All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2019 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered a review of how Michigan’s auto insurers use non-driving factors such as education and credit scores to set premiums that rank among the nation’s highest.The Democrat’s...
Apr 25 2019 // Officials say Michigan traffic deaths dipped below 1,000 in 2018 for the first time since 2015. The Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center announced Wednesday that Michigan traffic deaths totaled 974 in...
Apr 24 2019 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said her office will target businesses that cheat their employees of wages, pledging a forceful crackdown on what she called an under-the-radar problem that also lets companies dodge...
Apr 17 2019 // A new report shows that in 2017, Michigan’s insurance industry made an economic contribution of more than $38 billion to the state’s economy.The report released by Insuring More for Michigan also shows that...
Apr 15 2019 // “Allowing the state to invest in an insurance policy will provide predictability and limit taxpayers’ risk of increasing disaster costs.”–California state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, said legislation...
Apr 9 2019 // Lansing, Michigan-based PROTO InsurTech, a business accelerator and equity investment fund led by Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), said three new international high-tech startups have begun operating in...
Apr 3 2019 // AmeriTrust Group Inc. in Southfield, Michigan, has promoted Josh Crumley to chief of staff.In this role, he will be responsible for identifying innovation and disruption opportunities, business development, business...
Apr 2 2019 // A state commission says Michigan should not set a legal limit for how much of marijuana’s active ingredient motorists can have in their system.The Impaired Driving Safety Commission recently forwarded its findings to...
Mar 29 2019 // Michigan’s mandatory fee to cover unlimited medical benefits for catastrophically injured drivers is rising to a record $220 per vehicle, which is more than double what it was a decade ago.The Michigan Catastrophic...
Mar 18 2019 // Authorities say a tornado swept through mid-Michigan, damaging homes and knocking out power to thousands.The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down at 7:03 p.m. Thursday around the Shiawassee County...
Mar 18 2019 // Michigan State University continues to explore its insurance coverage options with regard to sexual assault or molestation claims brought against the school after rejecting renewal coverage offered by its long-term...
Mar 8 2019 // A medical-device manufacturer says it will stop sterilizing equipment at a Michigan facility as state regulators investigate the company for air pollution, including for the release of a known carcinogen. Viant Medical...
Mar 8 2019 // Michigan State University continues to explore its insurance coverage options with regard to sexual assault or molestation claims brought against the school after rejecting renewal coverage offered by its long-term...
Mar 6 2019 // Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita G. Fox has appointed Joseph Thomas as manager of the department’s Fraud Investigation Unit.Thomas has 31 years of experience in law...
Mar 4 2019 // Michigan’s Court of Appeals has ruled against a woman whose offer of conditional employment by a public entity was rescinded after she tested positive for marijuana even though she had a state-issued card allowing...
Mar 1 2019 // Police say one employee was killed and another was injured at a suburban Detroit car wash when a pickup truck struck them.Troy Police Sgt. Meghan Lehman said the accident occurred Monday afternoon at a Jax Kar Wash as the...
Feb 28 2019 // A mid-Michigan police officer has agreed to dismiss sexual harassment claims against her department in exchange for a settlement worth about $362,000. Eaton Rapids police Officer Lisa Kirby filed a 2017 federal lawsuit...
Feb 25 2019 // Michigan’s Court of Appeals has ruled against a woman whose offer of conditional employment by a public entity was rescinded after she tested positive for marijuana even though she had a state-issued card allowing...
Feb 25 2019 // It was still dark on a Friday morning in November when a California Highway Patrol officer started following a Tesla Model S on Route 101 between the San Francisco International Airport and Palo Alto. The gray sedan was...
Feb 19 2019 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” of Dearborn, Michigan-based Auto Club...