All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2004 // Auto insurers could not restrict policyholders from using the repair shop of their choice under legislation to be considered by the Michigan state Senate.Critics say some insurers currently send or direct claim holders to...
May 27 2004 // Eleva, Wis.-based MI-Assistant announced that Midwestern property/casualty insurer ACUITY has incorporated credit report information into the firm’s rating program. This technology eliminates the need for ACUITY...
May 17 2004 // When campaigning for her current office, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm made it clear she detested the use of credit in rating and underwriting auto and homeowners insurance policies. Still, that was back in 2002. It was...
May 16 2004 // When campaigning for her current office, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm made it clear she detested the use of credit in rating and underwriting auto and homeowners insurance policies. Still, that was back in 2002. It was...
Apr 28 2004 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the state’s top insurance regulator have proposed a rule to completely ban the use of credit-based insurance scoring in the underwriting and rating of auto and homeowners insurance...
Apr 28 2004 // Two national insurance lobbying groups joined their industry brethren by announcing their vehement opposition to Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposal to ban the use of credit-based insurance scoring.Granholm, a...
Apr 26 2004 // Florida’s Brown & Brown Inc. reported that the company is acquiring Proctor Homer Warren Inc. d/b/a Proctor Financial Insurance, of Troy, Mich. Jim W. Henderson, president and chief operating officer of Brown...
Apr 21 2004 // A new Michigan coalition called the Health Leaders Alliance (HLA) announced it formally supports House Bill 5632, sponsored by Representative Larry Julian (R), which includes Governor Granholm’s proposal for a 75...
Apr 19 2004 // Michigan drivers who have auto insurance but can’t immediately prove it when stopped by police no longer will face a $300 fine.Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a bill that changes the state’s driver responsibility...
Apr 7 2004 // eAutoclaims has secured a two-year contract with Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Co., the claims management services firm announced. eAutoclaims said it will provide its national network of body shops and independent...
Apr 5 2004 // A host of personal lines issues—ranging from credit scoring to a commissioner-requested data call to state fines on drivers with no proof of auto insurance—headlined the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA)...
Apr 5 2004 // Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Linda Watters said that two insurance companies that failed to submit information requested through an auto insurance data call by March 15, 2004 now...
Mar 30 2004 // A host of personal lines issues — ranging from credit scoring to a commissioner-requested data call to state fines on drivers with no proof of auto insurance — headlined the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents...
Mar 22 2004 // Michigan, the only state that offers unlimited lifetime medical benefits for people catastrophically injured in car crashes, said it will raise by $27 the premium included in consumers’ auto insurance bills,...
Mar 18 2004 // All company appointments and cancellations in Michigan will be conducted electronically beginning in April, according to the state’s top insurance regulator. Companies can access information about the service under...
Mar 17 2004 // The Michigan Senate voted 32-5 to do away with a $300 fine that has been assessed against drivers with no proof of insurance, according to the Lansing State Journal. The law authorizing the fine, which took effect Oct. 1,...
Mar 10 2004 // The Western Michigan chapter of the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters Society (CPCU) is co-sponsoring a half-day workshop March 30 that is worth four continuing education credits in Michigan, three in...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Mar 8 2004 // Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Linda A. Watters has launched the second phase of her investigation into rising home and auto rates in Michigan. Commissioner Watters issued a letter...
Mar 3 2004 // There’s a new site on the World Wide Web and it is loaded with timely insurance information for Michigan residents. Web surfers can find the new website recently unveiled by the Insurance Institute of Michigan (IIM)...