All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Sep 20 2019 // A school district in Michigan will pay $107,000 do settle a federal retaliation lawsuit.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says the Waterford Public School System in Waterford, Michigan, will...
Sep 19 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Liam Davis to assistant personal lines underwriter in its Portage, Michigan, office. Davis is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide...
Sep 18 2019 // Board members of an Iowa government insurance program have frequently held public meetings at posh out-of-state resorts, costing tens of thousands of dollars while making it harder for the public to attend, a review by The...
Sep 18 2019 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Crystal Russell to accounting and finance specialist in its Portage, Michigan, office.Russell will also be responsible for JM Wilson’s in-house finance company, Cedar Finance. Her duties also...
Sep 13 2019 // The National Weather Service says a tornado ripped through a cemetery in southeastern Minnesota.The EF-1 tornado with winds of 95 mph struck Woodlawn Cemetery in Winona early Wednesday. The tornado toppled trees and...
Sep 11 2019 // High Street Insurance Partners (High Street), an ExecFactor full-service insurance brokerage platform owned by private equity firm Huron Capital, has acquired Ottawa Kent Insurance Agency (Ottawa Kent), an outsourced risk...
Sep 11 2019 // Under an agreement with federal safety officials, a Grand Rapids, Michigan, pipeline company will close down and pay just over $509,000 for exposing workers to serious trenching and excavation hazards.The U.S. Department...
Sep 10 2019 // Reliance Global Group Inc. has completed its acquisition of Bingham Farms, Michigan-based Altruis Benefit Consulting.The acquisition follows a letter of intent between the parties as previously announced on May 8, 2019....
Sep 3 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Dawn Van Niman to accounting and finance specialist in the company’s Portage, Michigan, office.She is responsible for processing accounts...
Aug 20 2019 // A suburban Detroit manufacturing facility has been fined after the death of an employee who fell into vat of sulfuric acid. The Detroit News reports the $32,500 fine was issued by the Michigan Occupational Safety and...
Aug 9 2019 // Erosion has created a gap beneath an oil pipeline in a key Great Lakes channel that’s wider than allowed under an agreement with the state of Michigan, oil transport company Enbridge Inc. said.The Canadian company...
Aug 8 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has hired Luann Fawley as accounting assistant in its Portage, Michigan, office. Fawley is responsible for supporting the accounting team. Her role includes...
Aug 1 2019 // A judge has ordered a Michigan manufacturer to cease operations amid concerns among health officials about a June dumpster fire and the release of chemical clouds.The Daily News of Greenville reports an Ionia County judge...
Jul 23 2019 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Stephen Botti to assistant fleet underwriter in its Portage, Michigan, office.Botti is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide variety of commercial transportation risks, as well as...
Jul 19 2019 // The suburban Detroit owners of two record-setting cats killed in a house fire have filed a lawsuit blaming the maker of a massage chair for the blaze.William and Lauren Powers of Farmington Hills seek more than $1 million...