Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Court Rules for Insurer in Tragic Hit-and-Run
Jun 18 2012 // The Michigan Supreme Court says an insurance company doesn’t have to pay benefits in a hit-and-run case because the incident wasn’t reported within 30 days. The court’s conservative majority overturned a...
Major Michigan Wildfire Contained After 3 Weeks
Jun 14 2012 // Officials say a major wildfire in the Upper Peninsula area of Michigan that started about three weeks ago has been fully contained. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday issued the update about the Duck...
Rare Tornado Confirmed Last Week In Michigan’s UP
Jun 14 2012 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that a rare tornado touched down last week in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. WLUC-TV and The Mining Journal of Marquette report the weak tornado touched down Friday in...
Judge Rejects Challenge to Michigan’s Fireworks Insurance Law
Jun 12 2012 // A judge has rejected a challenge to the insurance requirement in Michigan’s new law expanding the sale of fireworks. Federal Judge Thomas Ludington in Bay City says he’s not going to trump the judgment of...
Michigan-Based Firm Cited for Safety, Health Violations at Ohio Plant
Jun 6 2012 // Brown-Campbell Co. has been cited for 19 alleged safety and health violations at its facility in Maple Heights, Ohio, federal regulators announced. Proposed fines total $64,400. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Clinton Joins Michigan’s Fremont Insurance
Jun 4 2012 // Fremont Insurance, a Michigan-exclusive property and casualty insurance carrier with headquarters in Fremont, Mich., has hired Christopher Clinton as a vice president of Commercial Lines and Product...
Court Rules for Michigan Ski Resort in Lawsuit over Halfpipe
Jun 4 2012 // A skier who had a bone-crushing fall on the halfpipe at Boyne Mountain has lost a lawsuit that challenged whether the Michigan ski resort had adequately marked the pipe. A judge in Charlevoix County had declined to dismiss...
Business Moves – Midwest
Jun 4 2012 // SIAA, Thomas Insurance Group The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance has signed its 4,000th member agency, the Thomas Insurance Group of Cape Girardeau, Mo. Recruited by master agency Valley Insurance Agency Alliance of...
Michigan Court Rules for Insurer in Tragic Hit-and-Run
Jun 1 2012 // The Michigan Supreme Court says an insurance company doesn’t have to pay benefits in a hit-and-run case because the incident wasn’t reported within 30 days. The court’s conservative majority overturned a...
Michigan Upper Peninsula Wildfire Destroys 115 Structures
May 31 2012 // State officials say 115 structures, including homes and a motel, have been destroyed by a wildfire in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said the wildfire in Luce County’s Duck Lake...
Crews Work to Protect Structures in Michigan Wildfire
May 30 2012 // Crews worked on May 29 to ensure that no more structures were damaged by a wildfire burning across more than 30 square miles of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as high winds in the forecast threatened to test firefighting...
SIAA Adds Another Master Agency in Michigan Marketplace
May 23 2012 // SIAA Inc., a national alliance of insurance agencies, has signed its 51st master agency, Michigan Agency Partners of Jackson, Mich. The agency’s territory includes 62 counties across the Lower Peninsula. Michigan...
Michigan Marks 100
May 21 2012 // March 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the workers’ compensation system in Michigan. Commenting in a video commemorating the anniversary, Michigan Workers’ Compensation Director Kevin Elsenheimer said...
Blue Cross Fights North Carolina Claim It Blocks Competition
May 8 2012 // North Carolina’s Blue Cross plan and the national Blue Cross licensing organization asked a federal court to reject a lawsuit claiming the company’s network of insurance plans across the country are limiting...
Snyder Proclaims Arson Awareness Week in Michigan
May 7 2012 // It’s Arson Awareness Week in Michigan. Gov. Rick Snyder says he wants to focus public attention on the seriousness of fire-setting by young people and the importance of preventing such behavior through collaborative...
Michigan Workplace Deaths Drop Slightly
May 7 2012 // The Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program reported that 141 workers died on the job in 2011 – four fewer than in 2010. The program investigates work-related deaths and seeks ways to prevent...
Michigan Governor Signs Bill Making Motorcycle Helmets Optional
May 7 2012 // A decades-long fight to eliminate Michigan’s helmet law roared into the victory lane on April 13, 2012, when Gov. Rick Snyder announced he signed the repeal into law. Senate Bill 291 took effect immediately, making...
Christian Group Sues Michigan City, Muslims Over Event
May 2 2012 // A Christian legal advocacy group has claimed in a federal lawsuit that officials in a western Michigan city violated the rights of a self-proclaimed former terrorist by interrupting him during an event on free speech at a...
Insurer Says It’s Not Liable for Drug-Related Fire in Michigan
Apr 30 2012 // An insurance company claims it should be reimbursed after a fire linked to drugs badly damaged a house in Bay City, Mich. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance of Columbus, Ohio, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to recover...
Michigan Fireworks Suppliers Want Fast Decision on Insurance Law
Apr 26 2012 // Suppliers are urging a judge to quickly consider their challenge to a new Michigan law that requires millions of dollars in liability insurance if they want to sell powerful fireworks. Bay City federal Judge Thomas...
