All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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,...
Nov 20 2020 // The proposed settlement of a lawsuit filed on behalf of residents of Flint, Michigan, who were harmed by lead-tainted water now totals about $641 million, officials revealed on Nov. 18.The lawsuit was the result of workers...
Nov 19 2020 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of United Shortline Insurance Services Inc. (USIS) in Port Austin, Mich.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. USIS...
Nov 18 2020 // Just hours before another shutdown, a restaurant trade group sued on Nov. 17 to try to stop a ban on indoor dining, attacking the latest restrictions from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration in response to a wave...
Nov 17 2020 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said on Nov. 16 she has the authority to issue a second stay-at-home order to curb the spiking coronavirus if necessary and called a comment by an adviser to President Donald Trump urging...
Nov 5 2020 // A Howell, Michigan, insurance agent has been charged with embezzlement and conducting a criminal enterprise, among other felonies, according to state Attorney General Dana Nessel.Alicia Holbrook-Bloink is accused of taking...