Latest Michigan Headlines

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Fortier Named Vice President at Hylant in Michigan

Apr 13 2020 // Grand Rapids, Mich.-based insurance brokerage, Hylant, one of the nation’s largest privately owned insurance brokerages, has hired Ken Fortier to lead business development efforts for the West Michigan division of...

Michigan’s AmeriTrust Auto-Renewing General Business Policies During Pandemic

Apr 6 2020 // Southfield, Michigan-based AmeriTrust Group on March 20 said its admitted insurance carriers will guarantee renewal of all general business policies for the next 90 days, except in certain situations including in cases of...

EEOC Sues Blue Sky Vision for Disability Discrimination at Michigan Facility

Apr 2 2020 // Blue Sky Vision L.L.C., a Delaware-based management services organization that provides support to eye care providers, has been sued by federal employment officials for employee disability discrimination at a facility in...

Michigan’s Top Court: Jury Should Decide Liability in Case of Woman Hurt at Party

Mar 24 2020 // It might be the most talked-about Christmas party at the Michigan Supreme Court.The justices on Friday let stand an appeals court decision and said a jury should decide whether an Oakland County couple is liable for a...

Michigan Man Wins Appeal of Arson-for-Insurance Conviction

Mar 11 2020 // The Michigan appeals court has overturned the arson conviction of a man who insists he had no financial incentive to destroy his profitable pawn shop in suburban Detroit.Judge Paul Cusick wouldn’t allow defense...

Cost Unclear as Ohio State Settles Suits Over Doc Abuse

Mar 9 2020 // Ohio State reached an unspecified settlement with nearly half of the roughly 350 men who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a team doctor who was jokingly known among some athletes by nicknames like “Dr....

Ex-Athletes Sue University of Michigan Alleging Sex Abuse by Doctor

Mar 6 2020 // Three former athletes at the University of Michigan have filed lawsuits against the school, alleging that a late doctor sexually assaulted them while the men were members of the football and hockey teams in the 1980s.The...

J.M. Wilson Promotes Bryson to Sr. Transportation Underwriter in Michigan

Mar 5 2020 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Kyle Bryson, to senior transportation underwriter in its Portage, Michigan, office. Bryson is responsible for quoting new and renewal Non-Fleet Trucking (1-10 units) and serving independent...

J.M. Wilson Hires Pov as Assistant P/C Underwriter in Michigan

Feb 27 2020 // J.M. Wilson has added Kim Pov as an assistant property/casualty underwriter in its Madison, Wisconsin, office.Pov is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide variety of property and casualty risks, as well as...

AAA Carolinas Merges with The Auto Club Group

Feb 14 2020 // The Auto Club Group (ACG) and AAA Carolinas have merged and combined operations, it was announced last month.With North and South Carolina part of The Auto Club Group family, the company now serves more than 13.5 million...

Issuer Credit Ratings of Michigan’s Atain Insurance Companies Downgraded

Feb 10 2020 // AM Best has downgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “a” from “a+” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Atain...

Michigan Launching Program to Educate Drivers About Auto Insurance Changes

Feb 7 2020 // Michigan’s top insurance regulator said the state is committed to helping drivers navigate a new law that will let motorists save money by foregoing unlimited medical coverage for crash injuries.The state Department...

Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Commercial Package Coverage Into Michigan

Feb 6 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Michigan to the list of states where the insurer offers its Commercial Package Policy.The product includes commercial property featuring limits up to $120 million per...

J.M. Wilson Adds Knibloe as Assistant Transportation Underwriter in Michigan

Feb 5 2020 // J.M. Wilson has hired Andy Knibloe, as an assistant transportation underwriter in its Portage, Michigan, office.Knibloe is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide variety of transportation risks, quoting new and...

Michigan School District to Reinstate Employee, Pay $102.9K in Whistleblower Case

Feb 3 2020 // A school district in Michigan has been ordered to reinstate one employee and pay a total of $102,905.78 in back wages, damages and other compensation in a whistleblower case.The U.S. Department of Labor’s...

Outlooks Revised to Negative for Michigan’s Amerisure Mutual Insurance, Affiliates

Jan 30 2020 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” of Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. (Amerisure...

Michigan Health System: Ex-Worker Stole Patient Data and Shared It

Jan 28 2020 // A southeastern Michigan hospital system said that a now-fired employee accessed and shared what was supposed to be protected personal and health information of more than 1,000 patients with someone affiliated with a...

Michigan Company to Pay $125K to Settle Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Suit

Jan 23 2020 // A food production company based in Chesterfield Township, Mich., will pay $125,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, federal officials said.According to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...

Michigan Sues 3M, DuPont over ‘Forever’ Chemical Contamination in Water

Jan 16 2020 // Michigan on Jan. 14 sued 3M, DuPont and other companies for financial damages from contamination caused by potentially harmful “forever” chemicals that are turning up in drinking water across the industrial...

Judge Won’t Make Health System Fund Defense of Accused Ohio Doctor

Jan 10 2020 // A federal judge declined for now to compel a Michigan-based health system to advance legal costs for a doctor’s defense against murder charges in the deaths of 25 Ohio hospital patients.U.S. District Judge George...