Corporation was ordered to pay...
Brundle to Open Brightway Insurance Agency in Eastern Michigan
Dec 4 2017 // Veteran insurance agent and now Brightway Insurance store owner, Bob Brundle, will open Brightway, The Bob Brundle Agency in Grand Blanc, Michigan on Dec. 4, the agency franchise operation announced. He has a decade of...
Michigan, Enbridge Reach Deal to Boost Pipeline Safety
Nov 29 2017 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Canadian oil transport company Enbridge Inc. announced a timeline for determining the future of twin pipelines beneath the channel where Lakes Huron and Michigan converge. Options include...
Victims of Michigan Cancer Doctor Could Receive $4.1M
Nov 26 2017 // An expert is recommending approval of $4.1 million in claims, including $2 million in funeral costs, filed by victims of a Detroit-area doctor who committed fraud by putting hundreds of patients through needless cancer...
Auto Insurance Reform Bill Goes Down in Michigan House
Nov 20 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country. After...
Credit Ratings of Michigan’s Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. Withdrawn
Nov 16 2017 // A.M. Best has withdrawn the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+”, each with a stable outlook, of Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. (Great Lakes) in Grand...
Auto Insurance Reform Bill Defeated in Michigan House
Nov 6 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country. After...
Court Dismisses Michigan Pizza Delivery Man’s Lawsuit over Icy Fall
Nov 6 2017 // Cheese and pepperoni — but hold the lawsuit. That’s the message from the Michigan appeals court, which has reversed a decision and dismissed a lawsuit by a Domino’s Pizza delivery man. Robert Garsoff...
Michigan City to Settle Sidewalk Fall Suit for Nearly $350K
Nov 3 2017 // A city in Michigan has agreed to pay nearly $350,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who tripped and fell on a sidewalk. The Bay City Times obtained details of the settlement between Bay City and 90-year-old...
Michigan Dental Surgery Practice Sued for Age Discrimination
Nov 1 2017 // Professional Endodontics P.C., a dental surgery practice based in Southfield, Mich., with three locations, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for allegedly firing an employee because...
Farmers Files Trade Secrets Suit in California Against Auto Club Michigan, Former Employees
Oct 31 2017 // Farmers Insurance has filed a lawsuit in California against a pair of former employees and the Automobile Club of Michigan alleging the theft of trade secrets. The suit alleges violations of the California Trade Secrets...
The Hilb Group Acquires Michigan’s BKC Insurance Agency
Oct 30 2017 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired BKC Insurance Agency (BKC), based in Cheboygan, Michigan. In addition to Cheboygan, BKC has an additional location in Indian River, Michigan. The agency provides a wide array of...
