All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 11 2011 // Elizabeth R. Haar, president and CEO of Accident Fund Holdings Inc., was recently honored by the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan with one of its annual Champions of Hope Awards. In addition to Haar, the National...
May 11 2011 // A 12-pound Canada goose crashed through the windshield of a sport utility vehicle as a woman drove on the highway in Bay County.Williams Township assistant fire chief Craig Pickelman said the unnamed 35-year-old woman...
May 11 2011 // State Farm plans to close two dozen field offices in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan where 1,300 people work to save $8 million over the next five years. The Pantagraph newspaper in Bloomington reported that the insurance...
May 2 2011 // Fremont Michigan, Auto ClubFremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc., a Michigan-exclusive property and casualty insurer, agreed to be acquired by Auto Club Insurance Association (ACIA), also based in Michigan. Under the terms of...
Apr 18 2011 // Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc., a Michigan-exclusive property and casualty insurer, has agreed to be acquired by Auto Club Insurance Association (ACIA), a Michigan-domiciled reciprocal inter-insurance exchange.Under the...
Apr 18 2011 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has selected Kevin Clinton as head of the agency that regulates insurance and financial institutions in the state.Clinton will oversee the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation, which is...
Apr 15 2011 // The Applebee’s restaurant chain publicly apologized Wednesday after a 15-month-old boy was served alcohol mislabeled as apple juice when his family dined at one of its Detroit-area restaurants, but it questioned...
Apr 12 2011 // Michigan Insurance Commissioner Ken Ross announced today that he will leave his position effective April 15. Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm appointed Ross as commissioner in February 2008. He has continued in newly-elected...
Apr 7 2011 // Enbridge Inc. says the spill of at least 800,000 of oil into the Kalamazoo River system near Marshall cost the pipeline company $550 million in 2010. The figure, which comes from the Enbridge annual report, excludes...
Apr 4 2011 // Michigan auto insurance policyholders will pay an additional $1.91 starting July 1 to help pay the lifetime medical expenses of people seriously injured in accidents.The lifetime benefit is a part of Michigan’s...
Mar 30 2011 // Workers’ compensation carrier Accident Fund Holdings Inc. today unveiled its new national headquarters on the site of the former Lansing Board of Water & Light Ottawa Street Power Station in downtown Lansing,...
Mar 28 2011 // Michigan auto insurance policyholders will pay an additional $1.91 starting July 1 to help pay the lifetime medical expenses of people seriously injured in accidents.The lifetime benefit is a part of Michigan’s...
Mar 25 2011 // Michigan is preparing to enact new restrictions on teen drivers-in-training.Law enforcement, insurance and education leaders gathered in East Lansing this week to explain the requirements that take effect March 30. The new...
Mar 25 2011 // A civil lawsuit accusing a Detroit area youth football league and team of negligence contributing to a cheerleader’s injury has been reinstated by the Michigan Court of Appeals.The Appeals Court reversed a Macomb...
Mar 23 2011 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill to prevent state-level administrative rules mandating workplace ergonomics.Ergonomics aims to limit injuries caused by lifting, repetitive motion and awkward work positions. The...
Mar 21 2011 // I recently went on my own ride to Michigan for the Michigan YIP’s Winter Get-Away! I was invited to teach a class on Generational Differences and the turnout and response from the class was tremendous – it was...
Mar 11 2011 // An Ohio insurance company must pay benefits to a Detroit-area woman who suffers from witnessing the death of her son on a motorcycle. The Michigan appeals court said Gale Boertmann of Clinton Township can collect on her...
Mar 10 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a” of Vermont-based captive Blue Whale Re Ltd., both with stable outlooks. The ratings...
Mar 7 2011 // Hylant Group, Creative Benefits Systems Ohio-based Hylant Group, one of the largest privately owned insurance brokerage firms in the nation, recently acquired a substantial portion of Creative Benefits Systems (CBS), an...
Feb 28 2011 // Michigan’s snowy winters and 6,200 miles of groomed trails make it a magnet for snowmobilers, but all that fun comes at a price.The Detroit Free Press reported that more than 130 snowmobilers have been killed in...