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Study: Economic Impact of Insurance Industry on Michigan Is Significant

Feb 11 2016 // A recently released study shows the positive contributions insurance industry brings to Michigan’s economy.The report — Economic Footprint of Michigan’s Insurance Industry — by Anderson Economic Group shows...

Self-Driving Vehicles Meet Their Match When Snow Creates Sensor Blindness

Feb 10 2016 // In Jokkmokk, a tiny hamlet just north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, where temperatures can dip to 50 below, Volvo Cars’ self-driving XC90 sport-utility vehicle met its match: frozen flakes that caked on radar...

Michigan Adjusts Insured Claim Caps for P/C Guaranty Association

Feb 4 2016 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services has adjusted the insured’s net worth limit and covered claim cap for determining the status of a claim against the state’s Property and Casualty...

FBI Joins Investigation into Lead Contamination of Flint Water System

Feb 3 2016 // The FBI is working with a multi-agency team investigating the lead contamination of Flint’s drinking water, alongside Environmental Protection Agency investigators who can tackle criminal violations of federal...

Lawsuit Seeks Replacement of Lead Pipes in Flint, Michigan

Jan 28 2016 // Environmental and civil rights groups are asking a federal judge to order the prompt replacement of all lead pipes in Flint’s water system to ensure residents of the Michigan city have a safe drinking supply.A...

Michigan Firm to Pay $31K to Settle Discrimination Suit

Jan 24 2016 // Michigan-based Downriver Community Services will pay $31,000 and provide equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency...

Flint, Michigan Water Crisis Leads to Federal Emergency Order

Jan 19 2016 // President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration Saturday that clears the way for federal aid for Flint, Michigan, which is undergoing a drinking water crisis.The White House also said the Federal Emergency...

Crash Rates Lower for Self-Driving Cars: Virginia Tech Study

Jan 11 2016 // Crash rates for self-driving cars are lower than the national crash rate of conventional cars, according to a new report out of Virginia Tech Transportation Institute that was commissioned by self-driving car developer...

Michigan Business Owners Optimistic; Expect to Hire, Raise Pay in 2016

Jan 11 2016 // Small- to mid-sized business owners are experiencing substantial growth and are poised to reinvest in their business and employees in 2016, according to the November 2015 Michigan Future Business Index.The index is...

2016 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory

Jan 11 2016 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2016 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...

Man Settles Suit Against Michigan Doctor Who Mistreated Many

Jan 6 2016 // A man who helped authorities uncover a Detroit, Mich.-area doctor who misled people into believing they had cancer has settled a lawsuit against the doctor for about $1.7 million. Dr. Farid Fata was paid millions of...

Koos Joins Hylant in Michigan as President

Dec 23 2015 // Hylant has named Linda Koos president of its Ann Arbor, Mich. office.She will be responsible for the overall vision, direction, growth and success of the Ann Arbor office. Koos has more than 25 years of insurance industry...

Many Michigan Business Owners Expect to Hire, Raise Wages in 2016

Dec 21 2015 // Small- to mid-sized business owners are experiencing substantial growth and are poised to reinvest in their business and employees in 2016, according to the November 2015 Michigan Future Business Index (posted below).The...

Driverless Car Accidents Pile Up As They Obey Laws, Humans Don’t So Much

Dec 18 2015 // The self-driving car, that cutting-edge creation that’s supposed to lead to a world without accidents, is achieving the exact opposite right now: The vehicles have racked up a crash rate double that of those with...

Michigan Bill Takes Aim at ‘Bad Sidewalk’ Suits Against Cities

Dec 14 2015 // Legislation advancing in Michigan’s Legislature is aimed at further shielding municipalities from lawsuits filed by people who trip and fall on sidewalks. The legislation, approved 55-51 by the House last week, lets...

Ohio-Based Cintas Corp. to Pay $1.5M to Settle Sex Discrimination Suit

Dec 1 2015 // Cintas Corp., an Ohio-based uniform manufacturer and supplier, will pay $1,500,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).According to a lawsuit filed by...

App to Alert Drivers About Emergency Vehicles Being Tested in Michigan

Nov 30 2015 // Cory Hohs’ idea was inspired by a close call with a Chicago fire truck on his motorcycle, but his new app, which warns drivers to the presence of emergency vehicle traffic, is being tested first in Grand Rapids,...

Donors Paying for Michigan Village’s Police Insurance Policy

Nov 30 2015 // A Michigan village that has been the center of disputes over publicly releasing the names of those involved in its police force turned to donors to pay for its more than $20,000 insurance policy this fall. There are...

Michigan Places Consumers Mutual Insurance in Rehabilitation

Nov 25 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has placed Consumers Mutual Insurance of Michigan (Consumers Mutual) in rehabilitation.Consumers Mutual has been offering health insurance through...

Michigan Insurance Broker Sentenced on Racketeering Charge

Nov 24 2015 // A Troy, Mich., insurance broker was sentenced last week to 14 months to 20 years in prison on one count of racketeering, the state attorney general’s office announced.Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said John...