Latest Michigan Headlines
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PURE to Offer High-Value Homeowner Coverage in Michigan
Jul 13 2011 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), a member-owned reciprocal insurer, has expanded to offer property and casualty insurance coverage to owners of high-value homes in Michigan. Benefits include $50,000 of...
Don’t Kill Flood Insurance Program, Insurers Tell Congress
Jul 12 2011 // Closing the federal flood insurance program would put millions of homeowners at risk and cost taxpayers billions of dollars, insurers are warning after a Republican lawmaker filed legislation to eliminate the federal...
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Jul 4 2011 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Edmund F. Kelly retired from active management of the company on June 28, 2011. David H. Long replaced Kelly as president and CEO. Kelly will continue to serve as chairman of the board of...
Michigan Shields Public Park Volunteers from Lawsuits
Jul 1 2011 // Volunteers can help the Michigan Department of Natural Resources with more activities such as improving wildlife habitat, preserving wetlands and grooming trails under a bill Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law. Under the new...
Michigan Senate Votes to Lift Motorcycle Helmet Rule for Some
Jun 30 2011 // A proposal to allow some motorcycle riders to go without a helmet has been approved by the Michigan Senate. The measure approved this week by a 24-14 vote would allow riders 21 or older to go helmetless if they have been...
Suspect Arrested as Arson Blamed for 9 Fires in Flint, Michigan
Jun 23 2011 // Authorities in Flint, Michigan have arrested a suspect in five of what are believed to be nine arson fires that broke out overnight in an eastside neighborhood, the city announced. Three firefighters were treated for heat...
Michigan’s Hastings Mutual Insurance Continues Partnership with Olivet College
Jun 21 2011 // Michigan-based Hastings Mutual Insurance Co. committed $100,000 over four years towards an endowed scholarship fund for Olivet College insurance students. To date, $75,000 has been contributed to the fund with the...
Michigan Supreme Court Eyes Broken Ankle, Truck Door Insurance Case
Jun 21 2011 // The Michigan Supreme Court wants to know more about a Macomb County case in which a woman successfully sued her insurance company after breaking her ankle outside her parked truck. The court might consider whether it was...
Court Clears Michigan Storage Owner in Customer’s Death
Jun 20 2011 // The owner of an Ann Arbor self storage business has been cleared of liability in the death of a customer who accidentally locked himself in a car trunk. The Michigan appeals court in early June overturned a decision by a...
Michigan Insurer Questions FBI Story About Wrecked Ferrari
Jun 15 2011 // A Michigan insurance company suing to force the federal government to pay $750,000 for wrecking a rare Ferrari in Kentucky questioned whether it was simply an accident. Motors Insurance said its investigation showed the...
Michigan Court Clears Storage Owner in Customer’s Death
Jun 13 2011 // The owner of an Ann Arbor, Michigan self-storage business has been cleared of liability in the death of a customer who accidentally locked himself in a car trunk. The Michigan appeals court recently overturned a decision...
Michigan Court Tie Vote Favors Parental Immunity
Jun 6 2011 // A dispute between a divorced couple over the death of their daughter has created sharp differences at the Michigan Supreme Court about legal immunity for parents. The justices last week tied on whether to take an appeal in...
Mistake on Address Nixes Michigan Sidewalk Lawsuit
Jun 6 2011 // A lack of precision has killed a lawsuit over a bad sidewalk and a broken arm. The Michigan Supreme Court last week overturned the state appeals court and dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Hamtramck. Justices said...
Morante Named to Senior Post at Michigan Insurance Office
Jun 1 2011 // Teri Morante has been named senior deputy commissioner in the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) by Commissioner Kevin Clinton. Morante will be responsible for overseeing OFIR’s Consumer...
Drunk, Joyriding Husband Covered by Insurance in Michigan for Crash
May 27 2011 // A western Michigan man excluded from his wife’s insurance policy still is eligible for benefits in a drunken crash, thanks to a line of court decisions that covers joyriders from the same family. The state appeals...
Michigan Charges Detroit Agency, Producer with Fraud
May 23 2011 // Michigan officials are warning Detroit-area drivers that they may have unknowingly purchased fraudulent automobile insurance certificates from an entity claiming to be a Michigan-licensed insurance agency named Ethos...
U.S. Refuses to Pay Michigan Insurer for Ferrari Wrecked by FBI Agent
May 23 2011 // The U.S. Justice Department has refused to pay $750,000 to a Michigan insurance company for a Ferrari that was wrecked in Kentucky while driven by an FBI agent. In a recent response to a lawsuit in Detroit, the Justice...
Flood Appointed Chief Deputy Commissioner in Michigan
May 18 2011 // Ann Flood has been appointed Chief Deputy Commissioner in Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR), effective May 17, 2011. She will oversee OFIR’s Office of General Counsel, Health Plans...
Company Continues Probe into Michigan Gas Leak
May 12 2011 // Marathon Pipe Line continues to investigate why its safety systems missed a pipeline failure that dumped 126,000 gallons of gasoline in mid-Michigan. State environmental quality officials are also reviewing the...
Accident Fund Holdings CEO Receives ‘Champion of Hope’ Award
May 11 2011 // Elizabeth R. Haar, president and CEO of Accident Fund Holdings Inc., was recently honored by the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan with one of its annual Champions of Hope Awards. In addition to Haar, the National...
