Latest Michigan Headlines

All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Cameron M. Wilson & Associates Promotes Goldberg in Michigan

Feb 10 2015 // Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Cameron M. Wilson & Associates recently promoted Amanda Goldberg to director of marketing and communication.Goldberg’s duties will include maintaining existing and cultivating new...

Michigan High Court May Accept Auto Insurance Records Case

Feb 9 2015 // The Michigan Supreme Court wants to hear more about a dispute over public access to the records of an insurance fund that pays for tragic injuries in car crashes.The state appeals court says records of the Michigan...

Michigan Regulators Suspend Licenses of Insurance Agent, Agencies

Feb 6 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced it suspended the insurance licenses of Alia Bahoora and her insurance agencies: Assurity Insurance Agency I, Assurity Insurance Agency II,...

Michigan Driverless Vehicle Test Site to Be Operational this Spring

Jan 26 2015 // Officials expect a Michigan testing site for connected and driverless cars that will simulate a cityscape to be operational this spring.Called “M City,” the 32-acre site is taking shape on the University of...

Michigan Orders Unlicensed Agent, ‘Fictitious’ Insurer to Stop Selling Insurance

Jan 26 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered Ray Coleman, Midwest Insurance Group and RPM Insurance Group (RPM) to cease and desist from selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance...

‘One-Day’ Policy Sales Lead to Agent License Suspensions in Michigan

Jan 26 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced it has suspended the licenses of father and son insurance agents Ali Ali and Adnan Ali-Aljadri and their insurance agencies AAS and ASA for...

Fraternity Members Accused of Vandalism at Michigan Ski Resorts

Jan 23 2015 // Officials at ski resorts in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula say University of Michigan fraternity members were responsible for thousands of dollars in vandalism.WWTV/WWUP reports that police escorted students...

Michigan Police Targeting Speeding, Distracted Driving After Pileup

Jan 21 2015 // Michigan authorities plan to crack down on speeding and distracted driving in eastern Kalamazoo County following a 193-vehicle pileup that killed one man and closed a stretch of Interstate 94 for two days.State police Lt....

Michigan Driverless Vehicle Test Site to be Operational This Spring

Jan 15 2015 // Officials expect a Michigan testing site for connected and driverless cars that will simulate a cityscape to be operational this spring.Called “M City,” the 32-acre site is taking shape on the University of...

Michigan Orders Unlicensed Agent, Fictitious Insurer to Stop Selling Insurance

Jan 13 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered Ray Coleman, Midwest Insurance Group and RPM Insurance Group (RPM) to cease and desist from selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance...

Michigan-Based Amerisure Insurance Promotes Loss Control Executives

Jan 13 2015 // Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. based in Farmington Hills, Mich., has promoted Jim Flynn to assistant vice president of loss control and Anne Marie May to regional vice president of loss control.Both Flynn and May report to...

‘One-Day’ Policy Sales Lead to Agent License Suspensions in Michigan

Jan 13 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced it has suspended the licenses of father and son insurance agents Ali Ali and Adnan Ali-Aljadri and their insurance agencies AAS and ASA for...

New Workers’ Comp Reimbursement Rules Take Effect in Michigan

Jan 12 2015 // Changes in how doctors are paid for treating some injured employees covered by workers’ compensation are expected to address the long-term use of pain relievers and help cut medical costs for Michigan job providers,...

2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory

Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...

Kluting Joins Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services in Michigan

Jan 9 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Inc., the U.S. retail property/casualty brokerage division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has hired Steve Kluting in its Grand Rapids, Mich., office.In his new role as area...

Western National Insurance, Michigan Millers Mutual Join Forces

Jan 7 2015 // Minnesota-based Western National Insurance Group announced an affiliation between Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Co. and Western National Mutual Insurance Co.This affiliation will be final after the necessary regulatory...

Michigan-Based Insurer, Hagerty, Hires Hutchinson as President

Jan 7 2015 // Classic vehicle insurer, Traverse City, Mich.-based Hagerty, hired Richard Hutchinson as the company’s president, effective Jan. 5, 2015. Hutchinson joins Hagerty from the Progressive Corp., where he has held many...

New Workers’ Comp Reimbursement Rules Take Effect In Michigan

Dec 30 2014 // Changes in how doctors are paid for treating some injured employees covered by workers’ compensation are expected to address the long-term use of pain relievers and help cut medical costs for Michigan job providers,...

Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Redesign Grand River Floodwalls

Dec 23 2014 // Grand Rapids, Mich., is redesigning its flood protection system along the Grand River after years of resistance to calls by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to boost floodwalls.The Grand Rapids Press reports the...

Survey: Michigan Business Owners Optimistic About Future

Dec 15 2014 // Michigan Business owners remain optimistic about their future and expect continued profit improvement, according to the latest Michigan Future Business Index, published in partnership with Accident Fund Insurance Company...