Latest Wisconsin Headlines
All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
WIS. COMP COSTS RISE 11%:
Aug 23 2004 // The average medical payment per claim to injured workers in Wisconsin continued to grow at a double-digit rate, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study of 12 states...
Wis. Comp Costs Rose 11%, Still Low in Comparison
Aug 12 2004 // The average medical payment per claim to injured workers in Wisconsin continued to grow at a double-digit rate, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study of 12 states...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne Sahakian Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and...
MI-Assistant: On the Brink
Jul 20 2004 // From the brink of the dustbin to the brink of a bright future, it’s been a bumpy ride recently for MI-Assistant, the Eleva, Wis.-based agency solutions provider. In the cutthroat world of competitive rating and...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
AIA Applauds Wis. Supreme Court’s Med-Mal Ruling
Jul 6 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today applauded the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s unanimous decision affirming the constitutionality of non-economic damage caps in wrongful death medical malpractice...
Wisconsin Big I Gets Visit From New Insurance Commissioner Gomez
Jun 21 2004 // The high point of Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s (IIAW) annual convention in May was a lengthy speech from Jorge Gomez, the state’s new insurance commissioner. A February 2003 appointee of...
‘Mutual’ Respect: SECURA Says Agent Loyalty Can Survive Softer Market
Jun 21 2004 // West Bend is far from the only Wisconsin-based regional mutual insurer making a mark. The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent...
People and Places
Jun 21 2004 // Ron Harder, president and CEO of Neenah, Wis.-based Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co., announced a management restructuring, effective June 1. Harder explained that he has been evaluating the company’s management...
SECURA: Looking to Sustain Hard-Market Success
Jun 18 2004 // The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s annual convention. SECURA has total assets of $406...
Wis. Gov. Requests Federal Damage Assessment for Eight Counties
Jun 9 2004 // Governor Jim Doyle has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct a preliminary damage assessment in cooperation with Wisconsin Emergency Management and local officials as a first step to determine if...
REGS THE FOCUS OF WIS. COMPLIANCE PRO MEETING:
Apr 19 2004 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Jorge Gomez and other state insurance regulators will be the featured attractions at a May 13 meeting of the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals’ Great Lakes chapter....
PIC Wisconsin Med-Mal Rates to Increase in Nevada
Mar 18 2004 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman has approved the request of Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin Inc. (PIC) for a 15 percent increase for medical malpractice insurance. In addition to the 15 percent...
New Workers’ Comp Tool Compares States
Mar 11 2004 // Policymakers and others interested in comparing workers compensation systems among states have a new tool from the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, based in Cambridge, Mass. CompScope is a new tool that...
Wisconsin: More Than Cheese and Harley Davidsons
Mar 8 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated the Wisconsin’s population at 5,363,675. About 85 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 22 percent had earned a bachelor’s...
Midwest Comp Market: Proceed With Caution
Jan 12 2004 // The workers’ compensation segment in Midwestern states is not immune to the broad trends in the line nationally — including poor combined ratios, escalating medical costs and severe underreserving — but no...
Pair of State Staffers Earn NAIC’s Highest Individual Award
Dec 9 2003 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has presented its most prestigious individual award to Rosanne Mead, Assistant Iowa Insurance Commissioner, and Fred Nepple, General Counsel in the Wisconsin...
SIAA Claims More Than Just Aggregation
Dec 1 2003 // At first blush, the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance may look like just one more short-term solution to the increasing shift in the balance of power toward insurance carriers away from independent agents. Commissions...
SIAA Claims More Than Just Aggregation
Dec 1 2003 // At first blush, the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance may look like just one more short-term solution to the increasing shift in the balance of power toward insurance carriers away from independent agents. ommissions...
Wis. Weighs Scores, ‘Sponsor’ Auto Cover
Oct 29 2003 // A Wisconsin Assembly bill that would prohibit insurers from using credit information in rating or underwriting auto or homeowners insurance would undermine the state’s stable insurance market and could increase...
