Governor Gretchen Whitmer is a lifelong Michigander. She is a lawyer, an educator, former prosecutor, State Representative and Senator. She was the first woman to lead a Senate caucus. But the most important title she boasts is MOM. Inspired by her family, she’s devoted her life to building a stronger Michigan for everyone.
Search is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended. Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience all features Michigan.gov has to offer.
March 27, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
27, 2019March
Gov. Whitmer Orders Audit into Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association
on drivers, which is added to a driver’s insurance premium, bringing the total fee to $220 per vehicle. 28$after the board voted to impose an additional fee increase of (MCCA) an audit into the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association Services (DIFS) to conduct Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer directed the Department of Insurance and Financial LANSING, Mich. --
“Michiganders deserve to know why they are being forced to shell out hundreds of dollars in additional fees for car insurance, which is why I’m ordering an audit to provide drivers with the transparency they deserve.” .saidWhitmer ,” it“From Detroit to the Upper Peninsula, drivers are feeling the pinch of paying the highest auto insurance rates in the nation and it’s time to do something about
resulting in drivers paying more than twice as much as they did in 2008.-- has increased the fee motorists pay to cover catastrophic medical claims annually for the last three years -- 6.3 percent in 2017, 13 percent in 2018, and 14.5 percent in 2019 MCCAThe
increase comes on the heels of a volatile market that caused the association’s investments to miss their projected returns. today’sOn Wednesday, March 13, 2019, officials from the MCCA testified before the Senate Insurance and Banking Committee that fee increases were the result of “waste and fraud” in the medical system. However,
into the MCCA.financial examinationaccelerated DIFS has the legal authority to visit the MCCA and examine any and all documents to conduct a thorough review of the association’s operations, which was last conducted in 2015. Under Gov. Whitmer’s direction, department will conduct an
, who serves as director of DIFS and sent a representative to the board meeting. “To provide greater transparency, we welcome Governor Whitmer’s direction to conduct a financial examination into the association’s operations.” saidAnita Fox“Today we told the MCCA that we were concerned and strongly urged them to provide more information so the public can understand the basis for this fee increase,”
is a private non-profit unincorporated association that was created by the state Legislature in 1978 to provide unlimited lifetime coverage for medical expenses over $555,000 resulting from auto accidents. CCAThe M
. and Open Meetings ActActThe MCCA is not subject to the Freedom of Information
###