All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 2 2022 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Universal Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, headquartered in Waterford,...
Feb 2 2022 // Students of a former University of Michigan lecturer recounted stories of alleged sexual assault, psychological torture and university negligence Monday before filing a lawsuit against the professor and the school.On a...
Feb 1 2022 // Beef produced at a small Michigan farm was found to contain toxic “forever chemicals” after the cattle were fed crops grown with fertilizer made from contaminated wastewater biosolids, state officials said Jan....
Jan 28 2022 // A new lawsuit alleging negligence by school officials and a Michigan school shooting suspect’s parents was filed Thursday over the attack at Oxford High School that killed four students and wounded six other students...
Jan 28 2022 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita Fox announced that a Michigan resident who pled guilty to auto insurance fraud has been sentenced to...
Jan 27 2022 // Alera Group has acquired Gales Agency,Inc., an independent insurance agency providing a full line of insurance products including home, business, auto and life insurance policies to protect families. Gales Agency, Inc.,...
Jan 26 2022 // Two former University of Michigan football stars who stand to receive as much as $500,000 each through the school’s sexual abuse settlement with more than 1,000 students say the per-victim payouts should be much...
Jan 24 2022 // More than 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a window in which they could sue the school for damages under new bills the Legislature will consider.It is the second time since...
Jan 21 2022 // A financial payout for more than 1,000 people — mostly men —who say they were sexually assaulted by former University of Michigan sports doctor Robert Anderson is the latest multimillion settlement involving schools...
Jan 20 2022 // The University of Michigan has agreed to a $490 million settlement with more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by a former sports doctor during his nearly four-decade career at the school, the...
Jan 19 2022 // Two men died and five people were injured early Monday in a fire at a multi-family dwelling in Pontiac, authorities said.Eleven adults were in the home when the fire was reported around 2:44 a.m., Oakland County...
Jan 18 2022 // A woman who said she was injured after slipping on a lemon wedge has failed to revive her lawsuit against a popular Detroit tavern.The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision in favor of Old...
Jan 18 2022 // High Street Insurance Partners announced its December acquisition of Hershey Insurance Agency, a full-service insurance firm based in Troy, Michigan. Founded in 1979, Hershey offers personal insurance, business insurance...
Jan 12 2022 // A judge on Jan. 10 refused to dismiss a lawsuit against an engineering company, which is accused of not doing enough to stop the flow of lead-contaminated water in Flint in 2015.Four families are suing Veolia North...
Jan 11 2022 // A federal judge in Michigan has tossed a lawsuit brought by two gay corrections officers, ruling that some of their discrimination claims weren’t sufficiently proven and that statutes of limitation barred...
Jan 7 2022 // A paper mill in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has agreed to pay nearly $250,000 to settle an investigation of a fish kill in the Escanaba River, state regulators said.A “catastrophic pipe failure” at the...
Jan 7 2022 // Alera Group has acquired Gales Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency providing a full line of insurance products including home, business, auto and life insurance policies to protect families. Gales Agency, Inc.,...
Jan 6 2022 // More than 1,000 sexual abuse victims of a University of Michigan sports doctor would get a window in which they could sue the school for damages under new bills that the Legislature will consider.It is the second time...
Dec 22 2021 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services is reminding uninsured drivers that they have until midnight on Dec. 31, 2021 to get penalty-free auto insurance.The amnesty period ensures that fees will not be...
Dec 16 2021 // The parents of a 17-year-old girl who was shot in the neck at Oxford High School during a mass shooting that left four students dead filed a pair of lawsuits seeking $100 million each against a Michigan school district,...