Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced that it will build two new buildings totaling 275,000 square feet on the existing grounds of Farmers Insurance office facilities located in Caledonia. This development is thanks in part to an attractive incentives package offered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). The expansion will create a significant number [...]

Priority Health has expanded the coverage area for its PriorityHMOSM product throughout southern Michigan. Priority Health now serves all of Jackson, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, St. Joseph and Branch counties. In addition, Priority Health expanded its coverage area within Eaton County.
“This addition to our service area represents the fourth expansion of our provider network in less than [...]

Priority Health has expanded the coverage area for its PriorityHMOSM product throughout southern Michigan. Priority Health now serves all of Jackson, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, St. Joseph and Branch counties. In addition, Priority Health expanded its coverage area within Eaton County.
“This addition to our service area represents the fourth expansion of our provider network in less than [...]

A collaboration among the Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (MSTCVS), Michigan hospitals and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) is facilitating improved outcomes in cardiac surgery and decreasing complications and costs in Michigan.
The MSTCVS/BCBSM Cardiac Surgery Quality Collaborative was formed in December 2005 to advance cardiac surgery quality in the state. By [...]

Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc. – America’s largest bank-owned insurance brokerage and a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company announced today that it has acquired the assets of Troy, Michigan’s Doeren Mayhew Risk Management, LLC.
Doeren Mayhew Risk Management, LLC. provides insurance and risk management services in the areas of property and casualty, worker’s compensation, professional [...]

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has closed its Detroit-based operations today in response to a bomb threat received this morning.
The closings affect Blue Cross buildings on Lafayette Avenue in Detroit, including the Tower and Bricktown Customer Service Center buildings. The company’s office building on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit was also closed. About 3,000 employees [...]

Allstate announced it has selected Matthew Winter, 52, as president and chief executive officer of Allstate Financial. Winter will be responsible for leading Allstate Financial’s effort to provide life insurance and retirement products to middle-income Americans. He will serve as a member of the corporation’s senior management team, reporting to Thomas J. Wilson, Allstate’s chairman, [...]

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd announced through its U.S.-based Darwin subsidiary, a new program with Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Facilities, Inc. in conjunction with the rollout of Darwin’s nationwide standard market Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) product. JLT will be underwriting on behalf of Darwin on an admitted basis in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, [...]

Peak Performance Solutions, Inc. has signed with Fifth Third Bank to offer web-based check printing services to the Property & Casualty Industry as part of Peak’s insurance technology solutions.
Check and Form Printing Outsourcing through Peak Performance and Fifth Third Bank provides a cost-effective solution to transform and enhance your check/notice/disclosure/form printing and distribution process. By [...]

Hooper Holmes announced the appointment of Mark C. Rosenblum as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. He has also been elected an executive officer of Hooper Holmes, Inc.
Mr. Rosenblum has over 23 years of corporate legal experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, including intellectual property, securities, contract, consumer and other class actions, [...]