Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Man Enters Plea in Buried Motorcycle Case
Nov 21 2012 // A Michigan man who authorities say buried a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in 2009 and claimed it was stolen to collect insurance money faces sentencing next year in the case. MLive.com repots Chad E. Dejongh of Bay...
Some Midwest Incumbent State Court Justices Win, Others Lose
Nov 19 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices. In the Midwest, incumbents in Iowa and Michigan will return for another term; two incumbents on Ohio’s high court will...
Michigan Regulators Say Fake Auto Insurance Sold in Metro Detroit
Nov 15 2012 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) recently announced that some Detroit-area drivers may have unknowingly purchased fraudulent automobile insurance policies from unlicensed insurance...
GOP Holds on to Michigan Supreme Court Majority
Nov 9 2012 // Republicans will hold on to their 4-3 majority on the Michigan Supreme Court after winning two of three up-for-grabs seats. Voters selected GOP nominees Stephen Markman and Brian Zahra, both current justices who were...
How Voters Voted on State Court Justices
Nov 8 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices, including where Republicans, business groups and others targeted the judges for defeat. However, two incumbents on Ohio’s...
Indiana Has 32 Fungal Meningitis Cases; Michigan, 44
Oct 19 2012 // Indiana has 32 cases of fungal meningitis linked to injections of a recalled back pain steroid, and authorities in Michigan are reporting 44 cases of fungal meningitis, along with four non-meningitis infection cases...
Michigan Agent Rises on National Big “I” Leadership Team
Oct 3 2012 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) announced that David Allen Walker was installed as the association’s vice chairman at the association’s recent...
Michigan Woman Can Sue Over Delay in Learning of Cancer
Sep 14 2012 // A Michigan woman who wasn’t told for five years that she had a cancerous kidney can sue a doctor and a clinic for failing to share the news. The Michigan appeals court overturned a decision by a Washtenaw County...
Michigan Man Suspected in Officer’s Slaying, Insurance Fraud Found Dead
Sep 12 2012 // A recently divorced executive accused of mishandling employees’ insurance funds fired on police at his home in a wealthy Detroit, Mich., suburb, killing one officer and precipitating a 20-hour armed standoff that...
Michigan Cherry Growers Get New Crop Insurance Options
Sep 10 2012 // U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow says Michigan’s cherry growers are getting new crop insurance options. The Michigan Democrat is head of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. According to...
Michigan Cherry Growers Getting New Crop Insurance Options
Aug 30 2012 // U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow says Michigan’s cherry growers are getting new crop insurance options. The Michigan Democrat serves as head of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. She announced details...
Allstate Sues Florida Neurologic Clinic for $7.6M in False Claims
Aug 30 2012 // A Florida neurologic clinic that specializes in treating patients with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries is being sued by a major automotive insurance company for more than $7 million in false claims stemming from...
Michigan Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop Again
Aug 28 2012 // Michigan’s regulators say the state’s workers’ compensation premium rates are dropping for the second year in a row. Michigan Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Director Steven H....
Road Tests of ‘Talking’ Cars Underway
Aug 21 2012 // Nearly 3,000 cars, trucks and buses that can “talk” began traveling the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan today as part of a year-long safety pilot project by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The vehicles...
Radar Sign Snaps Photos of Speeding Drivers in Michigan County
Aug 21 2012 // Area speeders might want to smile for the camera as they cruise past Grand Traverse County, Michigan’s new portable radar speed detecting sign. The device will snap a photograph of anyone traveling 15 miles per hour...
Michigan Family Donating Settlement in Police Shooting
Aug 20 2012 // Money from a $2.2 million court settlement over the death of a 29-year-old man who was fatally shot by a Michigan police officer in 2010 will go to charities and police departments, including the one that employed the...
Mich. Kicks Off Campaign to Curb Drunken Driving
Aug 17 2012 // Michigan is kicking off a campaign aimed at curbing drunken driving. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning says some young men referred to themselves as “professional” drunken drivers during focus...
Willis Names Mark Dull Client Advocate in Michigan
Aug 7 2012 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, named Mark Dull as a client advocate in Willis of Michigan. Willis of Michigan, Inc. includes offices in Farmington Hills and Grand Rapids. Dull will be responsible...
Insurers Win Mich. Supreme Court Case Over Rogue Drivers
Aug 3 2012 // The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled in favor of insurance companies in two cases that involve drivers who crashed cars when they didn’t have the owners’ permission to get behind the wheel. The court’s...
Michigan Regulators: Consumer Complaints Against Insurers Drop in 2011
Jul 23 2012 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) reported that consumer complaints against insurance companies dropped slightly in 2011, compared with 2010. Consumer complaint statistics for insurance...
