Michigan's Gov. Rick Snyder is putting auto insurance on his radar by elevating the department of insurance to cabinet level and calling for the reform of the state's no-fault insurance system.

In his State of the State address late last week, Snyder announced an executive order creating the Department of Insurance and Financial Services, to be headed by Insurance Commissioner Kevin Clinton.

The new department would replace the current Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation and remove it from under the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. As part of the reshuffling, several other boards and commissions would be placed under the new department's control.

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