Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Wisconsin Man Gets Jail for Bungee Jump at Insurance Company Site
Nov 19 2014 // A 26-year-old Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for bungee-jumping off a 138-foot crane in Sheboygan on the Fourth of July. The Sheboygan County district attorney’s office says Nick Propson of...
Report: Wisconsin Judges Lenient in Sentencing Drunk Drivers
Nov 13 2014 // A Gannett Wisconsin Media review has found some chronic drunken drivers in Wisconsin spend little time behind bars on felony charges due to lenient sentencing. News-Herald Media reports there have been at least a dozen...
Outside Home, Castle Doctrine Doesn’t Apply Wisconsin Court Says
Oct 20 2014 // A man who shot at two intruders as they fled after beating him in his apartment can’t invoke Wisconsin’s castle doctrine law to protect him from liability, a state appeals court ruled. According to court...
Wisconsin’s Nygren Receives NAMIC’s State Legislator of Year Award
Oct 15 2014 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) presented its State Legislator of the Year Award to Wisconsin state Rep. John Nygren for his support of free-market principles and strong positions to improve...
In Wisconsin Workplace Deaths on the Decline
Oct 6 2014 // New data shows the number of workplace deaths is declining in Wisconsin. Ninety-six people died in work-related incidents in 2013, that’s down from 114 deaths the year before. A sharp drop in violent occupational...
Missouri Consumer Group Sues Over Health Insurance Rates
Oct 6 2014 // A Missouri consumer group announced that it has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the latest effort to obtain information used to justify the rates consumers will pay for insurance on the federally...
Outside Home, Castle Doctrine Doesn’t Apply Wisconsin Court Says
Oct 2 2014 // A man who shot at two intruders as they fled after beating him in his apartment can’t invoke Wisconsin’s castle doctrine law to protect him from liability, a state appeals court ruled in a case that clarified...
Wisconsin’s M3 Insurance Named an IIABA Best Practices Agency
Sep 30 2014 // M3 Insurance, based in Madison, Wis., announced it has been named a 2014 Best Practices Agency by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA). M3 is one of only 206 insurance agencies from across the...
Wisconsin’s R&R Insurance Services, Snyder Insurance Agency Merge
Sep 15 2014 // R&R Insurance Services Inc. announced it the merger of Snyder Insurance Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Oconomowoc, Wis. Both are well-established agencies in Waukesha County. R&R Insurance will be...
Wisconsin Town Wants to Upgrade Seawall, Redraw Flood Maps
Aug 18 2014 // Stevens Point, Wis., officials will soon found out if they can upgrade a Wisconsin River seawall so they can redraw flood maps. The Stevens Point Journal Media reports the upgrade could spare more than 200 families...
Drunk Driving Deaths, Injuries Drop in Wisconsin
Aug 18 2014 // Wisconsin transportation officials say drunken driving deaths and injuries in the state have dramatically declined over the last decade. The Department of Transportation says the number of fatalities in alcohol-related...
States Still Grappling with Surplus Lines Tax Sharing
Aug 15 2014 // Things have changed a bit for the surplus lines industry since the Non-admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act, (NRRA) part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform legislation, passed in 2010. The NRRA’s implementation has...
Wisconsin Baby’s Death Spurs Suit Against Caregiver Website
Aug 4 2014 // A Wisconsin couple has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Illinois baby sitter charged in the death of their baby and the caregiver screening website they used to hire her. A lawsuit filed by Nathan and Reggan...
Wisconsin Man, Insurer Settle Over Wrongful Arson Conviction
Aug 4 2014 // A Friendship, Wis., man who spent almost three years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of arson has reached an undisclosed settlement with his insurance company. Joseph Awe was convicted of burning down a bar he...
A.M. Best: Outlook Stable for Wisconsin Mutual Insurance
Jul 31 2014 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Co. (WMIC), based in...
Wisconsin High Court Partially Sides with Railroad in Parade Case
Jul 23 2014 // A Memorial Day parade that led to a traffic jam blocking railroad tracks in a Milwaukee suburb did not amount to a specific hazard that could make the railroad company liable for striking a minivan, the Wisconsin Supreme...
Train Crash in Wisconsin Injures 2, Spills Oil
Jul 22 2014 // A Canadian National Railway Co. train struck another freight train as it rolled through a small village in Wisconsin, causing cars to derail, injuring two people and spilling thousands of gallons of diesel oil that...
Surplus Lines Tax Sharing Solution Still Up for Debate
Jul 21 2014 // Things have changed a bit for the surplus lines industry since the Non-admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act, (NRRA) part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform legislation, passed in 2010. The NRRA’s implementation has...
Hailstorm Damages Crops in Northeastern Wisconsin
Jul 18 2014 // A severe hailstorm caused significant damage to crops in northeastern Wisconsin, farmers and researchers said. Matt Stasiak, an agricultural researcher, tells the Door County Advocate the hail crushed cherry trees,...
Wisconsin Regulators Say 166,000 Gained Insurance Coverage
Jul 17 2014 // Newly released numbers by the Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner’s office shows that nearly 166,000 Wisconsin residents purchased health insurance by June 1. But it’s not known how many of those people were...
