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Let’s stop allowing the foxes to watch the hen house when it comes to No Fault in Michigan Yesterday, I talked about stopping No Fault fraud. That includes certain medical providers, including those coming to Michigan over the past two years from states like Florida, and the lawyers they’re working with. Today, I want to …
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It’s time to empower our state Insurance Commissioner to stop excessive pricing of car insurance Yesterday, I outlined my 14-step “Save No Fault Action Plan” for lowering auto insurance prices for consumers – while keeping the critical protections of Michigan’s No Fault laws intact for the accident victims who need it most. Today, I want …
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My 14-step plan to lower Michigan’s auto insurance prices and keep the legal protections of No Fault insurance intact for auto accident victims How do we lower Michigan’s auto insurance prices? I’ve been asked this question by the media, by colleagues, by people in the auto insurance business, by auto accident victims and even by …
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Today, I want to answer a question I get asked quite often: How would I lower the cost of auto insurance in Michigan? I’ve written a more extensive list here, but let’s start with some fundamental changes needed to address Detroit’s sky high rates. Solution 1: Transparency on insurance company profit margins The solution to …
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Consumers get $10 million in No Fault medical coverage, but “poor” are limited to $50,000. It just doesn’t seem fair… The “low-cost” No Fault option that House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) has proposed in his plan for No Fault “reform” in actuality discriminates against the poor. It also is no guarantee of savings for Michigan’s …
Existing No Fault cost-controls ensure that auto insurers “pay no more than a reasonable charge,” as former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Clifford W. Taylor has said There is very little that I would probably ever agree on with former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Clifford W. Taylor. To the public, he is best known as the …
How can we make informed No Fault changes without the release of MCCA claims & assessment data, data on insurance company profit margins (previously called among the highest in nation)? Changes to Michigan’s No Fault system cannot be made unless and until the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) releases its catastrophic claims and assessment-calculation data …
Hidden taxes, fees and assessments and increases after two years will make promised “savings” disappear like a mirage in the desert Yesterday, I explained how House Speaker Jase Bolger’s No Fault insurance “reform” plans are a raw deal for consumers. People with catastrophic injuries from automobile accidents, the medical community and medical providers who provide …
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Latest plan for dismantling Michigan No Fault takes away permanent losses in PIP benefits, for 2 years of insignificant savings and a new tax to boot Yesterday, I introduced my blog series on my top 6 reasons to say ‘No’ to House Speaker Jase Bolger’s new No Fault “Reform” plan. In today’s post, let’s look …
