All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 31 2009 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Michigan were among the lowest of 14 states, largely the result of lower utilization and lower prices paid for some services, according to a new study from the...
Jul 29 2009 // A Michigan Supreme Court justice’s decision not to recuse herself from a case that pertains to her husband’s profession contradicts the spirit of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on when judges should step...
Jul 23 2009 // The state of Michigan says it spent about $170,000 to repair a busy stretch of Interstate 75, which reopened less than five days after a fiery tanker crash caused an overpass to melt and collapse.The Michigan Department of...
Jul 14 2009 // Democrats in the Michigan House are pushing a dozen bills they say are needed to protect consumers from unfair claims practices by insurance companies.But insurers maintain the measures are unnecessary and will do more...
Jun 18 2009 // Like the house across the street gone missing and the one at the corner stripped of its front door, the weathered brown bungalow at 1430 Jane Ave. bided its time, edging nearer to a meeting with a wrecking crew.But in a...
Jun 16 2009 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies will build two new buildings and add an estimated 1,600 new jobs at its location in Caledonia, Michigan.The company said that the development is attributable in part to an attractive...
Jun 15 2009 // Michigan’s insurance regulator is reinstating a requirement that insurance companies submit all home and auto insurance documents and forms to the state insurance department for review prior to using them.The order...
Jun 10 2009 // Massachusetts-based medical liability insurance company Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co., known as ProMutual, will acquire medical liability insurer and risk management company FinCor and its...
Jun 5 2009 // The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has approved a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Insurance degree program at Olivet College in Olivet, Mich.The HLC...
Jun 4 2009 // A Michigan man who is challenging the government’s bailout of American International Group has won an early legal victory.U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff recently refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed in December...
Jun 4 2009 // Michigan’s insurance regulator is reinstating a requirement that insurance companies submit all home and auto insurance documents and forms to the state insurance department for review prior to using them with the...
Jun 1 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Calif.-based GeoVera...
Jun 1 2009 // Michigan is dropping objections to the sale of Chrysler LLC after the buyer agreed to assume Chrysler’s workers’ compensation liabilities.The settlement announced last Friday averts a court fight. The state had...
Jun 1 2009 // A dispute over termites before the Michigan Supreme Court could af-fect the liability of real estate sellers. When Richard and Stacey Roberts bought an old house on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula, they thought the...
May 28 2009 // David Walker of the Hartland Insurance Agency in Hartland, Michigan has been named to the Executive Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). As an Executive Committee member, Walker...
May 18 2009 // A dispute over termites now before the Michigan Supreme Court could affect the liability of sellers of real estate.When Richard and Stacey Roberts bought an old house for $475,000 on Michigan’s scenic Leelanau...
May 18 2009 // The use of credit scores by insurance companies in rating methodologies continues to be unresolved in several Midwest states, as evidenced by ongoing court battles and legislative actions aimed at tweaking existing...
May 18 2009 // Michigan is objecting to the sale of Chrysler LLC assets to Italian automaker Fiat, claiming the new company won’t meet obligations to a state workers’ compensation fund. State Attorney General Mike Cox has...
May 11 2009 // Managing general agency J.M. Wilson has added Erin Herson as a property and casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., location. In this position, Herson will quote and service commercial P/C accounts. Previously, she was...
May 11 2009 // The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a ban on the use of credit scoring by insurance companies.In 2005, the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation’s (OFIR) promulgated rules banning...