Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Timm Joins R&R Insurance Services as Account Exec in Wisconsin
Jan 2 2014 // Waukesha, Wis.-based R&R Insurance Services Inc. has welcomed Josh Timm as account executive. Timm has more than 10 years of insurance industry experience. He has held multiple sales, marketing and service positions...
Asbestos Case Wrongly Dismissed: Wisconsin Court
Dec 30 2013 // A Wisconsin appeals court says a case brought on behalf of a worker who died as a result of asbestos exposure was wrongly dismissed. The 1st District Court of Appeals on Friday ordered a trial in the case, saying the...
Court: Insurance Company Exempt in Wisconsin Shooting Death
Dec 17 2013 // A Sheboygan insurance company is exempt from having to pay after a man accidentally killed his friend in Oconto County three years ago, a Wisconsin appeals court has ruled. The 3rd District Court of Appeals decided that...
Wisconsin Workers’ Comp Insurers Propose to Rein in Costs
Dec 13 2013 // States once again show the way to management and reform of public systems by having affected interests sit down together to work out a plan. In Wisconsin, the nation’s oldest workers’ compensation program...
Fatalities at Work Rise 28 Percent in Wisconsin
Dec 13 2013 // The number of Wisconsin workers killed on the job increased 28 percent last year, in part because of an increase in workplace shootings, according to federal statistics released on Dec. 11. A report from the Bureau of...
Wisconsin Court: Manure Isn’t Pollutant Under Policy
Dec 12 2013 // A Wisconsin appeals court says manure isn’t a pollutant as defined in an insurance policy. The case began in 2011 when the state Department of Natural Resources notified West Bend dairy farmer Robert Falk that manure...
Cell Phone Ban in Wisconsin Construction Zones Sought
Dec 10 2013 // Drivers would be barred from talking on their cell phones while in a construction zone under a bill being circulated in the Wisconsin state Legislature. Republican Sen. Jerry Petrowski, of Marathon, emailed the bill on...
Jury Awards $39M in Fatal Wisconsin Garage Panel Fall
Nov 27 2013 // A jury has found manufacturer Advance Cast Stone mainly responsible for the collapse of a Milwaukee, Wis., parking garage panel that killed a teenager and injured two others in 2010 and awarded $39 million in damages. The...
Wisconsin Food Plant Stops Production Amid Recalls
Nov 18 2013 // The Garden-Fresh Foods plant in Milwaukee, Wis., has halted production and reassigned about 100 employees because of product recalls, the company said Nov. 16. Garden-Fresh has recalled tons of products in eight separate...
Wisconsin Lumber Manufacturer Cited in Worker’s Death
Nov 18 2013 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a lumber and shingle manufacturer for safety violations that resulted in the death of a worker at its plant in Superior, Wis. OSHA cited White Cedar...
2013 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed
Nov 18 2013 // State Specialists are often an independent agent’s most reliable and consistent market. These companies are focused on a specific geographic area, understand it and consistently strive to serve it. The Demotech...
United Ethanol Cited After Worker Dies in Wisconsin Corn Bin
Oct 31 2013 // United Ethanol LLC has been cited for 15 health and safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker died inside a grain storage bin on April 19 at the...
Fatal Crashes Seem to Be Decreasing in Wisconsin
Oct 15 2013 // Traffic fatalities appear to be decreasing in Wisconsin, in large part because of a drop in motorcyclists’ deaths, traffic officials said. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said 396 people had died in...
Wisconsin Governor Explores Self-Insurance for Employees
Oct 2 2013 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is considering a proposal to shift state employees from health maintenance organizations to a state self-insured program. Employers that are self-insured carry the risk for losses and pay...
Tisonik Named President of HNI Risk Services in Wisconsin
Oct 1 2013 // Risk risk management firm, HNI, has appointed Chad Tisonik as its Wisconsin location president. Tisonik’s new role as president is a milestone for the firm. It marks the first time HNI Wisconsin will be managed by a...
Nonprofit Health Insurance Company Forming in Wisconsin
Sep 24 2013 // Business leaders and community organizers in Milwaukee, Wis., have formed a nonprofit health insurance company to provide coverage to small businesses and individuals. Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative is one of 24...
Fees Charged to Insurance Volunteers in Wisconsin Criticized
Sep 23 2013 // Volunteers who want to help people decipher the new health insurance marketplace when it comes online Oct. 1 must pay for a background check and exam fee as required by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration,...
Judge Upholds Univ. of Wisconsin Doctor Malpractice Cap
Sep 16 2013 // A Dane County judge has upheld a $250,000 malpractice cap for University of Wisconsin-Madison doctors. The case involves a Verona woman who won a $1.8 million jury award in her husband’s death, as the jury found a UW...
Damage From Large Wisconsin Wildfire Estimated At $1M
Sep 13 2013 // A fire that damaged a 10-mile swath of forest land in northwestern Wisconsin this spring caused at least $1 million in damage, according to the timber company that owns most of the affected land. The massive blaze in...
Wisconsin Court: No Damages in Officer Death from Insurance Company
Sep 12 2013 // A Wisconsin appeals court says a slain police officer’s widow can’t collect damages from the insurance company that covered his killer. James Cruckson shot Fond du Lac Police Officer Craig Birkholz during a...
