Latest Michigan Headlines
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Tenn. Latest State to Order Travel Firm to Halt Insurance Sales
Sep 10 2006 // Tennessee regulators ordered a Crossville-based travel firm already cited by three other states to stop selling trip interruption or cancellation benefits without an insurance license. Tennessee’s cease-and-desist...
Michigan shows judicial restraint with asbestos decision
Sep 4 2006 // We say that creating law is the right and responsibility of legislatures, not courts. However, in this case Michigan’s Supreme Court came up with a unique approach to controlling caseloads and prioritizing sick...
Michigan shows judicial restraint with asbestos decision
Sep 4 2006 // Courts and legislatures around the country are taking a serious look at the problems created by the consolidation of mass tort cases, like the asbestos and silica litigation. The Michigan Supreme Court provided the latest...
Michigan Supreme Court shows judicial restraint with asbestos decision
Sep 4 2006 // Courts and legislatures around the country are taking a serious look at the problems created by the consolidation of mass tort cases, like the asbestos and silica litigation. The Michigan Supreme Court provided the latest...
Michigan Supreme Court shows judicial restraint with asbestos decision
Sep 4 2006 // Courts and legislatures around the country are taking a serious look at the problems created by the consolidation of mass tort cases, such as asbestos and silica litigation. The Michigan Supreme Court provided the latest...
Michigan shows judicial restraint with asbestos decision
Sep 4 2006 // Courts and legislatures around the country are taking a serious look at the problems created by the consolidation of mass tort cases, like the asbestos and silica litigation. The Michigan Supreme Court provided the latest...
Michigan Supreme Court shows judicial restraint with asbestos decision
Sep 4 2006 // Courts and legislatures around the country are taking a serious look at the problems created by the consolidation of mass tort cases, such as asbestos and silica litigation. The Michigan Supreme Court provided the latest...
Tornadoes Hit Northern Ind., Minn., Causing Damage and One Death
Aug 25 2006 // Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes swept off Lake Michigan Wednesday evening, downing trees and power lines and causing some injuries in Indiana and killing one resident in Minnesota. In LaPorte County, Ind., 911 Assistant...
Mich. Blue Cross Offers Free Dental Cleaning to Expectant Moms
Aug 21 2006 // Research suggests that hormonal changes in pregnant women place them at increased risk of gum disease, which can lead to premature or low birth weight babies and increase the chance of toxemia in expectant mothers,...
Michigan’s Watters Has Faith in Plan for Good Urban Risks
Aug 21 2006 // Michigan Insurance Director of Insurance Linda Watters wants drivers in urban areas to get a fair shake on insurance by getting them group rates through their faith-based and community organizations. Working with urban...
Mich. Supreme Court’s stand on asbestos cases could impact other states
Aug 21 2006 // The Michigan Supreme Court’s decision to preclude trial courts from bundling asbestos cases for trial or settlement is an excellent first step toward restoring balanced justice in asbestos cases in the state, one...
Michigan blocks asbestos case
Aug 21 2006 // The Michigan Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision to preclude trial courts from bundling together asbestos cases for trial or settlement is an “excellent first step toward restoring balanced justice” in asbestos...
Mich. Supreme Court’s stand on asbestos cases could impact other states
Aug 21 2006 // The Michigan Supreme Court’s decision to preclude trial courts from bundling asbestos cases for trial or settlement is an excellent first step toward restoring balanced justice in asbestos cases in the state, one...
Mich. Hylant Group Adds Professional to Large Account Practice
Aug 11 2006 // Hylant Group, a full-service business insurance agency, has hired Basima Rumman to serve as vice president in the company’s Large Account Practice. She will be based in Hylant’s Troy, Mich., office. Previously,...
Insurers: Mich. Supreme Court’s Decision Will Reduce Asbestos Litigation Abuse
Aug 11 2006 // The Michigan Supreme Court’s decision to preclude trial courts from bundling asbestos cases for trial or settlement is an excellent first step toward restoring balanced justice in asbestos cases in the state,...
People and Places
Aug 7 2006 // The Insurance Information Institute has promoted Dr. Robert P. Hartwig to president; Dr. L. James Valverde Jr. to vice president of Economics and Risk Management; and announced the retirement of Gordon Stewart,...
Linda Watters
Aug 7 2006 // Michigan Insurance Director of Insurance Linda Watters wants to make sure drivers in urban areas get a fair shake on the premiums they pay for auto and homeowners insurance. She has developed an initiative that would...
Mich. Burns & Wilcox Adds New Director of Branch Development
Aug 4 2006 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent Burns & Wilcox, has hired Paul Anderson, CPCU, ARM, AIM, to serve as the company’s director of branch...
Insurance Journal Series ‘The Commissioners’ Presents Interviews with 15 State Regulators
Jul 28 2006 // Reinsurance collateral, natural disaster plans, brokerage compensation disclosure, credit scoring, competition for insurance jobs—state insurance regulators across the country deal with these and many other...
Insurance Journal Presents Video Interviews with 15 State Insurance Commissioners
Jul 27 2006 // Reinsurance collateral, natural disaster plans, brokerage compensation disclosure, credit scoring, competition for insurance jobs—state insurance regulators across the country deal with these and many other...
