For the first time, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending all new school buses be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts, after the agency released findings from a special investigation report prompted by two deadly 2016 crashes.

At its core, the industry is plagued by an inherent conflict of interest. Our customers don’t have an industry expert advocating solely on their behalf; the experts have financial incentives coming from the insurance industry.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a study on the number of animal-related insurance losses for the years 2014—2017. The data is gleaned from insurance claims for losses that occurred in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.

An explosion during an auto parts plant fire that ultimately stopped production of the Ford F-150 was so violent that it threw a worker through the air into a door jamb. Vehicles in the parking lot caught fire and were damaged by flying debris.

A fire that damaged a Michigan auto parts supply factory is causing production problems at Ford, Fiat Chrysler and General Motors, but it’s too soon to tell yet whether dealers will run short of vehicles.

A catastrophe report has found that the US re/insurance sector is on the hook for more than half of the total economic loss in April resulting from severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and tornados.

Gusty winds caused power outages and damage to homes across the state this weekend.

A gang of thieves broke into a Ram truck factory parking lot early Thursday morning and stole around 10 pickups that were fresh off of the assembly line.

Shannon Bridges noticed someone was wrong about 4 p.m. Monday at her neighbor’s house at the corner of Wick and Holland in Taylor "There was a big pop. It sounded like a gunshot," she says.

The strong winds and rain caused severe flooding in one Monroe County community Sunday. The crashing waves flooded home after home along Lake Erie’s Grand Beach in Frenchtown Township.

I-94 has reopened near Jackson after icy roads resulted in multiple crashes and flipped semis, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s office.

As flood waters in Berrien County recede, the estimate on damaged property continues to rise, the Board of Commissioners heard Thursday. Tony Meyaard, director of the county’s damage assessment team, reported that estimated damage costs for public and private property stand at $8.3 million.

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor says hazard mitigation decisions made before and during our major flooding event last month saved the city more than $2-Million in residential flooding damage.

Rob Manuszak was busy pumping out the basement of the little house he bought about a month ago at 1118 Emerson Ave. At the same time, South Bend Fire Department personnel were parked out front early Wednesday afternoon pulling people from their flooded homes just down the street that slopes toward the St. Joseph River.

A Ferndale, Michigan man who used a smoke bomb to try to rid his crawlspace of skunks succeeded — but also nearly burned down his house.