All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 19 2012 // Michigan drivers will pay $30 more for auto insurance starting July 1 to care for accident victims who have brain damage, paralysis or other catastrophic injuries, raising the annual fee to $175 per vehicle.The Michigan...
Mar 14 2012 // A state office is making hundreds of recommendations to eliminate Michigan workplace safety regulations that exceed federal standards.The report released by the Office of Regulatory Reinvention aims to eliminate what the...
Feb 13 2012 // Daly Merritt Insurance, an insurance agency headquartered in Wyandotte, Mich., has opened a new office in Ann Arbor. Daly Merritt Insurance also has an office in Monroe, Mich. This third location will allow the agency to...
Feb 7 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of Michigan-based...
Feb 7 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of Fremont Insurance Co. (Fremont) of Fremont,...
Feb 6 2012 // Coordinating Oversight“Entering this agreement with the FTC is important to making sure markets for consumer financial products are getting efficient and effective federal government oversight.” —Richard...
Feb 3 2012 // Several fireworks companies are suing over what they call Michigan’s excessive insurance requirements under a new state law.The companies filed suit on Feb. 1 in Detroit federal court seeking to overturn a...
Jan 31 2012 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. announced a number of executive level appointments: Barbara Cristea, assistant vice president of financial planning and analysis; Amy Henning, vice president of...
Jan 25 2012 // A coalition fighting proposed changes to Michigan’s auto insurance laws filed a lawsuit seeking claims information from an association that handles medical bills for seriously injured accident victims.The suit filed...
Jan 12 2012 // Michigan workers’ compensation insurance regulators report that due to recent statutory changes some contested workers’ compensation claims will be assigned to mediation.Michigan Workers’ Compensation...
Jan 11 2012 // The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) announced that it recovered more than $25 million on behalf of Michigan consumers in 2011. OFIR recovered more than $18 million by assisting consumers with their...
Jan 9 2012 // State budget director John Nixon likes getting together with fellow budget directors these days because it gives him a chance to brag about Michigan.After a decade of ongoing deficits, “we’re in a position now...
Jan 9 2012 // Alcohol-related crashes and deaths in Michigan dropped over the past decade. Michigan had 4,007 crashes linked to alcohol in 2010, down 38 percent from 6,485 in 2001, according to police records. The state had 264 fatal...
Jan 9 2012 // Workers’ compensation reform legislation that supporters say will help reduce employer costs for assisting injured workers is now law in Michigan. Gov. Rick Snyder signed House Bill 5002 in late December...
Jan 5 2012 // Workers’ compensation claim costs have grown slowly in Michigan as a result of the recession, a new study says.The study, “CompScope Benchmarks for Michigan, 12th Edition,” by the Workers Compensation...
Dec 28 2011 // Experts say there’s no single reason for the big drop in alcohol-related crashes and deaths in Michigan over the past decade.Michigan had 4,007 crashes linked to alcohol in 2010, down 38 percent from 6,485 in 2001,...
Dec 21 2011 // Michigan employers are likely to save money on unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation under changes signed into law on Dec. 19 by Gov. Rick Snyder. Critics, though, said the moves could make it more...
Dec 19 2011 // An 83-year-old woman in Michigan says she won’t suffer silently after an insurance company raised her bill from $585 to $4,092.Alice LaDuke lately has been standing outside the home office of Auto-Owners Insurance in...
Dec 19 2011 // Republicans in firm control of the state Legislature say they’re setting the stage for an economic turnaround in Michigan after passing sweeping tax and policy changes over the past year.Business tax cuts that will...
Dec 16 2011 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation that will eliminate some extra fees that are imposed on drivers for certain traffic offenses.Senate Bill 166 repeals pieces of the state’s “driver...