Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Wisconsin Court: Insurers Must Help With Fox River Paper Mill Cleanup
Jun 10 2010 // Two companies that once insured Appleton Papers Inc. are liable for $10 million toward the cleanup of the Fox River after a court decision on June 8, the firm’s lawyer said. The 2-1 ruling by the Wisconsin Court of...
Car Insurance Mandate Begins in Wisconsin
Jun 7 2010 // All Wisconsin drivers were required to carry auto liability insurance beginning June 1, but the question remains as to how many will follow the law. Only about 15 percent of the state’s drivers are currently...
Car Insurance Mandate Begins in Wisconsin
Jun 1 2010 // All Wisconsin drivers must carry auto liability insurance starting June 1, but it’s unclear how many will follow the law. Only about 15 percent of the state’s drivers are currently uninsured, which is roughly...
Road Hazard: 20% of U.S. Drivers Would Flunk If Given Driving Test
May 27 2010 // The nation’s most knowledgeable drivers are in Idaho, Wisconsin, Montana and Kansas, while the least knowledgeable are in New York, New Jersey, Hawaii and California. That’s according to results from the 2009...
OSHA, Mexican Consulate to Promote Worker Safety in Illinois, Wisconsin
May 13 2010 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed an alliance with the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago as part of an effort to provide Mexican nationals in Illinois and...
Wisconsin Governor Signs Laws to Protect Public Service Workers
May 13 2010 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed into law two bills that will protect firefighters, police officers and other public service workers and their families. The first bill, Senate Bill 520, requires that municipalities pay...
Wisconsin Recovered More than $4.3 Million From Insurers
May 12 2010 // Wisconsin’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance recently released its 2009 Insurance Complaints and Administrative Actions report summarizing the complaints received across all lines of insurance covering insurer...
West Bend Mutual’s Argent Moves to Waukesha, Wisconsin
May 10 2010 // Argent, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company’s monoline workers’ compensation division, has moved from West Bend’s home office to a new division home in Waukesha, Wis. The office currently has a staff of 10...
Workers’ Comp Drug Costs in Wisconsin 30% Lower Than Median
May 10 2010 // The cost per claim of prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Wisconsin was significantly lower than in most study states, according to a new report by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The...
Wisconsin Gov. Signs Texting Bans; Insurers Warn Against All Distractions
May 6 2010 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Dolye has signed legislation banning drivers from sending text messages while driving. Wisconsin joins Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska and Wyoming as the states to pass laws that ban all drivers from...
Outlook Negative for Wisconsin’s Partners Mutual Insurance
May 6 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Partners Mutual Insurance Company (Partners) of...
Wisconsin to Intensify Brake Inspections on Commercial Trucks
May 5 2010 // The Wisconsin State Patrol is increasing air brake inspections on large trucks as part of an annual, national safety effort. The goal of Operation Air Brake, which begins May 5, is to reduce large truck crashes and make...
Wisconsin’s Rural Mutual Insurance Co. Ratings Upgraded
Apr 30 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “a” from “a-” of Rural Mutual Insurance Company (Rural Mutual) in Madison,...
Western National Insurance Affiliates with Wisconsin American
Apr 30 2010 // Western National Insurance Group of Edina, Minn., recently announced plans to affiliate with Wisconsin American Mutual Insurance Co. of Fond du Lac, Wis. The transaction is expected to close before fall 2010. It is...
Ex-Insurance Executive Sentenced in Wisconsin for Kickback Scheme
Apr 5 2010 // A judge in Wisconsin has sentenced a former insurance executive to prison for bilking his firm out of more than $1 million in phony claims. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb sentenced Douglas Nickerson to three years and...
Wisconsin College Aims to Make Insurance Students ‘Real World Smart’
Apr 5 2010 // Insurance? That’s all straight commission sales,” responded a student at Madison Area Technical College when his instructor suggested he consider an insurance class. Madison College, in Madison, Wis., is...
Audit: Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Fund in Poor Shape
Apr 1 2010 // A fund that helps Wisconsin health care providers pay medical malpractice claims is in poor financial shape after lawmakers raided $200 million to balance the budget, auditors have warned. The Injured Patients and Families...
United Heartland Names Bartelme Director of Loss Control
Mar 30 2010 // Workers’ compensation insurer, United Heartland, in New Berlin, Wis., has appointed Rick Bartelme as director of Loss Control. Bartelme is responsible for implementing United Heartland’s comprehensive approach...
Ex-Insurance Executive Sentenced in Wisconsin for Kickback Scheme
Mar 29 2010 // A judge in Wisconsin has sentenced a former insurance executive to prison time for bilking his company out of more than $1 million in phony claims. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb told Douglas Nickerson she was glad he...
Wisconsin-based Capitol Insurance Reports Strong 2009 Results
Mar 26 2010 // Capitol Insurance Companies (Capitol), a Middleton, Wis.-based national provider of specialty property-casualty insurance and commercial surety products, reported a strong year of underwriting profitability for the year...
