All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 5 2006 // Another national holiday, Memorial Day, has just come and gone. The great memories of picnics, long bike rides, parades and afternoons at the beach are positive snapshots of the holiday. Unfortunately, vehicle accidents,...
Jun 5 2006 // Zurich announced that Oliver Ade has been named regional executive for the company’s North Central Region. Ade will be responsible for all business operations within the region, including profit-and-loss objectives,...
Jun 5 2006 // Zurich announced that Oliver Ade has been named regional executive for the company’s North Central Region. Ade will be responsible for all business operations within the region, including profit-and-loss objectives,...
Jun 5 2006 // Another national holiday, Memorial Day, has just come and gone. The great memories of picnics, long bike rides, parades and afternoons at the beach are positive snapshots of the holiday. Unfortunately, vehicle accidents,...
May 31 2006 // The nomination deadline for an annual Community Recognition Award sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network honoring outstanding senior citizen advocates has been extended to Friday, June 30....
May 30 2006 // Michigan’s governor and her insurance regulator are telling companies that they won’t be allowed to write policies that give injured motorists less time to file claims or lawsuits.The move by the Office of...
May 26 2006 // An informal AAA poll of state lawmakers suggests that the Michigan House of Representatives has the number of votes needed to repeal the state’s 37-year-old mandatory motorcycle helmet law. It is estimated that the...
May 22 2006 // Michigan state lawmakers this week will consider legislation aimed at reforming asbestos litigation, which manufacturers say has caused more than 70 business bankruptcies and cost at least 60,000 jobs nationwide.The...
May 15 2006 // Great Central Insurance, a member of the Select Markets segment of Argonaut Group, Inc., announced today the addition of a liquor liability insurance program for the state of Michigan to its portfolio of specialized...
May 15 2006 // The state of Michigan has scaled back its enforcement of safety laws related to limousines even as the number of limousines in the state has increased, according to a newspaper’s review published Sunday.In October,...
May 12 2006 // North Pointe Holdings Corporation, Southfield, Mich., reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006. According to the company, gross premiums written amounted to $45.6 million in the first quarter...
May 12 2006 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is renewing a push to provide affordable health insurance to cover uninsured Michigan residents.Granholm, first unveiled the proposal in January, was expected to talk more about her plan...
May 11 2006 // Health insurers and HMOs in Michigan could offer financial incentives to smaller employers that want to reward workers for healthy behavior under legislation passed unanimously May 9 in the state Senate.Supporters of the...
May 9 2006 // Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. a Michigan-based provider of property and casualty insurance, announced first-quarter 2006 operating results including its wholly owned subsidiary, Fremont Insurance Company, highlighted by...
May 8 2006 // Mich. fugitive convicted of health care fraud, sent back to jail after 17 years Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox recently announced that, after 17 years of being a fugitive from justice, Joel Edward Freedland,...
May 8 2006 // Insurers who support the bills now being considered in Michigan say that with reform, resources could be properly allocated to those who are truly ill, and that courts won’t be overburdened with cases that often seek...
May 8 2006 // Mich. fugitive convicted of health care fraud, sent back to jail after 17 yearsMichigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox recently announced that, after 17 years of being a fugitive from justice, Joel Edward Freedland,...
May 5 2006 // Southfield, Mich.-based North Pointe Holdings Corp. today announced that it has received an endorsement from the Roller Skating Association International, a not-for profit organization representing approximately 1,000...
May 4 2006 // Cleveland-based Oswald Companies announced it is acquiring another longstanding Midwest market leader Poyle Associates, located in the Detroit suburbs. The Cleveland-based risk expert and insurance brokerage will now serve...
May 2 2006 // The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Board of Directors recently re-elected Greg Sudderth of Gladstone in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to his fifth year as board chair, and re-elected John M. MacKeigan, M.D., of...