Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Minn. Suit Alleges Seniors Hurt by Lack of Information about Annuities
Jan 11 2007 // Lois Klofanda was 85 years old when she sunk almost half her life savings into a deferred annuity from Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America, not realizing she wouldn’t be able to get at the money again for a...
Minn. Taco John’s CEO Offers to Pay Medical Bills for E. Coli Victims
Dec 21 2006 // The head of Taco John’s International offered this week to pay medical bills for customers who got ill from E. coli bacteria at three of the chain’s Mexican restaurants. Some 76 people were sickened after...
Lawyers Seek to Tie Up Minn. UnitedHealth Chief’s Stock Options
Nov 30 2006 // Departing Minn.-basedUnitedHealth Group Inc. chief William McGuire is sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stock options. But a federal judge is weighing whether to make him get permission before cashing...
Oswald Opens Minneapolis Office
Nov 27 2006 // Oswald Companies, an insurance brokerage firm, announced the opening of a Minneapolis office. The focus of the new office is business insurance solutions in property & casualty and benefits for manufacturing, retail,...
Minn. Governor Calls for Universal Health Coverage for Children
Nov 16 2006 // After supporting cuts to subsidized health care in his first term, it appears Gov. Tim Pawlenty will use his second term to focus on expanding health insurance. The governor said Tuesday that the state should start moving...
Minn. Jury Awards $15 Million in Problematic Birth
Nov 8 2006 // A Las Vegas woman whose son was born in 2001 with cerebral palsy and other health problems has been awarded more than $15 million by a Ramsey County jury. J. Richard Bland, the attorney for the Minnesota Medical Insurance...
Minn. Western National Announces 3rd Quarter Results
Oct 30 2006 // Western National Insurance Group today announced their 2006 financial results through Sept. 30, 2006. The Group results now include the Farmers Home Mutual group of companies due to the completion of that transaction in...
People
Oct 23 2006 // The Allstate Corporation announced a leadership transition, which will occur over the next 18 months. Edward M. Liddy, currently chairman and chief executive officer, plans to step down as CEO at the end of 2006. Thomas J....
Prosecutors Say Minn. UnitedHealth Case Could Lead to Charges
Oct 19 2006 // Criminal charges could be part of the fallout from the apparent stock options backdating that led to the coming departure of the chief executive at UnitedHealth Group Inc., two former federal prosecutors said. They said...
States go global for new ideas to improve transportation safety
Oct 9 2006 // Searching for ways to improve road safety without breaking the bank, state transportation officials in the U.S. have found inspiration in ideas being implemneted abroad. Low-cost devices increasingly popping up on...
States go global for new ideas to improve transportation safety
Oct 9 2006 // Searching for ways to improve road safety without breaking the bank, state transportation officials in the U.S. have found inspiration in ideas being implemneted abroad. Low-cost devices increasingly popping up on...
Minn. Life Group Opens Office in Southern Calif.
Oct 6 2006 // St. Paul-based Minnesota Life Group Insurance recently announced the opening of a sales and service office at 450 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale, Calif. The company provides web-based group life insurance and dental benefits...
Western Group President Re-elected Director for Minn. Insurance Federation
Oct 4 2006 // Western National Insurance Group (WNIG), based in Edina, Minn., today announced that its President and CEO Stuart C. Henderson, JD, CPCU, has been re-elected for a three-year term as a director for the Insurance Federation...
NAMIC Awards Minn. Professional Farm Mutual Manager of the Year
Sep 19 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently awarded Pricilla “Cilla” Hughes, manager, Hope Mutual Insurance Company, Tyler, Minn., the Professional Farm Mutual Manager (PFMM) of the...
Minn. State University Agrees to $5.25 Million Settlement
Sep 18 2006 // Minnesota State University, Mankato,and an insurance company have agreed to a $5.25 million settlement stemming from a crash that killed three students and injured four other students last year in Michigan. Attorney Nick...
Minn. Travelers Introduces Insurance Company Bond Product
Sep 14 2006 // Minn.-based Travelers Insurance is offering increased protection for employee dishonesty fraud and other related losses under a newly-enhanced product recently introduced by the company. Travelers SelectOne(SM) for...
Minn. Old Republic Acquires Troon Management Corp, Sentry
Sep 8 2006 // Rande Yeager, president and CEO of Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., has announced the acquisition by Old Republic National Title Holding Company of Troon Management Corp....
It Figures
Sep 4 2006 // 1 million Enrollment in insured HMO benefit plans declined again in 2005, dropping below 1 million, the lowest level since 1985. Premium revenue increases slowed and profitability for HMOs decreased from its peak in 2004....
Debt Investor Claims Minn. UnitedHealth in Default for Filing Delay
Sep 1 2006 // Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group Inc. said an investor in its debt securities sent it a notice of default on Monday, following the health insurer’s delay in filing a quarterly report with the Securities and Exchange...
Minn. Managed Care 2006 Finds Drop of 1 Million for HMO Enrollment
Aug 25 2006 // Enrollment in insured HMO benefit plans declined again in 2005, dropping below 1 million, the lowest level since 1985. Premium revenue increases slowed and profitability for HMOs decreased from its peak in 2004. Part One...
