Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Health Insurers Propose Lower Premiums for Minnesota Individual Market
Jun 19 2018 // Health insurers in Minnesota’s individual market are proposing mostly decreased premium rates for 2019, with average proposed decreases ranging from 3 percent to more than 12 percent for consumers, according to data...
Minnesota Supreme Court: Son Can Sue Father Over Hunting Accident
Jun 13 2018 // A Minnesota man has taken a lawsuit against his father all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court. And dad is just fine with that. The Supreme Court this week clarified a state law on public access for hunting, clearing...
University of Minnesota Sued by Former, Current Football Players
Jun 12 2018 // Nine black former and current University of Minnesota football players who say their rights were violated in a sexual misconduct investigation sued the school on Friday, alleging they are victims of racial and gender...
Associated Benefits and Risk Consulting Closes Acquisition of Minnesota Agency
Jun 6 2018 // Associated Banc-Corp (Associated) subsidiary, Associated Benefits and Risk Consulting (ABRC), has closed its acquisition of Anderson Insurance & Investment Agency Inc. (Anderson), an independent insurance agency based...
Small Group Health Insurance Grew by 15% in Minnesota Last Year
Jun 4 2018 // The number of people covered by small group health insurance in Minnesota grew by 15 percent last year, ending a string of annual enrollment declines stretching back to 2004. Price hikes and tight limits last year on...
In Settlement, St. Paul Archdiocese to Pay $210M to Sex Abuse Victims
Jun 1 2018 // The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has agreed to a $210 million settlement with 450 victims of clergy sexual abuse as part of its plan for bankruptcy reorganization, making it the second-largest U.S. payout in the...
Minnesota Sues Opioid Maker Insys Over Improper Drug Marketing
Jun 1 2018 // Minnesota on May 30 became the latest state to sue Insys Therapeutics Inc., accusing the drugmaker of illegally marketing a powerful fentanyl-based pain medicine, while a former employee pleaded guilty in New Jersey over...
Small Group Health Insurance Grew by 15% in Minnesota in 2017
May 30 2018 // The number of people covered by small group health insurance in Minnesota grew by 15 percent last year, ending a string of annual enrollment declines stretching back to 2004. Price hikes and tight limits last year on...
Family of Receptionist Killed in Minnesota School Blast Settles
May 24 2018 // Family members of a school receptionist have settled their lawsuit over an explosion that killed her last summer at Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minn. An attorney for Ruth Berg’s family and CenterPoint Energy...
Minnesota Paid Workers’ Comp Claims Drop by Over 50% in 2 Decades
May 21 2018 // A recent report shows the number of paid workers’ compensation claims in Minnesota fell 54 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1996 to 2016. The 2016 Minnesota Workers’...
Paid Workers’ Comp Claims in Minnesota Drop by Half Over 2 Decades
May 9 2018 // A recent report shows the number of paid workers’ compensation claims in Minnesota fell 54 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1996 to 2016. The 2016 Minnesota Workers’...
USI Insurance Closes Acquisition of Minnesota’s CHS Insurance
May 8 2018 // USI Insurance Services (USI), based in Valhalla, N.Y., has closed the acquisition of CHS Insurance, formerly part of Minnesota-based fuel, grain and food cooperative, CHS Inc. CHS Insurance is one of the nation’s...
Associated Banc-Corp Acquiring Minnesota’s Anderson Insurance & Investment
May 2 2018 // Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Associated Banc-Corp (Associated) announced its Associated Benefits and Risk Consulting (ABRC) group will acquire Anderson Insurance & Investment Agency Inc. (Anderson), an independent...
University of Minnesota Settles Harassment Complaints for Nearly $300K
May 1 2018 // Newly released documents show the University of Minnesota paid nearly $300,000 to settle sexual harassment complaints related to former athletic director Norwood Teague. He resigned in 2015 after two high-ranking...
Injured Minnesota Woman Seeks Change in Boat Insurance Law
Apr 16 2018 // A Minnesota woman who lost her lower left leg in a boating accident is advocating for a change in state law after she was excluded from her husband’s insurance policy on the boat. Courtney Godfrey lost part of her...
Former Financial Services Lobbyist, Pawlenty, to Run for Governor of Minnesota
Apr 6 2018 // The former head of the Washington-based Financial Services Roundtable (FSR), Tim Pawlenty, has thrown his hat into the ring in a bid to get a previous job back: that of governor of Minnesota. Pawlenty resigned from his...
Minnesota’s Polaris to Pay $27M for not Reporting Vehicle Problems
Apr 4 2018 // Minnesota-based Polaris Industries will pay a more than $27 million civil penalty to settle two 2016 late-reporting claims involving defective recreational vehicles. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the...
Minnesota Woman Pushes for Change in Boat Insurance Law After Accident
Apr 3 2018 // A Minnesota woman who lost her lower left leg in a boating accident is advocating for a change in state law after she was excluded from her husband’s insurance policy on the boat. Courtney Godfrey lost part of her...
Bill Would Ban Driverless Vehicle Tests in Minnesota
Apr 2 2018 // Four state senators want to prevent driverless vehicles from being tested in Minnesota until their developers can prove they’re safe. Republican Sen. Jim Abeler says the death of a woman who was struck by a...
Unextinguished Cigarettes Caused Fatal Fire in Minnesota, Investigators Say
Mar 26 2018 // Investigators say unextinguished cigarettes caused a fatal house fire in northeast Minneapolis last weekend. The Minneapolis Fire Department says the fire was started on the first floor by cigarettes that ignited a sofa in...
