Latest Michigan Headlines
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Letting the Courts Decide
Oct 19 2009 // While insurers generally see the use of credit scores as both fair and valid, not all independent agents concur. Two lawsuits of interest to the insurance industry have generated media attention in recent weeks. Only one...
Insurer Interest High in Michigan Credit Score Case
Oct 19 2009 // The Michigan Supreme Court on Oct. 7 heard opening arguments in a closely watched case that may decide the fate of insurers’ use of credit history in setting rates for personal lines policies in that state. In 2005,...
Letting the Courts Decide
Oct 19 2009 // While insurers generally see the use of credit scores as both fair and valid, not all independent agents concur. Two lawsuits of interest to the insurance industry have generated media attention in recent weeks. Neither...
Michigan Considers Not Prosecuting Underage Drinkers Who Call 911
Oct 16 2009 // Minors in Michigan wouldn’t be prosecuted for underage drinking if they or their friends call 911 for medical assistance under legislation approved this week with backing from state law enforcement and college...
Arguments For and Against Credit Scores Begin in Michigan Court
Oct 9 2009 // Attorneys on both sides of the issue argued before the Michigan Supreme Court on Oct. 7 as to whether insurance companies should be allowed to use credit history in setting auto and home premium rates. The practice was...
Insurer Interest High in Michigan Credit Score Case
Oct 8 2009 // The Michigan Supreme Court on Oct. 7 heard the opening arguments in a closely watched case that may decide the fate of insurers’ use of credit history in setting premium rates for personal lines policies in that...
CNA Names McGraw to Head Michigan Branch
Oct 6 2009 // Commercial insurer CNA Financial Corp. has named Michael McGraw as vice president of its Michigan branch. As branch vice president, McGraw is responsible for synchronizing branch operations with CNA’s strategic...
Michigan’s Credit Scoring Ban Moves to State Supreme Court
Oct 6 2009 // The Michigan Supreme Court is set to consider whether the state’s Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) can administer rules banning the use of insurance credit scoring in rate setting. The hearing...
Michigan City Ordinance Would Hold Parents Responsible for Teen Parties
Oct 5 2009 // Kalamazoo, Mich., officials are considering a new law that would make adults responsible for policing what happens at youth parties in their homes. The proposal comes after the severe beating of a 16-year-old boy at an...
Auto-Owners Insurance to Expand Michigan Headquarters
Sep 24 2009 // Auto-Owners Insurance Co. says it will build a new corporate complex when it expands its Michigan headquarters. The $105.3 million project will be near the company’s Delta Township headquarters in Eaton County, just...
Michigan City Ordinance Would Hold Parents Responsible for Teen Parties
Sep 22 2009 // Kalamazoo officials are considering a new ordinance that would make adults responsible for policing what happens at youth parties in their homes. The proposal comes after the severe beating of a 16-year-old boy at an...
People
Sep 21 2009 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services of Minnesota Inc. named Gina Samland managing director for its Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas City, Kan., operations. She is based in the Omaha, Neb., office. In her new role, Samland is...
Federal Judge Rules Michigan College Coach Immune to Player Suit
Sep 8 2009 // A federal judge has dismissed parts of a lawsuit against Central Michigan University and its women’s basketball coach, who is accused of dropping a scholarship partly because a player isn’t a lesbian. U.S....
Michigan High Court to Reconsider Auto Accident Victims’ Right to Sue
Sep 7 2009 // The Michigan Supreme Court has set the stage for reversing a 2004 precedent that restricts when people injured in auto accidents can sue for pain and suffering. In a 4-3 order, the court decided to reconsider the case of...
CEO Arends, Agent Crosby Inducted Into Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame
Sep 3 2009 // The Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame honored two leaders in the insurance industry at the sixteenth annual induction ceremony of the Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame recently on the campus of Olivet College. New members...
Michigan Files $3.4 Million Insurance Claim for I-75 Tanker Explosion
Aug 24 2009 // The state of Michigan has filed insurance claims with insurance carriers for all three vehicles involved in a tanker explosion that destroyed an overpass on Interstate 75 north of Detroit. Michigan’s attorney general...
Michigan High Court to Reconsider Auto Accident Victims’ Right to Sue
Aug 24 2009 // The Michigan Supreme Court has set the stage for reversing a 2004 precedent that restricts when people injured in auto accidents can sue for pain and suffering. In a 4-3 order, the court decided to reconsider the case of...
Michigan Insurers Balk As Democrats Advance ‘Bad Faith’ Legislation
Aug 19 2009 // Michigan insurance companies say that so-called “bad faith” bills approved by the House Insurance Committee today are unnecessary and will open the floodgates for lawsuits against them, eventually costing...
Michigan Halts Novus Surplus Lines Insurance; Owner Defends Company
Aug 18 2009 // Michigan regulatory officials have charged an insurer and its managing general agency with fraud in the selling of surplus lines insurance. But the owner of the company that is is runoff says it did nothing wrong. The...
Michigan Halts Novus Surplus Lines Sales; Owner Defends Insurer
Aug 18 2009 // Michigan regulatory officials have charged an insurer and its managing general agency with fraud in the selling of surplus lines insurance. But the owner says his company that is in runoff has done nothing wrong. The...
