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Wis. Jury Says Quad/Graphics and Insurer Entitled to $63 Million
Oct 1 2007 // Quad/Graphics and its insurer are entitled to $63 million in damages from the 2002 collapse of a shelving system that ignited a fire at the publishing giant’s Lomira plant, according to a jury verdict. The jury...
State Farm Honors Wis. Resident at Women Awards Presentation
Sep 25 2007 // Bloomington, Ill.-based State Farm Insurance recently honored exceptional women across the country during the Embrace Life Awards luncheon held in New York City. Each year the Awards recognize five remarkable women who...
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family
Sep 24 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
Wis. Capitol Launches New Specialty Markets Division
Sep 18 2007 // Middleton, Wis.-based Capitol today announced the formation of its new Specialty Markets Division. The focus of the division will be specialty property and casualty insurance programs throughout the U. S. The division will...
Regulators Give Approval for Merger of Iowa and Wis. Cuna Mutuals
Sep 13 2007 // State insurance regulators recently approved the merger of Cuna Mutual Insurance Co of Waverly, Iowa with Cuna Mutual Insurance Society of Madison, Wis. The merger is expected to be complete by Dec. 31. The company’s...
State Auto to Hold 2007 Inner Circle Awards Presentation in Wis.
Sep 11 2007 // The State Auto Insurance Company’s top independent agencies will be honored at its annual Inner Circle Conference to be held Sept. 16-19 at The American Club in Kohler, Wis. Fifteen of the 114 agencies who qualified...
Wis. SECURA Adds Director, Research and Development
Sep 7 2007 // Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance recently named Jenny Haas as its new director-Research & Development. Previously, she served the company as commercial lines manager-Training and Product Development. In her new...
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family
Sep 3 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family
Sep 3 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency. Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance...
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Sep 3 2007 // Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now...
Wis. Dane County Flood Damage Tops $3 Million
Aug 30 2007 // Dane County, Wis. has suffered more than $3 million in damage to public and private properties as a result of heavy rains and flooding, its top official said earlier this week. Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk said 798...
Liberty Mutual Realigns Agency Companies to Welcome Ohio Casualty
Aug 27 2007 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group finalized its acquisition of Ohio Casualty Corp. on Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 and immediately announced a realignment of its $5.9 billion net premium regional agency company organization to...
Wis. Markel Builds Custom Motorcycle to Raise Money for Charity
Aug 23 2007 // Waukesha, Wis.-based Markel American Insurance Co. today announced the completion of the custom board track racer style motorcycle built by Markel American Associates through its “Markel Builds Fun” project to...
Wis. Workers’ Comp Rates Drop 2.47%
Aug 15 2007 // Wisconsin’s commissioner of insurance has announced a 2.47 percent decrease in the overall worker’s compensation rate for the upcoming year, effective October 1. “A rate decrease for worker’s...
Insurance Helps Wis. Manufacturer Falk Reopen After Deadly Blast
Aug 13 2007 // Falk Corp.’s parent company said the mining equipment maker will return by September to production levels it reached before the December blast that killed three workers. Milwaukee-based Rexnord Corp. made the...
Wis. Governor Pushes Insurance Coverage for Autistic Children
Aug 8 2007 // With large health insurance companies lined up to fight it, Gov. Jim Doyle and Senate Democrats are pushing a requirement that health insurance include autism treatment. Seventeen other states already have such a law, but...
Ratings Recap: Ohio Casualty; Unum; CICA; Converium (No. Am.); MGIC; Wisconsin Mutual
Aug 1 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ‘BBB-‘ counterparty credit rating on Ohio Casualty Corp. and its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the...
Wisconsin Mutual Upgraded, ICR Rating Assigned
Jul 31 2007 // A.M. Best Co. announced it has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to “A-” (Excellent) from “B++” (Good) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” to Wisconsin Mutual...
Wis. Northwestern Mutual Celebrates 150th Anniversary
Jul 24 2007 // As Milwaukee, Wis.-based Northwestern Mutual rings in its 150th year of business, the company’s Sesquicentennial is highlighted by its national Community Service Award program, which donates $265,000 to 25 non-profit...
Wis. SECURA Insurance Named to Ward Group’s Top 50
Jul 20 2007 // SECURA Insurance recently announced that the company has been named to Ward’s 50 group of top performing property and casualty insurance companies for 2007, marking the fourth consecutive year SECURA has been...
