Latest Michigan Headlines

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Michigan’s Consumers Mutual to Exit Health Insurance Market

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...

No Negligence Found in Michigan Trial over 2012 Meningitis Outbreak

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 &...

Professional Casualty Association Enters Michigan Medical PL Market

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...

Patients Lose in Michigan Trial over 2012 Meningitis Outbreak

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 &...

Michigan’s Consumers Mutual to Exit Health Insurance Market

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...

Michigan-Based Health Insurers to Merge

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...

Family Awarded $5M in Woman’s Michigan Retirement Home Death

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...

Michigan Agent Named Big ‘I’ Young Agent of the Year

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...

J.M. Wilson Adds Bolhuis as P/C Underwriter in Michigan

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...

Michigan Drivers May Soon Show Proof of Insurance on Phone

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...

Michigan Insurance Regulator Tells Agents to Stop ‘Sliding’

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...

Michigan Bill Enabling Drivers to Show Police Insurance on Phone OK’d

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...

Michigan’s New PIP Maximum Work Loss Benefit in Effect Oct. 1

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...

Michigan’s New ‘Smart’ Roads, Vehicles to ‘Talk’

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...

Hackers Target Data of Catholic Workers in Michigan

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...

Michigan’s New ‘Smart’ Roads May ‘Talk’ to Vehicles

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...

Michigan’s PIP Maximum Work Loss Benefit Rises Slightly

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...

Michigan’s J.M. Wilson Adds White, Nichols as Underwriters

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...

Michigan Insurance Regulators: Consumer Complaints Up in 2014

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...

M City: Where All Cars Are Driverless

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...