Latest Michigan Headlines

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Firms Increasing Investments in Michigan Insurance Brokerage, Acrisure

Dec 10 2018 // Three firms are increasing their investments in Acrisure LLC, the Caledonia, Michigan-based insurance brokerage announced.Acrisure said a group of investors led by funds managed by Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners...

Curti Elected to National Assoc. of Professional Insurance Agents Executive Committee

Dec 5 2018 // Anthony (Tony) Curti, a partner with Acrisure LLC in Caledonia, Michigan, and a member of the Michigan Association of Professional Insurance Agents (MIPIA), has been elected to the executive committee of the National...

School’s Insurer to Cover Michigan Runner’s $4.5M Injury Lawsuit Settlement

Nov 19 2018 // A runner who sued his Michigan high school cross-country coach after he was severely injured during a dark early-morning practice has settled the case for $4.5 million.In 2011, Kersch Ray was a 13-year-old member of the...

Michigan Man Sentenced to Prison for Staged Auto Crash Fraud Scheme

Nov 16 2018 // A Michigan man who pled guilty to participating in a multi-state staged auto accident/insurance fraud scheme has been sentenced to prison, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.Marvin David Ramirez, 45, of...

Michigan Fines Agent $25K, Revokes License in Auto Insurance Fraud Case

Nov 6 2018 // A Michigan agent has been fined $25,000 and had his insurance license revoked after an investigation revealed he had been creating and selling fake auto insurance certificates, the state’s insurance regulators...

New InsurTech Platform, PROTO, Launched in Michigan

Nov 5 2018 // The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) announced the launch of a new insurtech accelerator program, PROTO InsurTech, to inspire and stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship in the insurance industry.Two major...

2 Charged With Selling Fake Insurance in Michigan

Oct 30 2018 // Two people in Michigan face felony charges filed by the state’s attorney general for allegedly selling fraudulent insurance to customers.The charges are the result a joint investigation by the Child, Elder, and...

The Hilb Group Acquires Michigan’s Burns & Eustice Insurance Agency

Oct 24 2018 // Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Michigan-based Burns & Eustice Insurance Agency (B&E). B&E has been offering property/casualty insurance products and services to businesses and individuals throughout northern...

Colleges Handling Surge in Claims of Past Sexual Harassment

Oct 16 2018 // For 35 years, Ruth D’Eredita tried to dismiss her former professor’s behavior — the way he touched her, groped her and kissed her. But last year, as dozens of women came forward to share similar encounters...

Michigan Law Firm Making Money Suing Cities Over Sewers

Oct 10 2018 // A single law firm based in Royal Oak has won tens of millions of dollars in lawsuits against a growing list of metro Detroit communities – including Detroit, Royal Oak, Ferndale, Birmingham, and the townships of...

Marijuana Legalization Advocates Seek Foothold in Midwest States

Oct 10 2018 // Backers of broad marijuana legalization are looking to break through a geographic barrier in November and get their first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in Northeastern and Western...

Michigan Court Rules No Liability for Bank in Wrong-Way Driver’s Crash

Oct 9 2018 // The Michigan appeals court says a bank can’t be blamed for a crash that occurred when a confused driver went the wrong way in suburban Detroit.Frank Scola was a 7-year-old passenger when his mother turned the wrong...

Kapnick Acquires A.E. Mourad in Michigan

Oct 8 2018 // Kapnick Insurance Group has acquired Warren, Mich.-based A.E. Mourad Agency. The Mourad team will join Kapnick in their Troy offices in early 2019. A.E. Mourad is an independent agency that provides a variety of services...

Michigan Department of Insurance Gets New Fraud-Fighting Unit

Oct 1 2018 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) will have more resources to fight insurance and financial services fraud after Gov. Scott Walker issued an executive order creating a new anti-fraud unit...

A.M. Best: Positive Outlooks for Michigan’s Northern Mutual Insurance

Oct 1 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” of Northern Mutual...

Business Moves

Oct 1 2018 // Marsh & McLennan, JLTMarsh & McLennan Inc. agreed to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson for about $5.7 billion to expand its global offering of reinsurance and consulting services. New York-based Marsh said the purchase of...

Kitchen Torch Behind Fire at Home of Michigan GOP Lt. Gov. Candidate

Sep 19 2018 // Republican lieutenant governor candidate Lisa Posthumus Lyons says the fire that burned down her western Michigan home started after one of her children used a kitchen torch inside the attached garage. She said at a news...

Outlooks Revised to Positive for Michigan’s Northern Mutual Insurance

Sep 18 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” of Northern Mutual...

Michigan Offering Matching Grants for Workplace Safety, Health Improvements

Sep 17 2018 // Matching grants of up to $5,000 to improve workplace safety and health are being made available to Michigan companies that have up to 250 employees.Administered by the Michigan’s Occupational Safety and Health...

Deadline for Medical Marijuana Business Licensing Extended in Michigan

Sep 13 2018 // Michigan regulators have again extended the deadline for medical marijuana businesses to be licensed, allowing 108 facilities to continue operating while warning that 98 others will be issued cease-and-desist letters if...