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Will Amazon Delivery App Raise Home Insurance Rate?

New apps and smart locks from Amazon and Walmart that let retailers deliver packages inside your house or apartment -- even putting groceries in your refrigerator -- with a digital code while you are away raise liability questions and could raise home insurance rates, experts warn.
November 9, 2017 Liability Property Michigan

Insurer Pursues Subrogation With Bell South After Telephone Cable Damages Semi

An insurance company is seeking reimbursement for money it paid for damages to a tractor-trailer that were allegedly caused by a low-hanging communications wire.
November 8, 2017 Subrogation Michigan

Trio Of Dodge Challenger SRT Demons Burned On Transport Truck

A trio of new Dodge Challenger SRT Demons were destroyed in a hellacious blaze while they were being shipped to their owners, but all three will be resurrected.
November 3, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Michigan

Michigan Buggy Crash: 3 Children Killed, 6 Hurt After Truck Slams Into Carriage

At least three children were killed and six other people were critically injured after a driver in a pickup truck slammed into a horse-drawn buggy early Sunday in central Michigan, officials said.
October 30, 2017 Auto Liability Michigan

Listeria Risk Prompts Meijer To Recall Produce In Six U.S. States

Retailer Meijer Inc said it was recalling packaged vegetables in six U.S. states because of possible contamination from Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, which can cause fatal food poisoning in young children, pregnant women and elderly or frail people.
October 23, 2017 Subrogation Illinois Kentucky Michigan Ohio Wisconsin

Police Across Michigan Battling Rash Of Wheel, Tire Theft

Brazen thieves swiped the wheels and tires from seven new Explorers and one Expedition, leaving the vehicles on landscaping bricks in the lot at Galesburg Ford near Kalamazoo. "I was very upset. You feel helpless," dealership owner Bill Dorrance said.
August 16, 2017 Auto Michigan

Papaya Recall Grows Due To Salmonella Outbreak

A recall on papayas has been expanded to three brands, with more recalls possible, after the Food and Drug Administration narrowed in on the source of a salmonella outbreak that has been blamed for at least one death and has sickened over 100 more dating back to May.
August 8, 2017 Liability Life & Health Connecticut Delaware Iowa Kentucky Louisiana

Apartment Complex Fire Displaces Nearly 200 Residents

"The alarm went off. I opened the door to check and found there was smoke.” Nearly 200 people were forced to evacuate an eight story high rise after a fire erupted in a top floor apartment. Now all wondering when they will be able to go back home.
August 2, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Michigan

Drugged Driving Crashes Surging Across Michigan

The driver of a red pickup appeared to be drunk, according to witnesses who called 911, as he sped erratically through Kalamazoo County in June 2016. Before police could catch up to him, the driver plowed into a group of bicyclists on a rural road, killing five of them in a crash that would make international headlines.
July 24, 2017 Auto Liability Michigan

Doctors Among 412 Charged in Largest Opioid And Health Care Fraud Takedown in US History

The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against 412 people, including 115 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their roles in what Attorney General Jeff Sessions is calling the largest health care fraud takedown operation in American history.
July 14, 2017 Fraud Life & Health Florida Michigan Texas Utah

National Study Indicates Michigan Has Seen Largest Decrease in Workers’ Comp Opioid Prescriptions

According to a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), Michigan boasted the country’s largest decrease in the amount of opioids prescribed for workers’ compensation claims between 2009 and 2015. In total, the amount fell by 37 percent, and the WCRI claims it is due to amendments of Workers’ Compensation Health Care Services rules and fee schedule.
July 5, 2017 Workers' Compensation Michigan

States Of Emergency In Four Flooded Michigan Counties

Gladwin County declared a state of emergency due to flood damages suffered over the weekend, becoming the fourth Mid-Michigan county to do so.
June 28, 2017 Property Michigan

Up To 18% Of Injured Workers Not Returning To Work After One Year

Between 11% and 18% of injured workers in 15 states do not return to work within a year of their accident, a range that is in line with previous studies, according to reports released Tuesday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
June 23, 2017 Workers' Compensation Indiana Massachusetts Michigan North Carolina Virginia

Study Ranks Detroit Auto Insurance Rates Highest in US - By Far

Detroit -- by a wide margin -- has the highest auto insurance rates in the U.S., according to a nationwide analysis of rates. Brooklyn, New York and New Orleans followed Detroit on the list compiled by CarInsurance.com, a quote-comparison website.
June 9, 2017 Auto Michigan

JetBlue Flight Diverted After Lithium-Ion Battery Starts Smoking

A fire on board forced a JetBlue flight to make an emergency landing Tuesday. Airport officials said the fire was caused by a lithium battery in an electronic device.
May 31, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Michigan
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