Latest Michigan Headlines
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U.S. Congresswoman: Flood Insurance Bill Bad for Michigan
Mar 5 2014 // A U.S. Congresswoman from Michigan wants her state to opt out of the National Flood Insurance Program, saying it’s not good for Michigan homeowners. U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10) voted against H.R. 3370,...
House Passes Flood Insurance Bill; Key Senators Sign On
Mar 4 2014 // The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday evening passed legislation to curb some of the premium increases in the nation’s flood insurance program that have been causing “sticker shock” for property...
Salzwedel Named CEO of Michigan-Based Insurance Wholesaler, Grand General
Feb 27 2014 // Great Lakes regional insurance wholesaler, Grand General Agency in Grandville, Mich., has promoted John Salzwedel to the position of chief executive officer. Salzwedel has been with Grand General since 1997 and has...
Michigan Farm Owner Lands Prison Sentence over Bad Cider
Feb 24 2014 // A northern Michigan man could spend up to four years in prison after improperly processed apple cider he made led to an E. coli outbreak and hospital stays for two adults and two children. James Ruster is the first person...
Premium Cut, Medical Cap Included in Michigan Car Insurance Proposal
Feb 24 2014 // Michigan House Republicans have pitched a revised overhaul of the state’s auto insurance system that would cut premiums and curtail unlimited medical benefits for people catastrophically injured in crashes. Speaker...
Urbanization, Mobility, Gridlock and Predictions of ‘Peak Car’
Feb 24 2014 // The world that Henry Ford put on wheels is poised for a stall. In the globe’s growing megacities, pollution and gridlock are putting a damper on driving. In India, some commuters are leaving their cars at home to...
Michigan Firm Works to Fight Ice Dam Damage
Feb 19 2014 // Workers at a small company in Belding, Mich., are working long hours in an effort to meet the demand of homeowners who want to keep ice dams from damaging their roofs. KMI Inc.’s 65 employees manufacture patented...
Michigan College Develops Scoring Method for Riskiest Slip and Fall Days
Feb 6 2014 // Record-setting winter weather in the United States has led to lots of road condition advisories, but could there also be a slip and fall alert? By analyzing various conditions – like snow, wind speed, temperature –...
Marsh & McLennan Expands in Michigan with Employee Benefits Firm
Feb 5 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh LLC, has acquired Great Lakes Employee Benefit Services, an employee group benefits consulting and brokerage firm based in Troy, Mich. Terms of the transaction...
Fisher Joins Michigan Insurance Wholesaler, Grand General Agency
Feb 3 2014 // Grandville, Mich.-based Grand General Agency, a Great Lakes regional wholesaler, has welcomed Jamie Fisher to its team. Fisher will be serving the independent agents of Wisconsin and Minnesota as Grand General’s...
Ohio Hospital Settles with Michigan Cancer Patient for $200K
Jan 29 2014 // The University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio has agreed to pay $200,000 to a southeastern Michigan woman who says radiotherapy was applied to the wrong sites to treat her cervical and endometrial cancer. The Court of...
Michigan Woman Ordered to Stop Unlicensed Insurance Sales
Jan 22 2014 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) recently ordered Irene Bess of Detroit to cease and desist from the sale of insurance in the state. At the company’s request, DIFS conducted an...
Michigan Counties’ Workers’ Comp Fund Returns More than $2.5M
Jan 15 2014 // The Michigan Association of Counties Workers’ Compensation Fund announced the 2013 surplus premium totaled $2,581,929. It has been distributed to members of the fund. With over 70 public entities, the fund...
Improvements Planned for Flood Walls in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jan 14 2014 // Grand Rapids, Mich., plans to spend $4.2 million to repair and improve its floodwall system, after engineers identified weaknesses exposed by a storm last spring that flooded the Grand River threatened to swamp the...
Allstate Insurance to Expand in Midwest with New Agencies
Jan 9 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. has announced plans to appoint new agency owners in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio this year. The company plans to appoint 21 new insurance agency owners in Indiana. Additionally, Allstate’s new...
Michigan Suspends License of Lapeer-Area Insurance Agent
Jan 7 2014 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has suspended the license of James J. Carnaghi, previously licensed to sell property and casualty, accident and health, and life insurance in the...
Segal Group Acquires Employee Benefits Firm Moroni Fantin in Michigan
Jan 7 2014 // The Segal Group announced it has acquired a portion of the business of Moroni Fantin, an employee benefits consulting firm located in the Detroit, Mich.-area. Moroni Fantin specializes in working with Michigan and...
Hub International Acquires Agency Business of Michigan’s Pinnacle Insurance Partners
Jan 3 2014 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the insurance agency business of certain member firms operating as Pinnacle Insurance Partners (Pinnacle), a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based full-service...
Former Michigan Court Employee Gets $250K Settlement in Harassment Case
Dec 20 2013 // A former Bay County Friend of the Court employee who filed a federal lawsuit in Michigan saying she was sexually harassed is getting a $250,000 settlement. The Bay City Times reports it obtained details of the settlement...
Michigan’s Accident Fund Holdings Promotes Key Executives
Dec 20 2013 // Lansing, Mich.-based workers’ compensation insurer, Accident Fund Holdings Inc., has promoted several key executives, including: Frank Freund of East Lansing, Mich.; Lisa Corless of Lansing, Mich.; and Becky Holnagel...
