All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 16 2015 // Consumers Mutual Co-Op, in consultation with the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), has decided to enter into a run off of its health insurance business, the DIFS announced. Consumers Mutual...
Nov 16 2015 // A jury found doctors at a northern Michigan clinic weren’t negligent in using tainted steroids that were part of a national meningitis outbreak.More than 100 patients sued doctors and the clinic, Neuromuscular &...
Nov 12 2015 // Medical professional liability insurer, Professional Casualty Association (PCA), has been approved for operations by the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services as a licensed and admitted carrier, effective...
Nov 8 2015 // A jury says doctors at a northern Michigan clinic weren’t negligent in using tainted steroids that were part of a national meningitis outbreak.More than 100 patients sued doctors and the clinic, Neuromuscular &...
Nov 6 2015 // Consumers Mutual Co-Op, in consultation with the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), has decided to enter into a run off of its health insurance business, the DIFS announced.Consumers Mutual...
Nov 4 2015 // Two companies are planning a merger to become one of the largest health insurers in Michigan. Flint-based HealthPlus of Michigan and Detroit-based Health Alliance Plan announced Nov. 2 that they have reached an agreement...
Nov 2 2015 // A jury has awarded $5 million to relatives of a 90-year-old woman who died after ingesting detergent at a Detroit-area retirement facility. The Oakland Press reports an Oakland County jury reached the verdict this month...
Oct 16 2015 // The National Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) presented the Outstanding Young Agent of the Year award to Lisa Lemanski of the...
Oct 13 2015 // Wholesale insurance broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Kristin Bolhuis as a property and casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., office.Bolhuis is responsible for quoting new and renewal property and casualty business, and...
Oct 9 2015 // Michigan drivers pulled over by the police will be able to show proof of their auto insurance on a phone or another mobile device instead of having to provide a hard copy under legislation signed by Gov. Rick Snyder. The...
Oct 5 2015 // Patrick McPharlin, director of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), issued a bulletin reminding insurance agents that the practice of insurance “sliding” is not allowed.McPharlin...
Oct 2 2015 // Drivers pulled over by the police in Michigan will be able to show proof of their auto insurance on a phone or another mobile device instead of having to provide a hard copy under legislation going to Gov. Rick Snyder for...
Sep 7 2015 // The maximum work loss benefit payable under policies of personal protection insurance in Michigan will rise very slightly for the year beginning Oct. 1, the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services...
Sep 7 2015 // Highway officials are beginning to install sensors and cameras on roads near Detroit that will be able to provide construction, traffic and weather updates to motorists. The system has been installed along 20 miles of...
Aug 31 2015 // Hackers cracked a computer network and got access to Social Security numbers and other personal information of more than 10,000 people who work for Roman Catholic churches or church affiliates around Michigan.“I...
Aug 25 2015 // Highway officials are beginning to install sensors and cameras on roads near Detroit that will be able to provide construction, traffic and weather updates to motorists. The Michigan Department of Transportation recently...
Aug 21 2015 // The maximum work loss benefit payable under policies of personal protection insurance in Michigan will rise very slightly for the year beginning Oct. 1, the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services...
Aug 5 2015 // Portage, Mich.-based insurance wholesaler, J.M. Wilson, has added two new property/casualty underwriters: Blayne White and Robbin Nichols.Both White and Nichols will quote new and renewal commercial property/casualty risks...
Jul 31 2015 // Announcing it assisted 172,913 consumers across the state in 2014, the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services said consumer complaints increased last year compared to 2013.Health insurance generated the...
Jul 21 2015 // A simulated city opened Monday on the north campus of the University of Michigan to test how self-driving cars will travel in the future without mowing down pedestrians or causing colossal crashes.“We had the faculty...