All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2016 // The National Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) has presented Kelly Hume of the Young Agents Council of the Michigan Association of...
Oct 13 2016 // A Flint resident is asking for a grand jury investigation of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s decision to use at least $2 million in state funds for his legal representation related to criminal probes of the city’s...
Oct 11 2016 // Michigan agriculture officials are seeking proposals for food safety education and training grants.The Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development says grants from the Food Safety Education Fund are...
Oct 6 2016 // If you hurt yourself while pulling stuff from your car, should your insurance company be on the hook for the injuries?The Michigan Supreme Court is opening a new term this week with arguments in that case and many others,...
Oct 6 2016 // Barbara Walker has joined the national board of the insurance industry classroom-to-career education program, InVEST, as an agent member. Walker is vice president of Hartland Insurance Agency Inc., in Hartland,...
Oct 3 2016 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered a Farmington man to stop selling fraudulent automobile insurance certificates through his company, SBS Agency.DIFS issued cease and desist...
Sep 30 2016 // A former Michigan high school tennis player and her mother were paid $30,000 in settlement of a lawsuit that alleged she was bullied while on the varsity team.Michelle Karpinski, community relations manager for Portage...
Sep 30 2016 // Brightway, The Lambert Family Agency in Muskegon, Michigan announced it has added Camber Gilleland as its newest agent. Gilleland joins the agency from the healthcare industry, where she worked in administration and...
Sep 28 2016 // The Michigan Counties Workers’ Compensation Fund (MCWCF) announced grants to agencies in nine counties to help reduce employee accidents and injuries on Sept. 17 at the 2016 Michigan Association of Counties Annual...
Sep 26 2016 // ICW Group Insurance Companies has begun writing workers’ compensation four additional states—Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia.The San Diego-based company says the move bolsters its presence across the...
Sep 26 2016 // Security giant Guardsmark has agreed to pay $115,000 and to provide other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced.EEOC...
Sep 22 2016 // Monique Colizzi, who taught InVEST insurance courses at Charlotte High School (CHS) in Charlotte, Michigan, has been honored with the 2016 InVEST Teacher of the Year Award.The InVEST program, which is affiliated with the...
Sep 21 2016 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered a Farmington man to stop selling fraudulent automobile insurance certificates through his company, SBS Agency.DIFS issued cease and desist...
Sep 19 2016 // In the year since Flint’s man-made drinking water crisis exploded and was exposed primarily as a failure of state government, Michigan has allocated $234 million toward the public health emergency that exposed...
Sep 19 2016 // Michigan’s workplace safety agency plans to step up unannounced inspections of demolition sites around the state to ensure workers are properly protected against hazards such as exposure to asbestos. The Detroit Free...
Sep 13 2016 // A dozen states still use no-fault auto insurance to cover the medical expenses of crash victims.Michigan House members returned to work last week to decide whether they’ll give the state’s motorists a break on...
Sep 9 2016 // Michigan would no longer require that someone be inside a self-driving car while testing it on public roads under legislation passed unanimously on Sept. 7 by the state Senate, where backers touted the measures as...
Sep 8 2016 // Michigan’s workplace safety agency plans to step up unannounced inspections of demolition sites around the state to ensure workers are properly protected against hazards such as exposure to asbestos.The Detroit Free...
Aug 29 2016 // A new court decision will keep the public’s eyes from records of an auto insurance fund.The Michigan appeals court says the state Catastrophic Claims Association is a public body, but lawmakers legally carved out an...
Aug 25 2016 // Allstate is now offering a home-sharing endorsement in Michigan for homeowner insurance customers who rent out their homes on a temporary basis.With participation in the home-sharing economy expected to quadruple over the...