Latest Michigan Headlines

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J.M. Wilson Promotes Russon to Corporate Trainer in Michigan

Oct 31 2019 // Surplus lines broker and managing general agency J.M. Wilson has promoted Christine Russon to corporate trainer in its Portage, Michigan, office. She will be responsible for new employee onboarding and training, continued...

Michigan’s H.W. Kaufman Group Hires Fusinski as Chief Information Officer

Oct 30 2019 // H.W. Kaufman Group has added Richard S. Fusinski to its executive team as chief information officer. He will be based at the company’s headquarters in Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan.Fusinski will set and oversee...

Michigan Governor Wants to Make More Workers Eligible for Overtime

Oct 28 2019 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is moving to make more Michigan workers eligible for overtime pay.The Democrat announced that her administration will establish rules to change the salary threshold under which employers must pay...

Iowa Insurance Pool Board Rethinking Costly Out-of-State Meetings

Oct 25 2019 // Board members of an insurance program for Iowa’s municipal governments are rethinking their long-standing practice of holding public meetings at resorts in other states.Directors of the Iowa Communities Assurance...

Sheeran Promoted to President of Michigan’s Meadowbrook Insurance Agency

Oct 22 2019 // AmeriTrust Group Inc. in Southfield, Michigan, has promoted Dave Sheeran, executive vice president of Meadowbrook Insurance, to president of the Meadowbrook Insurance Agency.Sheeran has been with Meadowbrook for 10 years....

Michigan’s Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes Blocked by Judge

Oct 17 2019 // A Michigan judge temporarily blocked the state’s weeks-old ban on flavored e-cigarettes Tuesday, saying it may force adults to return to smoking more harmful tobacco products and has irreparably hurt vaping...

Michigan’s Kapnick Insurance Expands Ownership, Welcomes New Partners

Oct 16 2019 // Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Kapnick Insurance Group is formally expanding its ownership base beyond the Kapnick family for the first time in the company’s 73-year history.Key employees who have made significant...

Suit Challenges Michigan Insurance Director Fox over $250K Benefit Cap

Oct 16 2019 // The administrator of a plan that covers the medical expenses of uninsured non-drivers who are injured in car crashes is suing the state of Michigan, alleging that a regulator’s recent orders conflict with the...

Michigan’s J.M. Wilson Promotes Bartolacci to Personal Lines Underwriter

Oct 11 2019 // Portage, Michigan-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Ryan Bartolacci to personal lines underwriter.Bartolacci is responsible for quoting new and renewal personal lines risks...

Krol Promoted to Assistant Brokerage Underwriter at Michigan’s J.M. Wilson

Oct 9 2019 // J.M. Wilson in Portage, Michigan, has promoted Stevii Krol to assistant brokerage underwriter.Krol is responsible for quoting new and renewal brokerage and professional accounts, setting up and binding policies, assisting...

Insurers Named as Defendants in Challenge to Michigan Auto Insurance Law

Oct 7 2019 // Crash victims and a brain-injury rehabilitation facility challenged Michigan’s new auto insurance law on Oct. 3, contending that pending limits on reimbursement rates for nursing and other care violate their...

For Michigan’s Hagerty, Insurance Is Just the Start

Oct 7 2019 // Traverse City, Michigan-based Hagerty is evolving to adapt to a changing automotive world.“Our mission as a business is to save driving and car culture for future generations,” said McKeel Hagerty, CEO....

Business Moves

Oct 7 2019 // Plymouth Rock Assurance, Rider Insurance CompanyPlymouth Rock Assurance has agreed to expand its investment in the motorcycle insurance segment with the acquisition of Rider Insurance Company, subject to regulatory...

Hughes Promoted to Transportation Technician at J.M. Wilson in Michigan

Oct 1 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Brianne Hughes to transportation technician in its Portage, Michigan, office. As a transportation technician, she will process commercial...

Arthur J. Gallagher to Acquire Michigan’s LSG Insurance Partners

Sep 30 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based LSG Insurance Partners.Founded in 1968, LSG Insurance is an independent insurance, risk management and consulting...

Insurance Broker Acrisure Plans Michigan Expansion in Grand Rapids

Sep 26 2019 // Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced that Caledonia-based insurance broker Acrisure plans to invest $33 million in Grand Rapids to expand its future world headquarters in the western Michigan city. The project...

Lawmaker Wants Rhode Island to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes

Sep 26 2019 // A lawmaker in Rhode Island plans to introduce a bill to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes.Rep. Julie Casimiro says she’s planning to propose a ban after the new legislative session begins in January. She says the...

Michigan Tire Distributor to Pay $55K to Settle Racial Harassment, Retaliation Lawsuit

Sep 24 2019 // Belle Tire Distributors Inc., a tire, wheels and auto service company in Michigan, has agreed to pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...

Chair of Iowa Insurance Pool Defends Out of State Resort Meetings

Sep 23 2019 // The chairman of an Iowa government insurance program is defending its long practice of holding public meetings at resorts in Michigan and Florida and private clubs in Iowa.Jody Smith, board chairman of the Iowa Communities...

Michigan Classic Auto Insurer, Hagerty, Driving Into the Future

Sep 23 2019 // Traverse City, Michigan-based Hagerty is evolving to adapt to a changing automotive world.“Our mission as a business is to save driving and car culture for future generations,” said McKeel Hagerty, CEO....