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Victims of Michigan Cancer Doctor Could Receive $4.1M

Nov 26 2017 // An expert is recommending approval of $4.1 million in claims, including $2 million in funeral costs, filed by victims of a Detroit-area doctor who committed fraud by putting hundreds of patients through needless cancer...

Auto Insurance Reform Bill Goes Down in Michigan House

Nov 20 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country.After...

Credit Ratings of Michigan’s Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. Withdrawn

Nov 16 2017 // A.M. Best has withdrawn the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+”, each with a stable outlook, of Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. (Great Lakes) in Grand...

Auto Insurance Reform Bill Defeated in Michigan House

Nov 6 2017 // A bill to reduce auto insurance premiums was defeated late on Nov. 2 by the Michigan House, another blow for longstanding efforts to rein in medical costs contributing to the highest average rates in the country.After...

Court Dismisses Michigan Pizza Delivery Man’s Lawsuit over Icy Fall

Nov 6 2017 // Cheese and pepperoni — but hold the lawsuit.That’s the message from the Michigan appeals court, which has reversed a decision and dismissed a lawsuit by a Domino’s Pizza delivery man. Robert Garsoff...

Michigan City to Settle Sidewalk Fall Suit for Nearly $350K

Nov 3 2017 // A city in Michigan has agreed to pay nearly $350,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who tripped and fell on a sidewalk.The Bay City Times obtained details of the settlement between Bay City and 90-year-old...

Michigan Dental Surgery Practice Sued for Age Discrimination

Nov 1 2017 // Professional Endodontics P.C., a dental surgery practice based in Southfield, Mich., with three locations, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for allegedly firing an employee because...

Farmers Files Trade Secrets Suit in California Against Auto Club Michigan, Former Employees

Oct 31 2017 // Farmers Insurance has filed a lawsuit in California against a pair of former employees and the Automobile Club of Michigan alleging the theft of trade secrets.The suit alleges violations of the California Trade Secrets...

The Hilb Group Acquires Michigan’s BKC Insurance Agency

Oct 30 2017 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired BKC Insurance Agency (BKC), based in Cheboygan, Michigan.In addition to Cheboygan, BKC has an additional location in Indian River, Michigan. The agency provides a wide array of...

Michigan Pizza Delivery Man Loses Lawsuit over Icy Fall

Oct 27 2017 // Cheese and pepperoni — but hold the lawsuit.That’s the message from the Michigan appeals court, which has reversed a decision and dismissed a lawsuit by a Domino’s Pizza delivery man. Robert Garsoff fractured...

Alphabet to Test Self-Driving Cars in Snowy Michigan

Oct 26 2017 // Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit Waymo is expanding winter testing as it works to address a potential blind spot for autonomous vehicles: snowy and icy conditions.Waymo said that Michigan is the sixth state...

Michigan’s Meadowbrook Insurance Changes Name to AmeriTrust Group

Oct 24 2017 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. in Southfield, Michigan, has changed its name to AmeriTrust Group Inc. (AmeriTrust).AmeriTrust begins as an autonomous, vertically integrated risk management organization with strategic...

H.W. Kaufman Group Opens New Burns & Wilcox Office in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Oct 23 2017 // H.W. Kaufman Group has opened a new office for wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.The opening of the new location follows the acquisition of Grand...

Detroit Mayor, Statehouse Leaders Take Another Shot at Michigan No-Fault Reform

Oct 18 2017 // The state that long has been home of the American auto industry also long has taken a unique approach to auto insurance. The Great Lake state is the only one in the country that requires auto insurance policies to pay...

Bill to Lower Michigan Auto Insurance Premiums on Shaky Ground

Oct 16 2017 // Legislation to reduce Michigan’s high auto insurance premiums by letting drivers opt out of mandatory unlimited medical coverage is in peril, with majority Republicans lacking enough support to pass it on their own...

Hub International Acquiring Michigan Employee Benefits Agency

Oct 12 2017 // Chicago-based international insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Marwil & Associates LLC (Marwil & Associates) in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Terms of the acquisition were...

Liability Case Over Hot Coals at Century-Old Inn Going to Michigan Supreme Court

Oct 2 2017 // The Michigan Supreme Court is looking into a case of hot coals.The case concerns a 10-year-old girl who burned her foot on hot coals that couldn’t be seen under sand, a day after a Lake Michigan bonfire. In a 3-0...

People

Oct 2 2017 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited (HUB) named Marc Cohen, currently president, as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He also will be a member of the board of directors.Cohen will...

Michigan High Court to Hear Arguments in Golf Cart Lawsuit

Sep 29 2017 // The Michigan Supreme Court is taking a swing at a golf cart dispute.The justices want to hear more about a golfer who was accidentally struck by a cart at Farmington Hills Golf Club in 2013. Ken Bertin and Doug Mann were...

Michigan Bill Would Cut Auto Premiums by 20%

Sep 27 2017 // Michigan drivers would no longer be required to buy unlimited medical insurance to cover serious crash injuries under legislation that high-ranking supporters proposed Tuesday to significantly reduce the country’s...