Latest Wisconsin Headlines
All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers, Funeral Directors’ Group Top Wis. PAC Contributions
Mar 1 2006 // An unlikely grouping of business and trade groups were the largest PAC contributers to state and federal legislators. Two insurance companies and a funeral directors trade group led Wisconsin businesses in political action...
Wis. Law Would Ban Suits Against Restaurants for Making People Fat
Feb 23 2006 // Wisconsin lawmakers are taking tort reform to a new level with a proposal that would prevent people from suing restaurants and food distributors for making them fat. A proposal in the Wisconsin state Senate is designed to...
Wis. Care Facility Operator to Pay $108,000 in Death of Resident
Feb 22 2006 // Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager reported that Creative Stepping Stones Inc., a Milwaukee County business that operated a community based residential facility called The Summit Place, 6526 West Bluemound Road,...
ATRA: Milwaukee Bar Assoc. Exploits High Court Decision; Healthcare at Risk
Feb 22 2006 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) 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...
National Statistics Show Wisconsin Great Buy on Auto/Home Insurance
Feb 9 2006 // National statistics show insuring your home and vehicle is cheaper in Wisconsin than nearly any other state, according a report from Wisconsin Public Radio. Data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Wisconsin Insurer Warns Buyers About Post-Hurricane Vehicle Fraud
Feb 7 2006 // Sun Prairie, Wis.-based General Casualty Insurance Companies are cautioning customers about the possibility that the shiny pre-owned Honda or Buick being considered for purchase may have been submerged in flood...
Wisconsin Insurance Rates Likely Not Impacted by Hurricane Katrina
Jan 3 2006 // This year, businesses and consumers will help insurers pay for last year’s estimated $57.6 billion in storm-related losses such as Hurricane Katrina through higher property and casualty insurance policy rates, the...
The industry goes to school
Jan 1 2006 // In this second installment in a series, Insurance Journal profiled five universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in insurance. More universities will be featured in future editions. Baylor...
Wisconsin Governor Doyle Vetoes Med-Mal Cap Legislation
Dec 19 2005 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed legislation that would have capped the amount of money medical malpractice victims could win in court for their pain and suffering, an issue that has been a political flash point across the...
MED-MAL MERGER:
Dec 19 2005 // ProAssurance Corporation and Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. have agreed to merge PIC Wisconsin into ProAssurance through a proposed stock-for-stock transaction. The companies said that the merger will...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // MISSOURI Insurer to Pay $8 Million: State Farm Insurance has been ordered to pay more than $8 million to a tow truck driver and his sister-in-law who were acquitted of insurance fraud after being accused of faking the...
Wisconsin Governor Doyle Vetoes Med-Mal Cap Legislation
Dec 18 2005 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed legislation that would have capped the amount of money medical malpractice victims could win in court for their pain and suffering, an issue that has been a political flash point across the...
Med-Mal Writer PIC Wisconsin Merging with ProAssurance
Dec 14 2005 // ProAssurance Corporation and Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. have agreed to merge PIC Wisconsin into ProAssurance through a proposed stock-for-stock transaction. The medical malpractice insurance companies...
Best Reacts to ProAssurance Corp.’s Planned Purchase of PIC Wisconsin
Dec 12 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has commented that all ratings of Alabama-based ProAssurance Corporation’s (ProAssurance) insurance subsidiaries, the rating of its senior unsecured convertible debentures and the financial strength...
Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Med-Mal Award Cap Legislation
Dec 5 2005 // Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed legislation that would have capped the amount of money medical malpractice victims could win in court for their pain and suffering, an issue that has been a political flash point in states across the...
LAWMAKERS PASS MED-MAL CAP BILL:
Nov 21 2005 // The Wisconsin legislature passed Assembly Bill 766, which restores caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. However, supporters are concerned that Gov. Jim Doyle will veto the measure. A.B. 766 was...
ILLINOIS
Nov 20 2005 // Lawmakers Pass Kids’ Health Plan: The Illinois House passed H.B. 806, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s “All Kids” health insurance program on a 79-28 vote, following Senate approval on a 32-23 vote. The...
Wis. Legislature Passes Medical Malpractice Cap Bill
Nov 9 2005 // The Wisconsin legislature passed Assembly Bill 766, which restores caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. “The recent Supreme Court ruling invalidating caps on non-economic damages was troubling...
Uninsured /Underinsured Motorist
Nov 6 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLA and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...
Wisconsin Assembly Reinstates Med-Mal Caps But Governor’s Veto Likely
Nov 6 2005 // The Wisconsin State Assembly last month passed a bill to reinstate caps on medical malpractice awards in the state by a more than two-to-one margin. Legislators voted 64-30 in favor of Assembly Bill 766, which imposes a...
