All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 20 2021 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) acquired Linwood, Michigan-based Owen Moore Insurance Agency (OMA) in a transaction that was effective Dec. 31, 2020.OMA is a full-service property/casualty agency, providing a broad range of...
Jan 13 2021 // Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with...
Jan 12 2021 // Risk Placement Services (RPS), the E&S wholesale broker, managing general agency and program administrator, has appointed Joe Clifford to lead its self-insured workers’ compensation programs in Michigan within...
Jan 6 2021 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer refused to sign a bill that would have let one-time drunken drivers ask a judge to set aside their conviction, despite the measure’s broad bipartisan support in the Michigan...
Jan 4 2021 // Provision Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Bingham Farms, Mich., has named Chris Irvine as its chief financial officer and a member of its executive leadership team. Irvine previously...
Jan 4 2021 // A small plane flying from Georgia crashed into a house in southeastern Michigan, killing the pilot and two family members.The victims were David S. Compo, the former president of the Home Builders Association of...
Dec 28 2020 // The Flint, Michigan, City Council has signed off on its portion of a $641 million settlement with residents of the poor, majority-Black city who were exposed to lead-tainted water.The city’s insurer would kick in $20...
Dec 23 2020 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) says it helped recover more than $16.2 million for consumers during the 2020 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30.DIFS’ Office of Consumer Services...
Dec 22 2020 // AF Group, based in Lansing, Mich., has made several executive appointments and promotions within its Workers’ Compensation division.Michelle McLane, named senior vice president of Business Development. With a strong...
Dec 18 2020 // A man who was helping clean a chute at a sugar beet processing plant in Michigan’s Thumb region fell about 120 feet to his death, authorities said.Bay County Sheriff’s deputies who were called on Dec. 15 to the...
Dec 18 2020 // Insurance broker and managing general agent JM Wilson has hired Laura Cole as assistant fleet underwriter in its Portage, Mich., corporate office. The company additionally has promoted four others in underwriting...
Dec 9 2020 // A survey funded by the by Accident Fund Insurance Company of America and the Michigan Business Network shows that most leaders of small-to mid-sized businesses in the state continue to be wary about the economy.The latest...
Dec 7 2020 // The cause of a fire that destroyed a marina building with hundreds of boats might never be known because of the extensive damage, an official said.The building’s roof and sides collapsed Dec. 4 at Toledo Beach Marina...
Dec 7 2020 // A fire on Dec. 4 destroyed an enormous building loaded with hundreds of boats stored for the winter in southeastern Michigan, sending smoke for miles along Lake Erie.Neighbors and boat owners rushed to get as close as...
Dec 3 2020 // Bars and restaurants on Dec. 2 lost a challenge to Michigan’s ban on indoor dining and immediately warned about business failures and deep job losses if the restriction linked to the coronavirus is extended past next...
Dec 2 2020 // Alera Group, an insurance firm headquartered in Deerfield, Mich., has acquired Lighthouse Group, an independent insurance agency with eight locations through Michigan.The acquisition was effective Dec. 1, 2020. Lighthouse...
Dec 2 2020 // A Detroit, Mich.-area funeral home has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit that led to a groundbreaking decision that protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment.Aimee Stephens,...
Nov 30 2020 // A former Genesee County, Michigan, insurance agent has been sentenced to prison for embezzling more than $90,000 from her clients and providing them with phony home and automobile insurance certificates, according to the...
Nov 30 2020 // Michigan drivers who want unlimited personal injury protection benefits will pay $86 per vehicle starting next summer, down from $100 currently.The fee was mandatory for decades but became optional beginning in July under...
Nov 22 2020 // A judge on Nov. 20 declined to halt a three-week ban on indoor dining in Michigan that is one of the most recent coronavirus restrictions imposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration.The state health department,...