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In episode eight, Hollowell goes on location to the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy to discuss a range of teen driving issues, such as distracted driving and driving while impaired, with U of D and Farmington Hills Mercy High School students. Joining Hollowell is Officer Lawrence Smith of the Detro...it Police Department, who puts the students through an impaired driving simulation exercise and shares his insight into risks teen drivers face.Read More
Michigan Automobile and Home Insurance Consumer Advocate The latest episode of "Insurance 101" is now available for viewing online! Click here to view episode eight, when the Advocate goes on location to the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy to discuss a range of teen driving issues. All previous episodes are also available for viewing.
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In the first episode of “Insurance 101 with Butch Hollowell,” Michigan’s Automobile and Home Insurance Consumer Melvin Butch Hollowell talks with Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) Commissioner ...
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Wall Street publication examines potential impact of ballot question for auto insurance reform in Michigan. Advocate states preference for legislative solution.
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Michigan officials approved an initiative petition that would slash automobile and homeowners insurance premiums if backed by voters.
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Today, the Detroit News ran an article by the Advocate, about how the preferential treatment received by the auto insurance industry has made rates unaffordable, forces one-third of all motorists in the state to drive uninsured, and why the State Legislature needs to take up the mantle of reform right away!
http://detne...ws.com/article/20091028/OPINION01/910280
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Preferential treatment: That's what the law gives Michigan auto insurance companies at the expense of consumers and the state's auto economy, which employs 24 percent of Michigan residents. Unaffordable auto insurance prevents new car purchases.
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Fantastic editorial by the Grand Rapids Press Editorial Board, concluding that the use of credit scores to set auto insurance rates should be prohibited.http://www.mlive.com/opinion/grand-rapid
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Insurance rates for drivers should reflect how they handle their cars, not their credit cards. Yet auto insurance companies in Michigan want to use credit scores as one factor in determining how much to charge consumers.
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Preferential Treatment. That's what the law gives insurers: We must buy their product, even when unaffordable. They're exempt from the state Consumer Protection Act. They have a blank check to raise rates at will. They're exempt from the U.S. antitrust laws. Congress is now taking a hard look at reform. The Michigan Le...gislature should too. It isn't fair.http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/
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An effort to end the insurance industry's exemption from antitrust laws got a boost Wednesday from two Gulf Coast lawmakers airing frustrations over how insurers handled Hurricane Katrina claims. Sens. Trent Lott, R-Miss., and Mary Landrieu, D-La....
Michigan Automobile and Home Insurance Consumer Advocate THANK YOU Ingham County Commission Chair Debbie DeLeon, and THANK YOU to the entire Board of Commissioners, for last night's overwhelming vote (11-3) in support of Comprehensive Auto Insurance Reform!
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Excellent Editorial in today's Detroit Free Press "Restoring Judicial Restraint." The article talks about how, in the recent past, the Michigan Supreme Court has had "obsequeous deference to insurance companies and other deep-pocket defendants." Now that there's a new High Court, consumers expect justice and fairness.h...ttp://freep.com/article/20091011/OPINION
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Justice for Michigan Consumers! The Supreme Court should prohibit insurance companies from using policyholders' education, occupation, and credit scores in setting auto insurance rates.http://www.michnews.org/2009/10/michigan
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Michigan Automobile and Home Insurance Consumer Advocate Insurance Advocate holds press conference at the Michigan Hall of Justice Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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NEWS ADVISORY: Advocate to Hold Press Conference during Oral Argument on Credit Scoring Case at Michigan Hall of Justice, Urging Supreme Court to Ban the Practice. EVENT: Advocate Press Conference. DATE: Wednesday, October 7, 2009. TIME: 10:00AM. LOCATION: Michigan Hall of Justice, 925 Ottawa, Lansing, MI 48915. ATTEN...DING: Mark Gaffney, President, MI AFL-CIO, Rev. Eric Moore, director, Christian Comm. Resource Network, and Richard Kudrak, citizen from Lincoln Park.Read More
Michigan Automobile and Home Insurance Consumer Advocate On September 30, citizens from across the state gathered at the State Capitol at an insurance reform rally held by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D-Detroit).
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On October 7, the Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case involving whether the state can prohibit insurance companies from using your credit score to determine your rate. Unfair credit scoring should be banned by the Supreme Court and by the State Legislature. A consumer's level of education, occup...ation, and record of paying household bills has nothing to do with how you drive.http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/colu
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You always use your turn signal and observe the speed limit. The only ticket you've ever gotten was for an expired parking meter. You should be eligible for lower car-insurance premiums than that bozo who cut you off this morning is, right? Not...
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National studies show that despite a steady decrease in claims submitted, auto insurance companies are raking in record profits. Here in Michigan, serious car accidents are down 54% since 1996 (9,000 fewer accidents), and yet our rates and industry profits rise. This Office will present a reform package to the State Le...gislature, for passage this session, to restore fairness and accountability to the dysfunctional No Fault system.http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/nyregi
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Auto insurance companies are reaping extraordinary profits from rising premiums in New York City, even as they pay out less in claims, because state regulators have not adequately policed the industry, according to a report released yesterday by the city comptroller.
