Latest Minnesota Headlines
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At Least 60 Chipotles in Minnesota Hit by Malware
Jun 1 2017 // Chipotle says customers at more than 60 of its fast food restaurants in Minnesota are among hundreds across the country exposed to possible credit or debit card fraud. Chipotle says many of its locations were victims of...
Minnesota Independent Agents Honor SFM’s Happe with Company Rep Award
May 19 2017 // The Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers (MIIAB) recently honored SFM Risk Solutions Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Mike Happe with the group’s “Company Representative of the...
More than 100 Fatalities on Minnesota Highways This Year
May 17 2017 // The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says more than 100 people have died on state roadways this year. The department’s Office of Traffic Safety says the grim milestone was reached this past weekend, but occurred...
Sealy of Minnesota to Pay $175K in Racial Harassment Case
Apr 26 2017 // Sealy of Minnesota has agreed to pay $175,000 to resolve a charge of racial harassment filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC said an investigation found...
1st Farmer Lawsuit Against Syngenta over China Trade Begins in Minnesota
Apr 24 2017 // The first of tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits is about to go to trial against Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta over its decision to introduce a genetically engineered corn seed variety to the U.S. market before China...
Downward Trend in Workers’ Comp Claims Continues in Minnesota
Apr 17 2017 // The number of paid workers’ compensation claims fell 53 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1997 to 2015, according to the Department of Labor and Industry’s 2015...
Report: Workers’ Comp Claims, Costs Continue Downward Trend in Minnesota
Apr 6 2017 // The number of paid workers’ compensation claims fell 53 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1997 to 2015, according to the Department of Labor and Industry’s 2015...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Minnesota’s RJF Financial Services
Apr 6 2017 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired RJF Financial Services, a retirement advisory firm based in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Terms of the transaction were not...
Minnesota Insurance Fraud Probe Expands with Chiropractor Indictment
Apr 5 2017 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman announced that an additional Twin Cities area chiropractor has been indicted on federal criminal charges in connection with an ongoing investigation of large-scale health care...
Minnesota Better Prepared for Bird Flu, Poultry Producers Say
Mar 31 2017 // Minnesota is better prepared for a potential bird flu return after a devastating 2015 epidemic, according to poultry producers and experts. Poultry farmers are waiting as the early spring opens water on lakes and rivers,...
Cooksey Joins Alliant Insurance Services in Minnesota
Mar 16 2017 // Kenneth Cooksey has joined Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. as first vice president in the company’s Alliant Americas division. Cooksey will design and deploy a range of risk management and...
Wisconsin, Minnesota AGs Combine Efforts in Painkiller Abuse Battle
Feb 15 2017 // Minnesota and Wisconsin are teaming up to tackle prescription painkiller abuse. The attorneys general from both states met at the Minnesota Capitol Monday to discuss their “Dose of Reality” campaign. Minnesota...
Drones Being Tested in Minnesota to Conduct Safety Inspections on Bridges
Feb 14 2017 // The Minnesota Department of Transportation is testing the use of drones to inspect bridges. Transportation officials expect the technology will save money and provide another perspective on how the state’s bridges...
Minnesota’s ‘Plow Cams,’ Allow Drivers to See Road Conditions
Jan 31 2017 // Motorists venturing out onto snowy highways can now get a close-up look at the conditions they might encounter thanks to “plow cams” that the Minnesota Department of Transportation has mounted on some of its...
Minnesota Legislature Settles on Plan for Health Insurance Help
Jan 27 2017 // After months of back and forth and uncertainty over whether lawmakers would help more than 100,000 shoppers offset skyrocketing health insurance premiums, Minnesota’s Legislature has closed in on a plan that will...
Tennessee Insurance Dept. Wraps Up 2016 With Disciplinary Actions Against 5 Agents
Jan 24 2017 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has taken disciplinary actions including fines totaling more than $77,000, license revocation and other punishments against five Tennessee insurance licensees for...
Minnesota May Tap Rainy-Day Fund to Help Cover Insurance Hikes
Jan 24 2017 // Minnesota would use state money to offset the health premium hikes for more than 100,000 residents under a measure legislators were considering on Jan. 19, a novel approach as states across the country grapple with the...
Explosion at Minnesota Truck Plant Injures 6
Jan 13 2017 // A truck plant explosion in a small southeastern Minnesota town injured six people on Jan. 11 but many more employees could have been hurt, authorities said. Many employees at McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing Inc. in...
Health Insurance Relief a Challenge for Minnesota Lawmakers
Jan 12 2017 // Minnesota lawmakers scrambled on Jan. 10 to begin cobbling together a relief plan for residents facing massive health insurance premium hikes, but logistical hurdles and disagreements between the Republican-controlled...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Dec 22 2016 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
