Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Minnesota Leads on Tornado Touchdowns
Nov 8 2010 // Minnesota can claim this touchdown record. It leads all others in the number of tornadoes that have swept through the state this year. The National Weather Service says 104 tornadoes touched down in Minnesota in 2010,...
FEMA to Give Funds to 21 Flooded Minnesota Counties
Oct 15 2010 // The federal government has declared 21 counties in southern Minnesota disaster areas, prompting Gov. Tim Pawlenty to convene a special session for Oct. 18. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says funds are available...
Minnesota’s Allianz Has New VP of Life Insurance Sales
Sep 14 2010 // Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, Minneapolis has named Jason Wellmann as the new senior vice president of Life Insurance Sales. In this role, Wellmann will be responsible for leading Allianz life insurance...
Midwest Economy: North Dakota Tops Region in Job Growth
Aug 3 2010 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
New Specialty Insurance and Weather Brokerage Launched in Minnesota
Jul 20 2010 // Milltown Insurance Group, a new specialty insurance and weather brokerage in Lakeville, Minn., recently was opened for business by Dana D’Arrigo. The firm specializes in niche property and casualty program business...
Minnesota Changes Surplus Lines Stamping Fee
Jun 30 2010 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce announced that a stamping fee of 0.0008 on all premium bearing surplus line placements made on or after Jan. 1, 2011 will need to be paid by the insured to the surplus lines...
Man Sentenced for Robbery Attempt at Minnesota Insurance Agency
Jun 18 2010 // A Minneapolis, Minn., man has been sentenced to nine years for a shotgun robbery attempt at an insurance in Roseville last December. The complaint says 41-year-old Michael Kevin Jones walked into an office building,...
Mid-America Business Conditions Index at Highest Level in Four Years
Jun 1 2010 // The May Business Conditions Index for the Mid-America region advanced for a sixth straight month, pointing to a growing economy in the months ahead, according to the May Business Conditions survey of supply managers in the...
Carle Installed as President of Minnesota Chapter of CPCU Society
Jun 1 2010 // Royanna G. Carle of Berkley Risk Administrators Company LLC has been installed as president of the Minnesota Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society. Other elected and installed officers for...
Ag States Group Named Agency of the Year by Minnesota Agents Assoc.
May 28 2010 // Ag States Group, the insurance subsidiary of CHS Inc., a Fortune 100 energy, grains and foods company, has been honored as Agency of the Year by the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers (MIIAB)...
Minnesota Spring Flooding Damage Estimate: $14M
Apr 6 2010 // The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is estimating that the spring flooding caused about $14 million in damage in the state. Teams of officials from the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency came up with...
Minnesota Workers’ Comp System Rated ‘A+’
Apr 5 2010 // Minnesota ranks highest in the nation in terms of workers’ compensation performance, according to the Encinitas, Calif.-based Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI), which has released its 2010 State Report Cards for...
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Apr 5 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...
Minnesota Scores “A+” on Workers’ Comp Report Card
Mar 26 2010 // Minnesota ranks the best in the nation in terms of workers’ compensation performance, according to the Encinitas, Calif.-based Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI), which recently released its 2010 State Report Cards for...
People
Mar 22 2010 // Laura McCormick has joined Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox as a professional lines broker specializing in miscellaneous professional, environmental consultants, E&O and non-profit D&O. McCormick...
Lesson Learned: More Buy Flood Insurance in Minnesota After ’09
Mar 18 2010 // When the swollen Red River threatened his house in Moorehead, Minn., last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack up, leave and hope he wouldn’t lose everything, since didn’t have flood insurance. In the...
State Insurance Commissioners Name 28 Consumer Liaisons
Mar 9 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...
Two Lawyers Named to Minnesota Auto Insurance Plan Governing Committee
Mar 9 2010 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Glenn Wilson has appointed two public members to the governing committee of the Minnesota Automobile Insurance Plan (MAIP). Thomas J. Evenson is an associate with Lind, Jensen, Sullivan...
Minnesota Cities Brace for Spring Floods
Mar 8 2010 // Chances remain high for major spring flooding in some Minnesota cities along rivers as a heavy winter snowpack melts, the National Weather Service said. But city officials remain confident their towns can handle high water...
Minnesota Lawmakers Hold Distracted Driving Hearing
Mar 4 2010 // Minnesota lawmakers are taking another look at the dangers of distracted driving. House and Senate transportation committees held a joint hearing Wednesday on the risks of things like cell phone dialing, fiddling with GPS...
