All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 4 2024 // Webster Bank, Ametros Financial Corp.Connecticut-based Webster Bank completed its acquisition of Ametros Financial Corp., a firm that administers medical claims settlements. Ametros provides post-settlement medical...
Feb 26 2024 // Union Bay Acquisition LLC, an aggregator of insurance agencies agent based in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, has acquired Skar Insurance Group of Rockford, Michigan. Terms were not disclosed. Skar Insurance specializes in...
Feb 21 2024 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced that the department helped recover more than $19.5 million for Michigan consumers in 2023. In addition, DIFS staff answered nearly 140,000...
Feb 13 2024 // JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, made several new hires and promotions in offices across the country. Katie Priester Bird joined the company as a property and casualty underwriter. Bird previously held roles...
Feb 5 2024 // FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A second contractor said last Thursday that it has reached a $25 million settlement over its role in Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water scandal.The class-action litigation agreement...
Feb 1 2024 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced that it has acquired Ralph C. Wilson Agency, a full-service risk management and employee benefits consulting firm and insurance...
Jan 26 2024 // Los Angeles County agreed to pay $5 million to the founder and CEO of a software company who was briefly accused of stealing data on county poll workers in a case he said was pushed by conspiracy theorists.The Board of...
Jan 23 2024 // Trinity Health Grand Rapids, formerly known as Mercy Health St. Mary’s, a hospital and member of the Trinity Health-Michigan health system, agreed to pay $50,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious...
Jan 19 2024 // The owner of a Michigan insurance agency has been charged with embezzling money from employees by misappropriating payroll deductions, announced Attorney General Dana Nessel.Nancy Caviston, 76, of Superior Charter...
Jan 17 2024 // The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.75 million to an innocent man who spent 35 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of sexual assault.Louis Wright was released in November after authorities said DNA tests...
Jan 10 2024 // A judge has approved a $2.8 million settlement in a dispute over unpaid work performed by aspiring hair stylists at a Michigan cosmetology school.Roughly 1,500 people will get some compensation for cleaning floors, washing...
Jan 10 2024 // The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled last week that state law permits the parent of a minor to elect lower than default liability limits for their child’s auto insurance coverage.A three-judge panel unanimously...
Jan 9 2024 // Oswald Companies announced it has acquired Brieden Consulting Group, an employee benefits agency based in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. The addition of Brieden strengthens Oswald’s existing Michigan presence, which is...
Jan 8 2024 // Michigan reported the largest decrease in uninsured motorists of any state between 2020 and 2022, according to a recent study by the Insurance Research Council.Michigan’s uninsured motorist rate dropped by more than...
Dec 22 2023 // EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan State University trustees have approved settlements with the families of three students slain during a mass shooting earlier this year on the school`s campus.Trustees voted unanimously...
Dec 4 2023 // Tests show toxic chemicals in wells near the headquarters of a western Michigan shoe manufacturer, years after the company dredged and transferred river sediment from a leather-processing tannery.There is no dispute...
Dec 1 2023 // The availability of a federal flood payout in a county in a given year increased the number of flood insurance policies by 5.2% and the total insured value of the policies by 4.6% in the following year, a new study...
Nov 30 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – The former owner of a Michigan dam is on the hook for roughly $120 million sought by the state for environmental damage when the structure failed after days of rain in 2020, a judge said.But it`s not known...
Nov 29 2023 // LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan is on the verge of implementing one of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy mandates, aiming to be carbon-free by 2040 in what is a pivotal test of the Democrats’...
Nov 28 2023 // Charles Munger, the alter ego, sidekick and foil to Warren Buffett for almost 60 years as they transformed Berkshire Hathaway Inc. from a failing textile maker into an empire, has died. He was 99.He died on Tuesday at a...