Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Wisconsin’s Burns Insurance Agency Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Oct 12 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone) has named Burns Insurance Agency of Marshfield to its growing list of partners in Wisconsin. Burns Insurance Agency was established in May 2000 by Cindy Burns. Dan Burns joined the agency...
Wisconsin Company Hit with Fine Following Refinery Explosion
Oct 5 2018 // Federal officials have fined a northwest Wisconsin refining company more than $83,000 for safety violations related to an explosion that injured dozens of people and led to an evacuation. The Occupational Health and Safety...
Report: Social Media Caused Confusion in Wisconsin Refinery Blast Evacuation
Oct 2 2018 // Social media caused confusion during evacuation efforts following a refinery explosion and fire in Wisconsin, according to a report. Douglas County has created an 18-page report examining the emergency response to the...
Court Tosses $234M Award Against Apple in U. Wisconsin Patent Lawsuit
Oct 1 2018 // Apple Inc. persuaded a federal appeals court on Sept. 28 to throw out a $234 million damages award in favor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing arm for infringing a patent on computer processing...
Federal Officials Assessing Wisconsin Flood Damage
Oct 1 2018 // Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are touring Wisconsin to assess damage in communities that were hit by flooding and tornadoes in August. Five FEMA teams are assessing damage to public infrastructure and homes...
Wisconsin August Storm Damage Tops $233M
Sep 19 2018 // The damage total from flooding and storms in Wisconsin in August continues to rise and now approaches a quarter of a billion dollars. Gov. Scott Walker tweeted on Sept. 18 that the preliminary damages are nearly $234...
Veterans Eligible for Insurance License Exam Fee Waiver in Wisconsin
Sep 17 2018 // Wisconsin’s insurance commissioner says military veterans are eligible for reimbursement of the insurance licensing exam fee in most cases. Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel said the waiver of the $75 examination fee...
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Sep 17 2018 // Brian L. Risen, senior vice president, Mackinaw Underwriters, a member of the AmeriTrust Group Inc., has been promoted to president of the Meadowbrook Insurance Agency in Southfield, Michigan. Risen has over 23 years of...
Veterans Eligible for Insurance License Exam Fee Waiver in Wisconsin
Sep 11 2018 // Wisconsin’s insurance commissioner says military veterans are eligible for a waiver of the insurance licensing exam fee in most cases. Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel said the waiver of the $75 examination fee is...
Lawsuit: Owners of Wisconsin Oil Refinery Negligent in Blast, Fire
Sep 7 2018 // A lawsuit alleges that negligence by the owners of Wisconsin’s only oil refinery caused an explosion and fire that injured 36 people and caused a mandatory evacuation in the city of Superior. The class action lawsuit...
Amid Floods and Closures, Wisconsin’s Bowling Industry Suffers
Sep 6 2018 // Bowling pins topple, teeter, spin and fly. But this summer in Wisconsin, they’ve also been charred by flames and soaked with floodwater, while others are headed into retirement. In July, fire destroyed the Friendship...
Severe Storms Leave Trail of Damage in Wisconsin
Aug 30 2018 // An 11-year-old boy nearly lost his life in a waterlogged drainage ditch in eastern Wisconsin but was pulled to safety by an eagle-eyed firefighter who spotted his finger poking through a manhole cover, officials said,...
Wisconsin’s CorLife Launches Workers’ Comp Home Health Service
Aug 29 2018 // CorLife LLC, a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based provider of ancillary benefits and home modification services for workers’ compensation carriers nationwide, has added a new company, CorCare LLC, which provides skilled,...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds 2 More Wisconsin Agencies
Aug 28 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group has added Family Insurance Center of Seymour, Wisconsin, and the Walker Agency Inc., with locations in Berlin, Montello and Westfield, Wisconsin, to its growing list of partners in that...
New Crop Insurance Program May Benefit Wisconsin Dairy Farmers
Aug 27 2018 // A new federal crop insurance program may help Wisconsin dairy farmers protect against low milk prices. The American Farm Bureau Federation and its insurance company recently announced the Dairy Revenue Protection program,...
Wisconsin’s Coverra Insurance Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Aug 23 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group has expanded into 12 states with the addition of Coverra Insurance Services in Sparta, Wisconsin, its first agency partner in that state. Coverra Insurance Services opened in 1984 and today employs...
Seeman Holtz Acquires Wisconsin’s Asenbrenner Insurance Agency
Aug 6 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Asenbrenner Insurance Agency Inc., headquartered in Shawano, Wisconsin. Asenbrenner Insurance Agency has been serving the state of Wisconsin for almost three decades....
Agency Says Wisconsin Refinery Fire Caused by Blast Debris Hitting Tank
Aug 6 2018 // A federal agency says a massive refinery fire that forced the temporary evacuation of homes in the coastal Wisconsin city of Superior in April was caused by an explosion that sent debris hurtling into an asphalt storage...
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Aug 6 2018 // Caledonia, Michigan-based retail consulting and insurance brokerage, Acrisure, appointed industry veteran William Malloy as president of its Specialty Division. Malloy has extensive leadership experience in the insurance...
Feds Approve Waiver for Wisconsin for Health Reinsurance Program
Jul 30 2018 // The federal government has granted Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s request to offer a reinsurance program designed to lower premium rates for most people in the individual market in 2019. The federal waiver will allow...
