Latest Wisconsin Headlines
All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wis. Governor Creates Health Care Council
Jul 7 2006 // Wis. Governor Jim Doyle created a panel Wednesday to study how more people can get health insurance and how businesses can cut their health care costs. Doyle will direct the 18-member Healthy Wisconsin Council to figure...
Wis. Lawsuit Alleges Misconduct by Commissioner’s Office
Jun 29 2006 // The Wisconsin insurance commissioner’s office and an office that regulates workers’ compensation approved new rules in secret and refused to turn over public records, The Employer Group Inc. alleges in a...
Wis. General Casualty Announces Names of Scholarship Winners
Jun 20 2006 // Sun Prairie, Wis.-based General Casualty Insurance Companies has announced the names of 20 winners of its renewable $1,000 scholarship awards. “The General Casualty scholarship program was created four years ago to...
Buell Motorcycle Selects Wis.-based Sentry Insurance as Preferred Provider
Jun 8 2006 // Buell Motorcycle Company has selected Wis.-based Sentry Insurance as the preferred insurance provider for Buell owners in the United States, company officials said in a written statement. Buell Motorcycle Company, a...
Wisconsin Insurer Plans Expansion
May 30 2006 // West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. says it plans to more than double the size of its corporate headquarters here in a $57 million expansion and to add about 200 employees within two years. The company said that those hired...
Midwest Young Agents Host Joint Conference June 15-17 in Wis. Dells
May 26 2006 // The Midwest Young Agents Conference, hosted by the Young Agents Committees of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, will take place June 15-17 at the Kalahari Resort and Conference Center, in the Wisconsin Dells. Full...
Capitol Insurance of Wis. Announces Changes to Umbrella Product
May 17 2006 // Wisconsin-based Capitol Insurance Companies recently announced significant enhancements to its umbrella product. According to a release issued by the company, minimum premiums have been reduced up to 40 percent along with...
United Wisconsin Insurance Receives Upgraded Rating by A.M. Best
May 12 2006 // A.M. Best recently announced that it has upgraded United Wisconsin Insurance Company (dba) United Heartland’s rating to a secure A (excellent) rating. This upgrade comes as part of a pooled rating with Accident Fund...
Update: State Farm Refutes ‘Allegations’ in Wis. Title Agreement
May 2 2006 // In a recent Insurance Journal Website story, it was reported that Wisconsin residents have collected more than $2 million in reimbursements in a multistate settlement with State Farm Insurance Co. over vehicle...
Wis. Residents Collect $2 Million from State Farm in Auto Title Settlement
May 1 2006 // Wisconsin residents have collected more than $2 million in reimbursements in a multistate settlement with State Farm Insurance Co. over vehicle titles, Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager announced late on Friday, April...
Wis. School Mold Case Settled with Builder for $650,000
Apr 24 2006 // Thirty-five students and teachers from a Madison, Wis. school that had to be ripped open and reconstructed to get rid of mold have agreed on a $650,000 settlement from the builder, attorneys say. The plaintiffs reported...
Wis. Legislators Pushing Mandated State Health Plan Similar to Mass.
Apr 13 2006 // Two Wisconsin legislators, one Democrat and the other Republican, have worked with two health policy officials to generate interest in creating a Wisconsin Health Plan. With Massachusetts basking in the national spotlight...
Wis. Liability Law That Targets Drug Dealers Sparks Debate
Apr 10 2006 // A Wisconsin state law that makes drug dealers liable when their products kill can give families of the deceased a measure of redemption. But others critics are beginning to argue that the law holds one person responsible...
Wis. Bill Requires Insurers to Cover Cancer Clinical Trials
Mar 27 2006 // Insurance companies will be required to cover cancer patients who take part in clinical trials under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jim Doyle on Friday. Doyle said insurance companies will no longer be able to force cancer...
Wis. Business Climate Going Downhill Fast, Says Group for Legal Reform
Mar 27 2006 // Wisconsin’s legal climate for businesses has gone downhill faster than that of any other state after a series of court rulings expanded the liability of companies, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says in a new...
Wis. Senate Passes Med-Mal Reform Bill, Awaiting Governor’s Signature
Mar 10 2006 // The American Insurance Association and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies are praising the recent actions of the Wisconsin Legislature in their passage of major tort reform legislation. The Legislature...
Wis. Nurses Convicted of Filing Non-Existent Medicaid Claims
Mar 10 2006 // Two La Crosse, Wis. area registered nurses were convicted recently of filing fraudulent Medicaid insurance claims. Janice Corbett, 65, of Ontario, Wis., pleaded guilty in Dane County Circuit Court to one count of...
Controversy Brews Between Insurers and Construction Contractors in Wis.
Mar 7 2006 // A controversial settlement between Milwaukee’s Miller Park stadium district and a construction contractor has left excessive and unjustified legal bills, according to insurance companies left on the hook for those...
Milwaukee Bar Assoc. exploits high court decision; health care at risk
Mar 6 2006 // The American Tort Reform Association recently urged Wisconsin legislators and the governor to restore limits on noneconomic damages for medical liability lawsuits in light of the Milwaukee Bar Association’s promotion...
Wis. Legislature Moves Forward with Bill to Cap Med-Mal Awards
Mar 3 2006 // The latest legislative attempt to correct last year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court rule invalidating non-economic damage caps and making other impacts on the state’s medical malpractice law, (AB 1071, 1072, 1073,...
