All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 25 2021 // A Muskegon insurance agent charged with fraud and embezzling his clients’ money has pleaded guilty, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS)...
Jun 16 2021 // Michigan insurance regulators are reminding property/casualty insurers that relying on “zero-dollar claim” in their insureds’ loss history is not allowed.In Bulletin 2021-27-INS, issued by Michigan...
Jun 2 2021 // A Michigan grocery store chain denied employee a reasonable accommodation and demoted him due to disability, federal authorities say.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said Meijer Inc., a grocery store...
Jun 2 2021 // A city-owned utility in Traverse City, Michigan, can’t be held responsible for the death of a tree trimmer who had contact with a power line.The Michigan Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from Zachary...
Jun 1 2021 // Courtnie Bush, 16, was never supposed to wake up again, much less smile, stand and walk after she was in a car crash in December.Her mom Jenna said what Courtnie accomplished since then is nothing short of a miracle and...
Jun 1 2021 // Lansing, Mich.-based specialty insurance provider, AF Group, is entering the assumed reinsurance marketplace through a new partnership with Waypoint Underwriting Management.Waypoint is a proven expert in reinsurance risk...
May 27 2021 // Two Michigan companies face nearly $200,000 in combined proposed penalties after two workers were killed in the collapse at an Ohio power plant.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said that Killen Power...
May 27 2021 // Nearly 100 more people died in traffic crashes in Michigan last year than in 2019, according to preliminary data released by the state police.The state police Criminal Justice Information Center said on May 26 that 1,083...
May 26 2021 // A West Bloomfield, Mich., physician has been charged with insurance fraud and dispensing prescriptions without a license, the state attorney general’s office reported.Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has charged...
May 25 2021 // State and federal authorities are pitching in as investigators try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed three buildings in the historic downtown of an Upper Peninsula village.Investigators in Calumet were...
May 23 2021 // Property owners near dams that failed in the Midland area won a key decision in lawsuits against the state.Judge Cynthia Stephens said the lawsuits can go forward, rejecting a request to dismiss by the Department of...
May 21 2021 // Michigan lawmakers have proposed spending $500 million to repair aging dams a year after a hydroelectric dam failed to hold back floodwaters in the Midland area, causing more than $250 million in damage, draining lakes and...
May 19 2021 // A lawsuit that accuses the state of Michigan of failing to regulate and enforce safety regulations on a dam that failed, causing an estimated $200 million in damages and destroying 2,500 structures, may not be resolved...
May 17 2021 // A Michigan man has been ordered to pay restitution of nearly $775,000 for an alleged insurance scam, the state insurance department says.Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Fraud Investigation...
May 13 2021 // Staff at the University of Michigan missed many opportunities to stop a doctor who committed sexual misconduct for decades with long-term consequences for hundreds of patients, including generations of student athletes, a...
Apr 22 2021 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced changes in the state’s contracting process to ensure construction and other companies are not rewarded with government money for payroll fraud such as misclassifying...
Apr 19 2021 // A federal agency has assessed a $15 million civil penalty against a company for safety violations at three Michigan hydroelectric projects, including a dam that collapsed last year and contributed to flooding that forced...
Apr 19 2021 // Jared Burkhart will be the next CEO of Big “I” Michigan (MAIA), the association announced.Burkhart joins the Big “I” team on May 3 and succeeds the current CEO, Bev Barney, who is retiring Aug. 31....
Apr 16 2021 // Abry Partners (Abry), a Boston-based private equity firm, has acquired High Street Insurance Partners (HSIP), a full-service insurance brokerage, located in Traverse City, Michigan.Abry is acquiring HSIP from Huron Capital...
Apr 15 2021 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration has extended workplace coronavirus restrictions for an additional six months, including a requirement that Michigan employers prohibit office work if employees’ jobs can...