All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 1 2013 // UPS driver Tom Camp from Livonia, Mich., and his big, brown truck have done something no other UPS driver has accomplished: 51 years without an accident.That’s after an estimated 800,000 to 900,000 miles on the road...
Oct 25 2013 // Ounce by ounce, 30 Ferndale, Mich., city workers began to change their lives one year ago.Today, they are 1,0521/2 pounds lighter, and they’re saving the city big bucks – an estimated $131,000 this year alone...
Oct 22 2013 // The historic city hall in Bay City, Mich., is nearing completion of a more than $10 million renovation three years after it was damaged by fire and flood.The original structure cost $170,000 to build, but Bay City...
Oct 16 2013 // Michigan can lower auto insurance premiums without making major changes to the state’s no-fault system proposed in legislation that has stalled for months, according to a nonpartisan report issued Oct. 14.The...
Oct 16 2013 // Ann Flood has been selected to lead the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services upon the appointment of current Commissioner Kevin Clinton as state treasurer, the office of Gov. Rick Snyder...
Oct 10 2013 // Michigan’s online premium estimator was used more than 100,000 times in the first week people could shop in an insurance marketplace formed under the federal health care law.The state Department of Insurance and...
Oct 7 2013 // A 40-year-old woman has been arrested in the sale of more than 300 bogus auto insurance policies to Detroit, Mich.-area drivers.The Wayne County sheriff’s office says Timmica Morton was arraigned on charges that she...
Oct 7 2013 // A township near Flint, Mich., is appealing a U.S. Postal Service decision to deny its request for a mailing address distinct from the troubled city. The Flint Journal reports that Grand Blanc Township officials and...
Oct 7 2013 // The National Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) presented the Young Agents Council of the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents...
Sep 23 2013 // Three individuals who have worked in the insurance industry and now practice politics in the Midwest — Indiana State Representative Matt Lehman, Michigan State Senator David Robertson and U.S. Congressman Tom Latham...
Sep 19 2013 // With the aim of battling auto insurance fraud, Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has launched an anti-fraud task force – Fighting Auto Insurance Rip-offs (FAIR) – that involves Michigan State Police,...
Sep 18 2013 // Accounting and advisory firm Doeren Mayhew announced it has merged with the Michigan-based insurance agency, Wolf-Hulbert Co. LLC, to form a new full-service insurance agency.Wolf-Hulbert will transition to the newly...
Sep 17 2013 // A $1.2 million deal in a federal lawsuit over the alcohol-withdrawal death of a woman who was in custody at the Lenawee County jail in Adrian, Mich., has been approved. Thirty-seven-year-old Brenda Sue Smith was arrested...
Sep 10 2013 // Those who have worked in the insurance industry and now practice politics in the Midwest say they are able to provide valuable insight into policies and insurance laws that affect their state’s important industries...
Aug 26 2013 // Some tart cherry growers in Michigan now can buy federal crop insurance as protection against losses.U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow made the announcement. The Michigan Democrat chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture,...
Aug 14 2013 // The world has changed a lot since Saginaw Bay Underwriters was founded in 1863, and the insurance industry has changed along with it.“We started out insuring horses, and now we’re insuring computer data,”...
Aug 13 2013 // One of Michigan’s largest utilities has agreed to pay $1 million to create a new response fund after a natural gas line exploded, killing a Royal Oak man.Attorney General Bill Schuette said Consumers Energy will...
Aug 1 2013 // Officials in Frankenmuth, Mich. say a levee designed to protect areas of the city along the Cass River from flooding may need a $1.5 million upgrade. MLive.com reported the Federal Emergency Management Agency says the city...
Jul 25 2013 // A brewery in Michigan has sued over a plan for dredging sediments as part of the cleanup from the Kalamazoo River oil spill three years ago.The Kalamazoo Gazette reports Bell’s Brewery has sued Enbridge Inc. and the...
Jul 22 2013 // The Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) says consumers in 2012 filed more than 3,000 complaints against insurance companies doing business in Michigan. Complaints were filed against carriers writing...