All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 21 2005 // Addison, Texas-based Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of IPA LLC, an underwriting agency with operations in Michigan. The underwriting agency...
Jun 20 2005 // Jennifer Fahrenkrug has been promoted to territory manager at Sheboygan, Wis.-based regional property/casualty insurer ACUITY and will handle the company’s Michigan and Northern Ohio territories. Meanwhile, Kelly...
Jun 6 2005 // There were more than 17.6 million recreational boats in use in the United States in 2004, and an estimated 69 million people involved in boating activities, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association. Since...
May 24 2005 // Troy, Mich.-based benefits broker McGraw Wentworth released the results of its 2005 Southeast Michigan mid-market group benefits survey. The survey compares benefit plans and trends among 465 mid-sized organizations in...
May 23 2005 // The state of Michigan has filed an appeal of a judge’s ruling that allowed insurance companies to continue using customers’ credit scores to determine their home and automobile insurance rates. Attorneys for...
May 23 2005 // Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services Commissioner Linda A. Watters recently issued a warning about a medical liability insurer called Professional Liability Insurance Co. She said in a statement that the...
May 23 2005 // The Michigan Association of Insurance Agents said that Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s plan to revise the state’s Single Business Tax will penalize small businesses, diminish employment opportunities and raise...
May 23 2005 // Four St. Louis-area men were convicted Wednesday of federal charges related to the torching of four grocery stores as part of a scheme to collect more than $3.5 million in insurance claims. After a 13-day trial, a U.S....
May 23 2005 // MICHIGANCommissioner Appeals Credit Scoring Decision The state of Michigan has filed an appeal of a judge’s ruling that allowed insurance companies to continue using customers’ credit scores to determine their...
May 18 2005 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services issued the 2005 Buyers’ Guide to Auto Insurance. The guide contains information and tips about purchasing auto insurance as well as the results of a survey...
May 13 2005 // The state of Michigan has filed an appeal of a judge’s ruling that allowed insurance companies to continue using customers’ credit scores to determine their home and automobile insurance rates. Attorneys for...
May 9 2005 // In a scathing opinion that sides with insurers on nearly all points of fact and law, Barry County Court Judge James Fisher declared illegal a rule set banning insurance scoring and reducing base rates.“The...
May 2 2005 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced the following recent appointments to the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission:Gregory Przybylo of Okemos, attorney in private practice. Przybylo is appointed for a term...
Apr 26 2005 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services overstepped its authority in issuing rules that prohibited the use of credit-based insurance scores, according to a Michigan Circuit Court judge.In the case of...
Apr 25 2005 // A coalition of 15 Michigan organizations that was asked to provide recommendations to Gov. Jennifer Granholm on how to improve patient safety and reduce health-care errors will hold a public meeting Thursday, April 28.At...
Apr 18 2005 // As planned, a group of Michigan property/ casualty insurers has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new rule set banning their use of credit scores in auto and homeowners insurance and reducing base...
Apr 13 2005 // The Office of Financial and Insurance Services released a sample list of actions taken on behalf of Michigan consumers in the last two quarters of 2004. The list is comprised of a series of Commissioners Orders for...
Apr 4 2005 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services last month released the results of its long-awaited study of competitiveness in the state’s insurance market.While the report found competition under the...
Apr 4 2005 // The Michigan Claims Catastrophic Association increased its annual assessment to insurers by 11 percent to $141.70 per insured vehicle from $127.24, drawing sharp criticism from the state’s insurance regulator.In a...
Mar 29 2005 // As planned, a group of Michigan property/casualty insurers has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new rule set banning their use of credit scores in auto and homeowners insurance and reducing base...