All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Mar 25 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 24 2005 // Michigan’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services last week released the results of its long-awaited study of competitiveness in the state’s insurance market. While the report found competition under the...
Mar 21 2005 // A slim majority supports Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s plan to shift the tax burden on Michigan businesses from manufacturing and re-search firms onto insurers, according to a poll commissioned by the Michigan Association...
Mar 21 2005 // Imagine there’s a 200-pound boulder crushing your left foot underneath. It hurts like all get out and it’s left you immobile. To relieve the unbearable pain and get going again, you gather a group of friends...
Mar 17 2005 // The Supreme Court of Michigan recently ruled that the state’s No-Fault Insurance Act prohibits health care providers from charging more than a reasonable fee for services and left it up to lower courts to determine...
Mar 17 2005 // Michigan lawmakers on Thursday passed Senate Bill 297, which repeals the state’s 36-year-old mandatory motorcycle helmet law.It is estimated that the repeal will result in 22 additional fatalities each year, along...
Mar 14 2005 // The Washington, D.C.-based American Insurance Association recently voiced strong opposition to Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposal to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes onto the insurance industry,...
Mar 14 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...
Mar 8 2005 // A slim majority supports Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s plan to shift the tax burden on Michigan businesses from manufacturing and research firms onto insurers, according to a poll commissioned by the Michigan Association...
Mar 7 2005 // Homeowners insurance in Michigan is apparently a good buy. The $470 average premium for Michigan homeowners insurance is below the national average of $538. According to a study by the National Association of Insurance...
Mar 7 2005 // The vote by the Michigan Legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to file a notice of objection to Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s rule banning the use of credit scores in underwriting was...
Mar 4 2005 // GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—The vote by the Michigan Legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to file a notice of objection to Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s rule banning the use of credit scores in...