All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 7 2017 // Social Security numbers and other personal information of up to 1.87 million Michigan workers may have been compromised, the state said on Feb. 3.The problem stemmed from a software update to Michigan’s troubled...
Jan 30 2017 // As the American population gets older and fatter, the crash test dummies used to test the cars people drive are changing, too.Recently, engineers at global manufacturer Humanetics created dummies that reflect today’s...
Jan 27 2017 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced it is cracking down on fraudulent insurance sales.DIFS recently issued Cease and Desist Orders against a five entities for violating the...
Jan 26 2017 // Flint’s water system no longer has levels of lead exceeding the federal limit, a key finding that Michigan state environmental officials said is good news for a city whose 100,000 residents have been grappling with...
Jan 19 2017 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Jan. 17 called for addressing Michigan’s aging infrastructure over the next several decades, citing the Flint water crisis that has roiled his administration and a football field-sized...
Jan 19 2017 // The Michigan appeals court says an inn near Lake Michigan can be sued for injuries suffered by a girl who burned her foot in the hidden leftovers of a beach bonfire. The court overturned a decision by a Benzie County judge...
Jan 11 2017 // A Michigan doctor accused of sexually abusing gymnasts has been hit with a new lawsuit by 18 women and girls who say they were molested by him, mostly at his clinic at Michigan State University. The lawsuit against Dr....
Jan 9 2017 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
Jan 9 2017 // No South Central state had the best score and none had the worst in a report recently released by a conservative-leaning research organization that annually assesses the effectiveness states’ insurance regulatory...
Jan 6 2017 // A hole drilled through a concrete sewer line nearly 40 years ago may have led to soil erosion beneath another section of the pipe and the football field-sized sinkhole that has forced 22 families from their suburban...
Dec 22 2016 // No South Central state had the best score and none had the worst in a report recently released by a conservative-leaning research organization that annually assesses the effectiveness states’ insurance regulatory...
Dec 22 2016 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
Dec 9 2016 // Keystone Insurers Group announced the addition of three more agency partners in Michigan: Nulty Insurance Agency, Ottawa Kent Insurance and Mason-McBride Inc.Keystone recently expanded into Michigan, adding Saginaw Bay...
Dec 8 2016 // Specialty Program Group, a holding company for specialty insurance brokers and underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Global Marine Insurance Agency.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in...
Dec 6 2016 // Keystone Insurers Group has expanded to 11 states with the addition of its first partner in Michigan, Saginaw Bay Underwriters. Saginaw Bay Underwriters has offices in Saginaw, Bay City and Midland. Saginaw Bay...
Dec 5 2016 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. are formalizing an affiliation agreement between the two companies.If approved by state regulators and closed as anticipated in July 2017, the affiliation...
Nov 30 2016 // A medical appointment that lasts hours might be an annoyance, but it’s not false imprisonment in Michigan. A federal appeals court last week ruled in favor of an insurance company in a dispute over an exam for a man...
Nov 30 2016 // Privately owned insurance brokerage firm, Hylant, has promoted JPaul Dixon to senior vice president in its Ann Arbor, Michigan, office.Dixon has worked for Hylant for 25 years. He is an authority in operational insurance...
Nov 23 2016 // The state of Michigan says it will ask an appeals court to stop an order that calls for home delivery of water in Flint.The state briefly disclosed its next step on Nov. 21, less than two weeks after a federal judge...
Nov 21 2016 // Former long-time Chubb executive Dino E. Robusto assumes the roles of CNA chairman and chief executive officer on Nov. 21, succeeding Thomas F. Motamed, who is retiring after eight years in those positions.The succession...