Latest Wisconsin Headlines
All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Wis. Governor Appointed Board Chair of HealthShares Exchange
Mar 21 2007 // HealthShares, a family of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) created by XShares Advisors LLC, a financial services company based in N.Y. , has announced that Tommy G. Thompson, former U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services...
Wis. American Family Pays Record $1.1 Billion in Storm Claims
Mar 8 2007 // A string of spring storms across the Midwest caused American Family Insurance Co. to pay a record $1.1 billion in storm losses last year. Other insurers, including the nation’s largest insurer, State Farm Insurance,...
Wis. Acuity Insurance Announces Record Results for 2006
Feb 23 2007 // Sheboygen, Wis.-based Acuity announced record-setting results for the company in 2006. “Acuity’s results in 2006 can be summarized by just three words: strength, stability, and success,” says Ben...
Wis. Court Says Insurance Company Should Pay for Mistreating Trucker
Feb 22 2007 // A jury properly awarded a northeast Wisconsin trucker $115,000 to punish his insurance company for how it handled his claim after his semi-truck hit a deer, a state appeals court ruled this week. The insurance company...
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Wis. Appeals Court Revives Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Feb 8 2007 // A Wisconsin state appeals court has revived a wrongful death lawsuit in a dispute over whether a family and its insurance company could be liable because a teenager who drove through a stop sign and caused a fatal crash...
Wis. Convicted Arsonist Found Guilty of Murder
Feb 5 2007 // A Wisconsin jury found a man guilty of murdering a Wausau woman during one of a series of arsons for which he already is serving a 38-year prison sentence. Kevin Zarm, 41, faces a mandatory life term after being convicted...
Wis. Senate Confirms Appointment of Sean Dilweg as Commissioner
Feb 5 2007 // The Wisconsin state Senate voted unanimously to confirm the appointment of Sean Dilweg as Commissioner of Insurance to head up the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI). Dilweg was appointed by Governor Doyle on...
Wis. Olympic Speedskater FitzRandolph Joins Wausau Signature Agency
Jan 31 2007 // One year ago, Olympic gold medal speedskater Casey FitzRandolph was headed for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turino, Italy as the defending champion in the 500 meters long track event. Today, the 32-year-old Wisconsinite is...
Business Moves
Jan 28 2007 // Goldman Sachs, USI Holdings Big insurance broker USI Holdings Corp. agreed to be acquired by GS Capital Partners, a private equity affiliate of Goldman, Sachs and Co., in a transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion,...
Business Moves
Jan 28 2007 // Goldman Sachs, USI Holdings Big insurance broker USI Holdings Corp. agreed to be acquired by GS Capital Partners, a private equity affiliate of Goldman, Sachs and Co., in a transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion,...
Wis. Joins Ad Safety Campaign for Teen Drivers
Jan 26 2007 // Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen recently announced that the Wisconsin Department of Justice is partnering with The Advertising Council on a new campaign aimed at putting the brakes on fatal car crashes involving teens and...
Wis. Tommy Thompson to be Keynote Speaker at Advisory Group Meeting
Jan 19 2007 // The Hon. Tommy G. Thompson, former governor of Wisconsin and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, has accepted an invitation to be the keynote speaker at an annual executive conference sponsored by the American...
Wis. Boasts Longest Serving Lawmaker in the Nation
Jan 9 2007 // Fred Risser jokes that he’s been in the Wisconsin Legislature so long, the state is tearing down buildings that he voted to construct. The Madison Democrat officially became the nation’s longest serving out of...
Wis. General Casualty, Unigard Acquired by Australia-based QBE
Jan 5 2007 // Sun Prairie,Wis.-based insurer General Casualty, its U.S. holding company and sister company Unigard Insurance Group in Bellevue, Wash., are being acquired by Australia-based QBE Insurance Group in an agreement with...
Donegal Mutual of Pa., Sheboygan Falls Mutual of Wis. Affiliate
Jan 4 2007 // Sheboygan Falls Mutual Insurance Co. and Donegal Mutual Insurance Co. a have signed an agreement whereby Donegal Mutual will make an investment of $3,500,000 in Sheboygan Falls Mutual and Donegal Mutual will enter into a...
Wis. Governor Appoints New Insurance Commissioner, Fills Other Posts
Jan 2 2007 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced the appointment of Sean Dilweg as insurance commissioner as of Jan. 1. Dilweg replaces Jorge Gomez, who announced his resignation last month. Dilweg is currently the executive assistant...
Wis. Insurer Confirms Payout of $67,500 in Confrontation Case
Dec 18 2006 // The insurance company for the North Lake Fire Department says it paid $67,500 to settle a federal lawsuit over a confrontation by two firefighters with a fisherman last year. The amount was disclosed by Continental Western...
Wis. Insurance Commissioner Gomez resigns
Dec 11 2006 // Jorge Gomez, the Wisconsin state insurance commissioner since 2003, will be leaving the position to return to the private sector, Gov. Jim Doyle recently announced . Doyle said a successor would be named soon. Doyle...
Wis. Insurance Commissioner Resigns
Nov 29 2006 // Jorge Gomez, the Wisconsin state insurance commissioner since 2003, will be leaving the position next month to return to the private sector, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday. Doyle said a successor would be named...
