Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Nov 3 2014 // Marsh, Torrent Insurance broker Marsh has agreed to acquire Torrent Technologies Inc., which serves write-your-own insurers participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Torrent’s approximately 100...
Workplace Fatalities Decline in Michigan
Oct 28 2014 // Michigan’s rate of job-related deaths has decreased in recent years even as more people enter the workforce following the economic recession. The Detroit News reports federal data show Michigan’s rate of...
Michigan Breaks Ground on $22M Emergency Operations Center
Oct 27 2014 // The state of Michigan has broken ground on a new $22 million emergency operations center in the Lansing area. Officials expect the building to open in November 2015 and say it will be “hardened” to withstand...
Michigan AG Says Settlement Reached in Propane Overcharges Suit
Oct 23 2014 // A settlement has been reached between Michigan and a propane supplier over high prices charged to customers trying to heat their homes during the cold and snowy winter months, Attorney General Bill Schuette announced. The...
The Horton Group Acquires BF&S Insurance
Oct 22 2014 // Orland Park, Ill.-based insurance brokerage, The Horton Group, announced the acquisition of certain assets of Boyle, Flagg and Seaman (BF&S) Insurance, located in Illinois and Michigan. BF&S’s Illinois retail...
Detroit Settles with Bond Insurer; Chance of Debt Plan Success Boosted
Oct 17 2014 // Detroit settled with one of its last major creditors, bond insurer Financial Guaranty Insurance Co., bringing the city closer to ending the biggest-ever U.S. municipal bankruptcy. The remaining holdout creditors, led by...
Contractor to Pay Traverse City, Michigan $300K for River Damage
Oct 8 2014 // The contractor hired to remove a northern Michigan dam will pay $300,000 to resolve a lawsuit and restore a river that was damaged when the dam failed. Traverse City commissioners approved the settlement agreement on Oct....
Michigan Evaluates Pedestrian Bridge Replacement
Oct 6 2014 // The state says it’s evaluating whether to replace a pedestrian bridge over a Detroit freeway that was pulled down recently by a trash truck. The Detroit Free Press reports the Michigan Department of Transportation is...
Michigan Panel: Special Authority Needed to Target Car Insurance Fraud
Oct 6 2014 // Michigan should create a special authority devoted to targeting auto insurance fraud and require insurers to more frequently send electronic verification of drivers’ insurance to the state, a task force...
Negative Comments Lead Michigan Marketing Firm to Sue Client
Oct 2 2014 // A Hartland Township marketing and Web design firm sued a former client over comments it made about the company online and in a letter to a business networking group. Five Sparrows filed the defamation suit against James...
Driscol, Casey Join HNI as Account Managers in Michigan
Oct 1 2014 // New Berlin, Wis.-based independent insurance broker, HNI, announced the addition of Heidi Driscol and Sean Casey as account managers in the company’s Grand Rapids, Mich., office. Heidi Driscol Sean Casey As account...
New Michigan Law Lets Uninsured Drivers Do Community Service
Sep 25 2014 // Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a law allowing drivers who owe extra “responsibility” fees for certain offenses to do 10 hours of community service instead. The option would apply for drivers assessed $400 in fines...
Almost 15K Vehicles Stopped During Crackdown in Michigan
Sep 24 2014 // Michigan law enforcement agencies stopped nearly 15,000 vehicles and arrested 169 suspected drunken drivers as part of a late-summer crackdown. The state announced that officers from 150 local police departments,...
Taiym Joins Michigan’s Accident Fund Holdings as CIO
Sep 23 2014 // Lansing, Mich.-based Accident Fund Holdings Inc. has hired Said Taiym as chief information officer. Taiym joins the holding company’s executive team and will be responsible for overseeing information technology...
Michigan Panel: Special Authority Needed to Target Car Insurance Fraud
Sep 19 2014 // Michigan should create a special authority devoted to targeting auto insurance fraud and require insurers to more frequently send electronic verification of drivers’ insurance to the state, a task force...
Fraud Costs Michigan Drivers $220M a Year
Sep 18 2014 // Auto insurance fraud costs Michigan drivers more than $220 million a year, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced while unveiling a set of 17 legislative and regulatory anti-fraud recommendations offered by the Fighting...
Judge: Michigan City not Liable for Post-Flood Decline in Property Values
Sep 17 2014 // A judge has ruled that Traverse City isn’t responsible for declines in property values that could be linked to officials’ decision to remove a northern Michigan dam. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports...
Detroit Takes Another Title: Highest Car Insurance in America
Sep 16 2014 // The Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor metropolitan area has higher auto insurance rates than any other top 25 metro area in the United States. It wasn’t even close, according to the financial information provider (Bankrate...
Insurance Secured, Michigan Village Police Department Operating Again
Sep 16 2014 // Police in a small village in Michigan’s Saginaw County have resumed patrols after securing liability insurance. Oakley Police Chief Robert Reznick obtained the insurance and reinstated patrols over the weekend. The...
Lack of Liability Insurance Leads to Shut Down of Michigan Police Department
Sep 11 2014 // Officials in a small Saginaw County village have shut down their police department until it gets liability insurance. The Saginaw News reports the Oakley Board of Trustees voted 5-1 on Sept. 9 to disband the force of about...
