Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Court: Insurer Must Pay Policy Limit in Wisconsin Parking Garage Death
Jul 13 2017 // The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has upheld a $39 million jury verdict against the builder of a Milwaukee parking garage where a 15-year-old boy was killed in 2010 when a concrete slab fell. But the court said that Liberty...
Wisconsin’s Church Mutual: Outlook Upgraded; Sensor Technology Recognized
Jul 10 2017 // Merrill, Wis.-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. and its subsidiaries CM Vantage Specialty Insurance Co. and CM Regent Insurance Co. have earned a “positive” outlook for long-term issuer credit rating by A.M....
Midwest States Show Slightly Better Return-to-Work Results
Jul 10 2017 // From 10 to 18 percent of injured workers never reach “substantial return to work,” according to new research by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) comparing outcomes for injured workers in six...
Mars’ Trademark Suit Against Wisconsin Chocolatier Dismissed
Jul 7 2017 // A federal judge on June 30 dismissed a lawsuit from candy maker Mars Inc. against a Wisconsin woman the company claimed violated a company trademark with chocolates she makes. The McLean, Virginia-based company filed the...
Wisconsin Court: $750K Cap on Medical Malpractice Damages Unconstitutional
Jul 6 2017 // Wisconsin’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional because it puts severely injured patients at a disadvantage, a state appeals court has ruled. The 1st District Court of...
Injuries, Property Damage Reported from Tornadoes in Iowa, Wisconsin
Jun 30 2017 // Thunderstorms that spun off tornadoes as they rumbled across Iowa injured at least two people, mowed down crops and damaged homes and farm buildings. In Wisconsin, at least one person was reported injured, as...
WCRI Researchers Compare States on Injured Workers Returning to Work
Jun 21 2017 // From 10 to 18 percent of injured workers never reach “substantial return to work,” according to new research by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) comparing outcomes for injured workers in six...
Wisconsin Norovirus Outbreak Caused by Contaminated Food
Jun 15 2017 // Heath officials have determined the source of a norovirus that sickened dozens of people attending a festival at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds last month. Wisconsin Department of Health Services spokeswoman...
Issuer Credit Rating Outlook for Wisconsin County Mutual Group Downgraded
Jun 14 2017 // A.M. Best says it has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the long-term issuer credit ratings (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the long-term ICRs of...
Seeman Holtz Acquires Wisconsin’s Vincent, Urban, Walker & Assoc.
Jun 13 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property and Casualty Inc. has acquired Vincent, Urban, Walker & Associates, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Green Bay, Wis. Doug Walker and his partners at Vincent, Urban, Walker &...
At Least 2 Dead in Blast at Wisconsin Mill
Jun 2 2017 // Recovery crews are continuing to search a mountain of debris for a missing worker following an explosion at a corn mill plant that killed at least two employees, injured about a dozen others and leveled parts of the...
Wisconsin’s AVID Risk Solutions, Family Insurance Acquiring ISC
May 31 2017 // Federal Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson has approved the sale of ISC insurance agency assets to Wisconsin-based AVID Risk Solutions Inc. and Family Insurance Center, AVID Risk Solutions announced. ISC insurance...
A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Wisconsin’s Integrity Select Insurance
May 26 2017 // A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and a long-term issuer credit rating of “a+” to Integrity Select Insurance Co. (Integrity Select) in Appleton, Wis. The outlook assigned to...
Wisconsin County’s Initial Tornado Damage Estimate: $10M
May 25 2017 // The Barron County Sheriff’s Department has released initial damage estimates from a tornado that tore through the Chetek area of northwestern Wisconsin last week. The department said Sunday that the storm damaged 231...
O’Brien Promoted to Controller at Wisconsin’s SECURA Insurance
May 23 2017 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance recently promoted Tim O’Brien to controller from assistant controller. O’Brien has been with the company for 15 years. He joined SECURA in 2002 as the accounting...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Wants to Abolish Labor Review Board
May 19 2017 // Wisconsin’s 106-year-old labor commission would vanish and Gov. Scott Walker’s administration would decide workplace disputes, including workers’ compensation disputes, in its place under a budget...
Residents Assess Damage After Night of Tornadoes in Central U.S.
May 18 2017 // Residents of an Oklahoma subdivision and a Wisconsin trailer park that were leveled by deadly tornadoes sifted through what remained of their homes and possessions Wednesday, even as forecasters warned of another round of...
Tornadoes Leave at Least 2 Dead as Storms Pummel Central U.S.
May 18 2017 // Storms whipped through a wide swath of the nation’s midsection, giving rise to tornadoes that flattened a Wisconsin mobile home park and an Oklahoma subdivision and killing at least two people and injuring dozens of...
Injured Worker Attorney Involvement Varies Widely by State
May 18 2017 // There is a wide variation in the percentage of claims with worker attorneys involvement across state workers’ compensation systems, according to the latest research from the Workers Compensation Research Institute...
Eastern Wisconsin Farmers Experience Significant Alfalfa Losses
May 16 2017 // Unusual seasonal weather variations have made it tough on alfalfa crops in some parts of Wisconsin. A warmer-than-usual winter and a cold wet spring have caused a significant portion of the alfalfa crop to fail in...
