All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2016 // Michigan-based insurance agency, BHS, has joined RiskProNet International, an association of independent insurance brokers in North America.Founded in 1939, BHS has a history of providing innovative products, services and...
Jul 7 2016 // The state says a packaging company in suburban Detroit is being fined nearly $250,000 for alleged worker safety violations.The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the fines for AJM...
Jun 30 2016 // Authorities say commercial lawn equipment, farm implements and construction equipment are being targeted by thieves in Michigan.State police Detective Sgt. Todd Petersen tells the Kalamazoo Gazette that dealerships, with...
Jun 28 2016 // If you have private health insurance, the good news is you may be helping your employer keep its health care spending down.The bad news is it’s coming out of your pocket. The amount that people with private insurance...
Jun 23 2016 // Michigan’s attorney general filed a civil lawsuit on June 22 against two water engineering companies, saying they caused and exacerbated Flint’s lead-tainted water crisis and demanding hundreds of millions of...
Jun 21 2016 // Lansing, Mich.-based insurance holding company, AF Group, has appointed Kevin Zielke as senior vice president and general counsel. Prior to joining AF Group, Zielke was a member of the litigation department in the Detroit...
Jun 20 2016 // Gov. Rick Snyder has vetoed legislation that he says would have increased the cost of auto repairs in Michigan and possibly car insurance, too.The bill won overwhelmingly approval in the Legislature. It would have amended...
Jun 16 2016 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced that the insured’s maximum refund of unearned premiums available from the state’s Property and Casualty Guaranty Association has been...
Jun 9 2016 // A federal appeals court has voided a $30 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan involving price-fixing allegations. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said that key details of...
Jun 6 2016 // The Michigan Legislature is close to repealing an annual tax break worth tens of millions of dollars that was inadvertently given to auto insurers four years ago, a move agreed to as part of a state budget deal.The...
Jun 3 2016 // A.M. Best has upgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the issuer credit rating to “a-” from “bbb+” of Michigan Professional Insurance Exchange (MPIE) in Grand...
Jun 2 2016 // The state Senate has given final approval to a bill that would affect auto parts at Michigan repair shops. The Senate approved the House version of the legislation. It’s now headed to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk...
Jun 1 2016 // Michigan’s attorney general has asked to spend $3.4 million more on a criminal and civil probe into Flint’s water crisis, which would more than triple the funding for his team of nearly two dozen outside...
May 23 2016 // Cancer patients and survivors are lobbying lawmakers to make Michigan the latest in a long line of states to require equal insurance coverage of chemotherapy regardless of whether the drugs are given by needle or taken...
May 23 2016 // Law enforcement officers in Michigan arrested more than 560 motorists for drunken driving during a stepped-up enforcement effort earlier this year. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning on May 4 announced the...
May 12 2016 // Law enforcement officers in Michigan arrested more than 560 motorists for drunken driving during a stepped-up enforcement effort earlier this year. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning on May 4 announced results...
May 10 2016 // Officials say Michigan traffic deaths rose 10 percent last year as alcohol-involved, bicyclist, teen and motorcyclist traffic deaths increased.The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning says Monday the number of deaths...
May 4 2016 // A newspaper says contractors are using immigrants, ex-cons, homeless people and teenagers to remove material containing asbestos from of aging buildings. The Detroit Free Press reported this week in the second of a...
May 3 2016 // Michigan’s state worker safety agency didn’t issue fines in the majority of asbestos abatement cases where it found serious violations during the past seven years, and not one company was fined the maximum...
Apr 28 2016 // The Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Office of Consumer Services assisted 8,353 consumers across the state and helped recover more than $1.7 million.“We strive to create and maintain active...