Car insurance plan to help residents in cities - Auto-Owners lowers premiums
Auto-Owners Insurance Co., one of Michigan's largest insurers, has agreed
to participate in a state-initiated program to cut insurance rates for low-risk
drivers and homeowners who live in urban areas. Today in Detroit, Gov. Jennifer
Granholm is to announce the partnership between the Delta Township insurance company
and nonprofit community groups in Detroit and Flint. Starting this week, metro
Detroit and Flint residents who have good driving records will
be able to buy insurance policies through local Auto-Owners agents and receive
an automatic 10% discount off the insurer's usual rates. Additional rate cuts
are possible based on individual
Schools
help make sure kids have health insurance
Five area school districts
are now partnering with a local nonprofit to help ensure that all kids have health-care
coverage. In January, Ferndale schools began a pilot project to refer uninsured
families to the Whatcom Alliance for Healthcare Access. The confidential service
is free for both families and school districts. Schools identify uninsured kids
at registration, teacher conferences and when families sign up for free and reduced-price
meals. The alliance, which does not support a particular coverage plan, follows
up with families to tell them
Administrators
pay 10 percent of insurance premiums
YOUNGSTOWN -- City school
district administrators are now paying 10 percent of their hospitalization and
drug prescription insurance premiums. The change will save the school district
about $83,000 a year. The administrators and other nonunion staff were asked to
begin paying part of their insurance premiums as a way to help reduce district
spending.
