Latest Minnesota Headlines
All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Moores Named President of Minnesota Agents & Brokers Group
May 10 2011 // Mark Z. Moores, president of St. Paul-based Moores Insurance Management Inc., and has been named president of the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (MIIAB) professional association. He...
Red River Begins Slow Decline in Fargo Area
Apr 11 2011 // The Red River Sunday had started a gradual decline in the Fargo-Moorhead area after reaching a preliminary crest at the fourth-highest level on record with rain storms coming in lighter than expected. “This rain will...
Minnesota Human Services Department Loses Age-Bias Case
Apr 11 2011 // A federal judge said the Minnesota Department of Human Services must pay about $467,000 to 29 former employees to resolve an age discrimination lawsuit. The money will go to human services retirees who were denied health...
Workers’ Comp Costs per Claim Rise in Minnesota
Apr 8 2011 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim for injured workers in Minnesota have grown, but at a slower pace than other study states, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute...
Minnesota WWII Plane Museum Needs Fire Sprinklers
Apr 4 2011 // Members of a nonprofit Minnesota group that maintains a collection of World War II-era planes are scrambling to find money for fire sprinklers for the hangar that houses the vintage exhibit. Officials in South St. Paul...
Minnesota Real Estate Closer, Insurance Agent Fined $420K
Mar 31 2011 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce has ordered a Forest Lake real estate closer and insurance agent to pay a civil penalty of $420,000. The department says an investigation found that Cynthia Strand misappropriated $1.3...
Minnesota’s Western National Insurance Announces New Management Roles
Mar 9 2011 // Western National Insurance Group (WNIG), headquartered in Minnesota, has partially realigned its management team. The following members of WNIG’s management team have assumed new roles: Jeff Couchman, formerly vice...
Midwest Prepares for Massive Spring Flooding
Mar 7 2011 // One of the snowiest winters on record for the Midwest and northern U.S. Plains have crop watchers worried about a repeat of the massive flooding that hit one of the world’s top grain producing regions in...
Major Flooding Expected in North Central U.S.
Feb 18 2011 // A large swath of the country is at risk of moderate to major flooding this spring, from northeastern Montana through western Wisconsin following the Mississippi River south to St. Louis, National Weather Service flood...
Minnesota Commissioner Appoints 4 to Leadership Team
Feb 15 2011 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has announced the newest members of his leadership team. Rothman tapped attorney and experienced manager Steve Carlson to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Administration. Kevin...
Agriculture, Energy Help Bolster Mid-America States Economy
Feb 2 2011 // The economy is gaining strength in nine Midwest and Plains states because global growth and continued low interest rates have provided a boost to agriculture and energy businesses, according to a new survey released Feb....
Minnesota Man Imprisoned After Crash Sues Toyota
Feb 2 2011 // Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. asked a federal judge this week to dismiss most of the claims filed by a Minnesota man who was incarcerated after a fatal crash involving a 1996 Camry, saying the automaker had no direct...
People
Jan 24 2011 // Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Mike Rothman as the new Commissioner of Commerce. The Department of Commerce and Revenue regulates the business of insurance in the state. Rothman was most recently an attorney with the...
Minnesota Gov. Picks Rothman To Head Commerce Department
Jan 7 2011 // Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed Mike Rothman the new Commissioner of Commerce. The Department of Commerce and Revenue regulates the business of insurance in the state. Rothman was most recently an attorney with...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Minnesota-based RJF Agencies
Jan 6 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., announced it has RJF Agencies Inc., one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the upper Midwest. Terms of the transaction were...
Minnesota to Recieve More Than $2M in AIG Settlement
Dec 28 2010 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce said it stands to receive more than $2 million in its share of a $146 million settlement with American International Group over misreporting of workers’ compensation insurance...
Peterson Named Minnesota Labor and Industry Commissioner
Dec 23 2010 // Minnesota Governor-Elect Mark Dayton has appointed Ken Peterson to head the Department of Labor and Industry. Peterson brings public service experience to the position, including serving the last DFL Governor, Rudy...
Minnesota’s Top Lawyer Sues Discover Over Charges
Dec 8 2010 // Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson sued Discover on Dec. 6, accusing one of the nation’s biggest credit card companies of billing tens of thousands of Minnesota customers for account protection programs they...
Minnesota’s Superior Insurance Agency Joins ISU Network
Nov 30 2010 // ISU International announced that Superior Insurance Agency of St. Cloud, Minn., has joined the ISU Network. ISU Superior Insurance Agency is owned by Yussuf Hamid. The ISU Network, founded in 1979 and headquartered in San...
Elections Stir Up Political Mix in Midwest
Nov 14 2010 // Republicans made big gains across the United States – and the Midwest was no exception – in the November 2 midterm elections. Across the country, GOP gains gave the party its largest number of seats in state...
