Latest Michigan Headlines
All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Goose Crashes Through Car Windshield on Michigan Driver
May 11 2011 // A 12-pound Canada goose crashed through the windshield of a sport utility vehicle as a woman drove on the highway in Bay County. Williams Township assistant fire chief Craig Pickelman said the unnamed 35-year-old woman...
State Farm to Close Offices in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
May 11 2011 // State Farm plans to close two dozen field offices in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan where 1,300 people work to save $8 million over the next five years. The Pantagraph newspaper in Bloomington reported that the insurance...
Business Moves
May 2 2011 // Fremont Michigan, Auto Club Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc., a Michigan-exclusive property and casualty insurer, agreed to be acquired by Auto Club Insurance Association (ACIA), also based in Michigan. Under the terms of...
Fremont Michigan to Be Acquired by Auto Club Insurance
Apr 18 2011 // Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc., a Michigan-exclusive property and casualty insurer, has agreed to be acquired by Auto Club Insurance Association (ACIA), a Michigan-domiciled reciprocal inter-insurance exchange. Under the...
Clinton Selected as Michigan Insurance Regulator
Apr 18 2011 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has selected Kevin Clinton as head of the agency that regulates insurance and financial institutions in the state. Clinton will oversee the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation, which is...
Michigan Couple Sues Applebee’s for Giving Infant Booze
Apr 15 2011 // The Applebee’s restaurant chain publicly apologized Wednesday after a 15-month-old boy was served alcohol mislabeled as apple juice when his family dined at one of its Detroit-area restaurants, but it questioned...
Michigan Insurance Chief Ross Exits
Apr 12 2011 // Michigan Insurance Commissioner Ken Ross announced today that he will leave his position effective April 15. Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm appointed Ross as commissioner in February 2008. He has continued in newly-elected...
Enbridge Says Michigan Oil Spill Cost $550 Million
Apr 7 2011 // Enbridge Inc. says the spill of at least 800,000 of oil into the Kalamazoo River system near Marshall cost the pipeline company $550 million in 2010. The figure, which comes from the Enbridge annual report, excludes...
Michigan Catastrophic Auto Insurance Fee to Rise 1.3%
Apr 4 2011 // Michigan auto insurance policyholders will pay an additional $1.91 starting July 1 to help pay the lifetime medical expenses of people seriously injured in accidents. The lifetime benefit is a part of Michigan’s...
Michigan’s Accident Fund Unveils New Corporate Headquarters
Mar 30 2011 // Workers’ compensation carrier Accident Fund Holdings Inc. today unveiled its new national headquarters on the site of the former Lansing Board of Water & Light Ottawa Street Power Station in downtown Lansing,...
Michigan Catastrophic Auto Insurance Fee to Rise 1.3%
Mar 28 2011 // Michigan auto insurance policyholders will pay an additional $1.91 starting July 1 to help pay the lifetime medical expenses of people seriously injured in accidents. The lifetime benefit is a part of Michigan’s...
Michigan’s Stricter Teen Driving Rules Go Into Effect Next Week
Mar 25 2011 // Michigan is preparing to enact new restrictions on teen drivers-in-training. Law enforcement, insurance and education leaders gathered in East Lansing this week to explain the requirements that take effect March 30. The...
Michigan Court Reinstates Injured Cheerleader’s Lawsuit
Mar 25 2011 // A civil lawsuit accusing a Detroit area youth football league and team of negligence contributing to a cheerleader’s injury has been reinstated by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The Appeals Court reversed a Macomb...
Michigan Nixes Strict Workplace Ergonomics Rule
Mar 23 2011 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill to prevent state-level administrative rules mandating workplace ergonomics. Ergonomics aims to limit injuries caused by lifting, repetitive motion and awkward work positions. The...
Come along for a ride with Jason Verlinde
Mar 21 2011 // I recently went on my own ride to Michigan for the Michigan YIP’s Winter Get-Away! I was invited to teach a class on Generational Differences and the turnout and response from the class was tremendous – it was...
Michigan Court Orders Insurer to Pay Mother Who Saw Son Die in Crash
Mar 11 2011 // An Ohio insurance company must pay benefits to a Detroit-area woman who suffers from witnessing the death of her son on a motorcycle. The Michigan appeals court said Gale Boertmann of Clinton Township can collect on her...
Ratings Recap: Blue Whale Re, Michigan Millers, Constitutional
Mar 10 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a” of Vermont-based captive Blue Whale Re Ltd., both with stable outlooks. The ratings...
Business Moves
Mar 7 2011 // Hylant Group, Creative Benefits Systems Ohio-based Hylant Group, one of the largest privately owned insurance brokerage firms in the nation, recently acquired a substantial portion of Creative Benefits Systems (CBS), an...
Michigan Lags in Snowmobile Safety: Report
Feb 28 2011 // Michigan’s snowy winters and 6,200 miles of groomed trails make it a magnet for snowmobilers, but all that fun comes at a price. The Detroit Free Press reported that more than 130 snowmobilers have been killed in...
Michigan Man Slips Up in Trip-and-Fall Case
Feb 18 2011 // A man who tripped and fell has lost his lawsuit against Michigan’s Bay City because he gave the wrong location. The Michigan appeals court says state law is very clear: Robert Graczyk needed to be exact when...
