All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 24 2002 // Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Frank M. Fitzgerald announced his office will hold public hearings during June and July to gather information on the use of consumer credit history to...
May 20 2002 // Attorney General Jennifer Granholm has released the results of a statewide survey her office conducted into the practice of insurance redlining in Michigan. In releasing the results—which showed disparities in auto...
May 17 2002 // The Michigan Retailers Association (MRA), based in Lansing, Mich., announced that its self-funded workers’ compensation insurance program, Retailers Fund, is doing a significantly better job than other workers’...
May 10 2002 // The typical Michigan motorist will experience increased automobile insurance rates during the coming year, according to the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS). To help Michigan motorists combat...
Apr 3 2002 // Michigan has an opportunity to continue streamlining its rate and form filing process by adopting legislation recently introduced by Senator Bill Bullard (R-Highland), according to the National Association of Independent...
Mar 28 2002 // The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) Board of Directors announced it has lowered the assessment that the state’s motorists pay for their unique auto insurance unlimited medical benefits. Beginning July...
Mar 19 2002 // The Toyota Camry has made it five-for-five, ranking in 2001 as tops on the target list of auto thieves, according to a report from CCC Information Services Inc. It was the 1991 model Camry that captured the No. 1 slot...
Mar 18 2002 // A bill championed by the American Insurance Association (AIA) that changes the way insurers are assessed payments to the state’s second injury fund has been signed into law by Michigan Gov. John Engler. “This...
Feb 18 2002 // A bill changing the way insurers are assessed payments to the state’s second injury fund passed the Michigan House Feb. 14. The American Insurance Association (AIA), a strong supporter of the measure, anticipates the...
Jan 24 2002 // Michigan Governor John Engler recently signed legislation that provides confidentiality protection for insurers that conduct voluntary self-assessments of their compliance with state insurance laws. According to the...
Jan 8 2002 // Michigan Governor John Engler signed House Bill 5313, which enacts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Model Producer Licensing Act and meets the producer licensing reciprocity requirements outlined...
Dec 19 2001 // Retailers Fund, the workers’ compensation insurance program of the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA), plans an overall rate cut of 3.51 percent for 2002. The rate cut, the fifth such reduction in nine years was...
Dec 17 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) is urging Michigan’s House of Representatives to pass a bill that would change the way insurers are assessed payments to the state’s Second Injury Fund. The legislation...
Dec 5 2001 // A bill providing confidentiality protection for insurers that conduct voluntary self-assessments recently passed the Michigan Senate and was referred to the House Committee on Insurance and Financial Services. SB 674,...
Nov 21 2001 // Canton, Mich.-based National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla. against Allstate Insurance Co., claiming that the insurer breached its agreement with...
Nov 14 2001 // Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Co., a Michigan property and casualty insurer, has signed a licensing agreement for Allenbrook’s VIC(c) (Visual Internet Connection) software. VIC will provide agents with a secure Web...
Oct 26 2001 // A proposed change in the laws governing insurer payments to Michigan’s Second Injury Fund would not reduce benefits for injured workers, while improving the overall business climate of the state, according to the...
Oct 5 2001 // The Michigan Senate Financial Services Committee approved legislation that provides confidentiality protection for insurers that conduct voluntary self-assessments of their compliance with state insurance...
Sep 24 2001 // The board of directors of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce has voted unanimously to strongly oppose a proposed new tax on workers’ compensation currently under consideration by the State House and Michigan Senate as...
Sep 17 2001 // Experts from the insurance industry, law enforcement, automobile manufacturers and dealers, as well as prosecuting attorneys and state legislators gathered Tuesday for Michigan’s first Auto Theft Forum 2001, a...