All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 10 2018 // London-based broker Beach & Associates announced Acrisure LLC has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the company’s equity from existing shareholders.These shareholders include Aquiline Capital Partners, a private...
Jan 4 2018 // A dispute over four words will cost an insurance company about $200,000.A federal appeals court in Michigan has ruled in favor of a man in the Grand Rapids area who suffered serious injuries during a motorbike crash in...
Dec 29 2017 // Trade secrets and Hippos, lawsuits and tragedies.The news for 2017 didn’t seem to be dominated by a single trend or sole event, but in an ever-fractured media world that must try and cater to short attention spans...
Dec 28 2017 // The state of Michigan is trying to stop a court order that prevents officials from suspending the driver’s licenses of people who can’t afford traffic fines. Lawyers representing the secretary of state have...
Dec 20 2017 // A.M. Best has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb” of Birmingham,...
Dec 20 2017 // A jury has awarded $2.9 million to a moped driver who was badly injured when he struck a low-hanging telecommunications wire in Michigan. The Ann Arbor News reports a Washtenaw County jury last week reached the verdict...
Dec 15 2017 // A suburban Detroit insurance agent has been sentenced to at least six years in prison for embezzling more than $800,000 from a dozen elderly clients.Paul Garceau Jr. of Grosse Pointe Park had pleaded guilty to embezzlement...
Dec 14 2017 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Michigan were among the lowest of 18 state workers’ compensation systems analyzed in a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).The...
Dec 8 2017 // A Michigan nonprofit has settled a lawsuit over an incident in which a group of students injured a boy during recess at a public charter school it operates.The North Flint Reinvestment Corporation was ordered to pay...
Dec 4 2017 // Veteran insurance agent and now Brightway Insurance store owner, Bob Brundle, will open Brightway, The Bob Brundle Agency in Grand Blanc, Michigan on Dec. 4, the agency franchise operation announced.He has a decade of...
Nov 29 2017 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Canadian oil transport company Enbridge Inc. announced a timeline for determining the future of twin pipelines beneath the channel where Lakes Huron and Michigan converge.Options include...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...