Michigan News

Michigan Driver Sues, Claims UPS Fired Her For Refusing Drug Delivery

A former United Parcel Services driver in Michigan who claims he was fired for refusing to deliver a package containing marijuana has filed a lawsuit against the delivery company. Forty-one-year-old Steven Mojica of Clarkston says in a lawsuit filed in …

Declarations

Private Equity, in Hindsight “It’s turned out that private equity went into the insurance world as it was going down. They seem like they went in at a high number and they’re selling at a low number. So I don’t …

People

Aon Corp. has named John Bayeux as managing director of Aon Risk Services. Bayeux has 22 years of experience as a risk manager and insurance broker in the financial institutions sector. He will work with clients, the financial institutions markets …

It Figures

$12.1 Million Cumulative amount of bonuses to be paid to several top executives at AIG, after U.S. pay czar Kenneth Feinberg signed off on the deal. The payments were promised in 2008 to get key employees to stay with AIG …

New Markets

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Michigan Senate Rejects Ban on Location in Setting Auto Premiums

The Republican-led Michigan Senate has killed legislation that would have banned auto insurers from considering where a driver lives when setting rates. Democrats say the practice is unfair to motorists who pay higher premiums in urban areas even if they …

U.S. Insurance Commissioners Host 13 International Regulatory Interns

The organization of state insurance commissioners welcomed 13 interns from Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Zambia to the U.S. this week. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has sponsored its International Internship Program for Education and Regulatory …

Insurer Among Companies Approved for Michigan Tax Credits

A state economic development board is approving tax breaks for several projects aimed at bringing new jobs to Michigan. One of the companies approved for the tax breaks is Auto-Owners Insurance Group in Delta Township, near Lansing. Gov. Jennifer M. …

Michigan Agent Joins National Big ‘I’ Leadership Team

David Allen Walker, president of Hartland Insurance Agency in Hartland, Mich., has been installed as the newest member of the executive committee of Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”). Walker began his insurance career in 1979 …

Socius Hires in California and Illinois

Socius Insurance Services, Inc., a San Francisco-based management liability and property & casualty insurance wholesaler, today announced the appointment of Devin Wright as assistant vice president in its San Francisco office. The company also hired Matt Baird as assistant vice …