All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 24 2013 // As legislative work picks up in earnest on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to reform the state’s woeful no-fault auto insurance system, we wanted to call attention to a less-noticed provision of the proposal...
Apr 22 2013 // All Clear“The data is clear. The experiment is over in Michigan. Helmets save lives.” —Heather Drake of AAA Michigan. Michigan’s insurance and medical industries as well as some rider groups want...
Apr 19 2013 // Warwick, RI, 4/19/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing solutions and sales training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in Michigan and surrounding...
Apr 18 2013 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican lawmakers have unveiled a proposal to end unlimited lifetime coverage for medical expenses tied to auto accidents.Drivers now pay $175 per car per year to cover catastrophic...
Apr 18 2013 // Maybe the Michigan auto insurance law was “essential” when it became law, but in the last four decades it has become luxurious compared to all other states. Gov. Rick Snyder and insurance committee chairs Sen....
Apr 18 2013 // According to a recent statewide poll commissioned by the Coalition for Auto Insurance Reform (CAIR), an overwhelming number of Michigan voters believe their auto insurance premiums are too high and support no-fault reform...
Apr 16 2013 // Michigan’s Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered a Detroit-area auto dealer to stop selling insurance without a license.The DIFS issued a cease and desist order against Monaco Motors Ltd.,...
Apr 15 2013 // Members of Michigan’s insurance and medical industries as well as some rider groups are calling on lawmakers and Gov. Rick Snyder to reinstate the state’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law.They say modifying the...
Apr 12 2013 // The Michigan House has overwhelmingly approved regulations for amateur mixed martial arts events, days after a 35-year-old man died after participating in a bout in Port Huron, Mich. Among other things, under the...
Apr 12 2013 // An insurance company says more than a dozen people operated an arson-for-profit ring in Flint, Mich., that collected more than $2 million over two decades.The Flint Journal reports State Farm Insurance says in a lawsuit in...
Mar 29 2013 // An insurance board says the annual fee that Michigan drivers pay for some personal injury costs will increase 6 percent to $186 per year starting July 1.The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association announced the fee. The...
Mar 29 2013 // A series of new laws have taken effect in Michigan that how insurance companies can use a person’s credit information.The laws passed last session went into effect March 28. Under one of the measures, insurers...
Mar 27 2013 // Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co., a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based provider of property and casualty insurance for more than 100 years, has promoted Ted Wagner to chief underwriting officer.Wagner assumes management...
Mar 27 2013 // The costs of medical care for injured workers in Michigan is the lowest of any state in a 16-state study conducted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).While medical payments in Michigan were lower than...
Mar 21 2013 // Enbridge Energy Partners LP said on Wednesday that the costs of additional cleanup from a huge Michigan oil spill three years ago may push the total bill past the limit of its insurance coverage, hampering its financial...
Mar 19 2013 // Michigan’s office dealing with financial and insurance regulation has been elevated to department status. The Department of Insurance and Financial Services aims to provide greater focus on the tasks currently being...
Mar 18 2013 // Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Director Steve Arwood announced that injured Michigan workers receiving workers’ compensation payments may now receive weekly payments...
Mar 18 2013 // Warwick, RI, 3/18/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing solutions and sales training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in Michigan and surrounding...
Mar 14 2013 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. CEO Richard Robertson says he plans to retire June 1. Robertson told The Advocate he will return to Michigan. He had been general manager of Michigan Basic Property Insurance...
Mar 13 2013 // Insurance broker Aon plc announced an expansion of its Grand Rapids, Mich., office, with the addition of Jennifer Adkins, Christine Bill, Mike Burdo, Jamee Burel, Andrew Disselkoen, Sarah Gass, Sarah Gedeon and Lisa...