All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2006 // A Michigan company has asked U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow to retract her statements that it outsourced jobs overseas.Jackson National Life Insurance Co. sent a letter to Stabenow last week asking her to apologize for a...
Oct 26 2006 // Halloween is an exciting time of year for many young people, but it also holds its share of hidden dangers for children trick-or-treating on neighborhood streets.“The risk of becoming a pedestrian fatality increases...
Oct 25 2006 // Michigan celebrated the 21st anniversary of the H.E.A.T. (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) program with its annual award program this week.According to the official release, since its inception in 1985, H.E.A.T., with its...
Oct 24 2006 // Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox is warning consumers to be aware of a telephone scam in which phony information is transmitted through Caller ID as a ruse to con individuals into providing illicit callers with sensitive...
Oct 23 2006 // A hearing with oral arguments on the legality of the use of credit scoring in setting insurance rates took place in Lansing, Mich., this month at the Hall of Justice.The appeals hearing follows the ruling by Judge James H....
Oct 19 2006 // Continuing its longstanding relationship, Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan has re-signed a multi-year agreement to have CCC Information Services Inc. to provide its key claims solutions. The Lansing, Mich.-based company...
Oct 18 2006 // Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc., a Michigan-based provider of property and casualty insurance, announced that its Board of Directors has approved a two-for-one stock split on its common stock in the form of a 100 percent...
Oct 12 2006 // A hard-charging Dick DeVos showed up for the second gubernatorial debate Tuesday night, one who accused Michigan Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm of lying and blamed her for the state’s economic...
Oct 11 2006 // A hearing on the legality of the use of credit scoring in setting insurance rates took place this week in Lansing, Mich. at the Hall of Justice.The appeals hearing follows the ruling by Judge James H. Fisher to strike down...
Oct 10 2006 // Lansing, Mich.-based FinCor Holdings, Inc., an integrated risk management corporation serving health care providers and facilities, today announced its acquisition of Issaquah, Wash.-based medical malpractice insurer,...
Oct 4 2006 // Owners of some of the 18 horses killed in a St. Clair County barn fire are finding out that they did not have enough insurance to replace all of what they lost.Farm owner Beverly McCollum owned nine of the horses killed in...
Oct 3 2006 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) has issued a Cease and Desist order against a Roseville auto repair shop for selling Michigan no-fault auto insurance certificates without a license.David...
Oct 3 2006 // Michigan recently enacted a series of positive reforms to the Michigan Property Casualty Guaranty Association Act that among many things adds a large deductible provision which clarifies the rights of the receiver and...
Sep 26 2006 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of The Rains Group, Inc. of Bingham Farms, Mich. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1996, The Rains Group offers a full...
Sep 21 2006 // The Michicgan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) has announced announced that it will hold a seminar entitled “Compliance 2006 – Putting the Investor First” on September 26, 2006.The...
Sep 20 2006 // Michigan-based the Hylant Group, Inc., has announced a merger with R.W. Barss and Associates of Grand Rapids, Mich. The merger will create Hylant’s third Michigan office and its tenth location overall.According to...
Sep 14 2006 // Rob Umstead of the Steenland Insurance Agency in Grand Rapids has been named president of the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA). As president, Umstead will work with the MAIA Board of Directors and staff to...
Sep 13 2006 // Michigan-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. announced that President and CEO Robert S. Cubbin has exercised stock options, using a cashless exercise method.According to the company statement, this transaction was...
Sep 10 2006 // Tennessee regulators ordered a Crossville-based travel firm already cited by three other states to stop selling trip interruption or cancellation benefits without an insurance license.Tennessee’s cease-and-desist...
Sep 4 2006 // We say that creating law is the right and responsibility of legislatures, not courts. However, in this case Michigan’s Supreme Court came up with a unique approach to controlling caseloads and prioritizing sick...