All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 11 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...
Jul 1 2013 // A federal judge has blocked Michigan’s ban on domestic partner benefits for employees who work for public schools or local governments, saying state lawmakers simply wanted to punish gays and lesbians.U.S. District...
Jul 1 2013 // Portable Insurance“This type of insurance has been available without regulation for some time.” —Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal said the department will begin licensing businesses to sell...
Jun 19 2013 // The American Fellowship Mutual Insurance Co. has been ordered into liquidation by Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette at the request of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director...
Jun 17 2013 // The latest Michigan Future Business Index survey of small and midsize business leaders shows unequalled confidence in the state’s business economy and a rekindled desire to reinvest in their own future, according to...
Jun 17 2013 // Complex, Time Consuming“Sometimes these cases can be complex and time consuming, but the division should always strive to act as quickly as possible to investigate bad actors and protect consumers” —South...
Jun 17 2013 // The average medical claim from a motorcycle crash rose by more than one-fifth last year in Michigan after the state stopped requiring all riders to wear helmets, according to an insurance industry study.For more than 40...
Jun 10 2013 // Fourteen health insurance companies have filed to offer plans through a new Michigan insurance market being created under the federal health care law. The state Department of Insurance and Financial Services says it...
Jun 7 2013 // Auto thefts in Michigan are in a five-year decline, but other forms of vehicle-related crime are on the rise, according to Help Eliminate Auto Thefts (H.E.A.T.), a statewide insurance industry-funded theft prevention...
Jun 6 2013 // Michigan’s attorney general announced that the former CEO and a bookkeeper of a non-profit workers’ compensation insurance-related organization have pleaded guilty to embezzling millions.Michigan Attorney...
Jun 5 2013 // The average medical claim from a motorcycle crash rose by more than one-fifth last year in Michigan after the state stopped requiring all riders to wear helmets, according to an insurance industry study. Across the nation,...
Jun 3 2013 // Caledonia, Mich.-based retail insurance brokerage, Acrisure LLC, announced that Dave Tuit has joined the firm as chief financial officer. Tuit has more than 20 years of leadership in finance and accounting, mergers and...
May 31 2013 // A northern Michigan insurance broker accused of fleecing elderly clients out of more than $1 million has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison.Prosecutors say William Lowder persuaded clients to change their...
May 22 2013 // Detroit’s Democratic state House Caucus is laying out an effort to change Michigan’s auto insurance policies.The package of legislation was revealed during a news conference in Detroit. Republicans control the...
May 14 2013 // Michigan’s attorney general has charged the former CEO and a bookkeeper with embezzling millions from a workers’ compensation insurance-related organization.Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced...
May 6 2013 // Same-sex domestic partners of state employees will continue to qualify for health insurance after the Michigan Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal filed by the state.In a short order released May 2 and dated May 1,...
May 6 2013 // A Michigan legislative panel has approved a bill that would end unlimited lifetime medical care for people seriously injured in car crashes. Premiums would drop at least $125 in the first year under the measure being...
May 6 2013 // A northern Lower Michigan man is upset insurance doesn’t cover the damage done to his mobile home during a neighbor’s shootout with police. Lance Reed said he’s already spent $1,500 on repairs to five...
May 2 2013 // Buoyed by a year of record profits, a Michigan insurance company said it is planning a $100 million expansion that could lead to the addition of more than 1,000 jobs at its headquarters.Lansing-based Jackson National Life...
Apr 26 2013 // A northern Lower Michigan man is upset insurance doesn’t cover the damage done to his mobile home during a neighbor’s shootout with police.Lance Reed tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle he’s already...