Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Residents of Dangerous Wisconsin Condo Rush to Move Belongings
Dec 13 2021 // Residents of a Waukesha condominium that could collapse are rushing to move their belongings out. Police and firefighters cleared the six-story, 48-unit Horizon West Condominiums on Dec. 2 after an engineering report found...
Wisconsin Condominium Evacuated Due to Structural Issues
Dec 7 2021 // A six-story condominium building that was the subject of resident complaints dating back to June 2020 has been evacuated in a Milwaukee suburb after engineers found the structure was in imminent danger of...
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Stepping Down
Nov 29 2021 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable is stepping down next month, Gov. Tony Evers said. Evers appointed Afable to the post in December 2018. Afable had previously worked for American Family Insurance and served as...
Wisconsin Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim Among Highest in Study
Nov 22 2021 // A recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute found that medical payments per claim with more than seven days of lost time in Wisconsin were among the highest of 18 states studied and changed little from...
Wisconsin Foundry Faces $200,000 in Fines Over Workplace Injuries
Nov 10 2021 // Recent federal safety inspections of a northern Wisconsin foundry determined workplace safety failures caused two workers to suffer severe injuries. The business faces a proposed $200,895 in penalties. In May, a worker at...
Former Wisconsin Insurance Agent Charged with Fraud; Fined $27K
Oct 21 2021 // The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) has charged former insurance agent Richard Freeland with a number of violations of insurance law related to the sale of an unsuitable life insurance policy and...
Brown & Brown Acquires Wisconsin’s Remedy Analytics
Oct 19 2021 // Brown & Brown, Inc. has acquired all of the stock of Remedy Analytics. Founded in 2011 by current chief executive officer, Scott L. Martin, Remedy Analytics uses its proprietary PharmaLogic® data-based medication...
PFAS Contamination Forces Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to Shut Down City’s Wells
Oct 13 2021 // The city of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, has shut down almost half its wells due to PFAS contamination. Wisconsin Public Radio reported that the city announced in July that it had shut down four of its 16 wells after tests found...
Another Wisconsin Parent Sues Over School’s Lack of COVID Protocols
Oct 13 2021 // Another Wisconsin mother has filed a federal lawsuit over the lack of COVID-19 protocols at her son’s school. WEAU-TV reported that Gina Kildahl filed the suit on Oct. 11 in Madison. She’s seeking an injunction...
Wisconsin School District Sued by Parent Whose Child Contracted COVID-19
Oct 12 2021 // A parent has sued a southeastern Wisconsin school district after her son contracted COVID-19 from a classmate. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Shannon Jensen filed the lawsuit in federal court against the...
People Moves: Grange Insurance Executive Changes; Butzke President of PIA Wisconsin; Lowe Joins Player’s Health in Minnesota
Oct 6 2021 // Executive Changes at Grange Insurance Grange Insurance Co. in Columbus, Ohio, named John North president of Commercial Lines and Cheryl McRae Lebens president of Personal Lines, both effective Jan.1, 2022. Mike Winner...
Wisconsin District Settles Suit Over Student’s Harassment for $862.5K
Sep 22 2021 // A Wisconsin school district has settled a lawsuit brought by a former student who said the district ignored years of complaints by her and her mother about multiple sexual assaults and a pattern of racial...
Wisconsin Agribusiness Sued for Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation
Sep 17 2021 // Wisconsin’s largest ginseng producer is facing a federal lawsuit charging the company with subjecting female workers to hostile work environment and firing them for resisting, and for discriminating against employees...
Charges Filed in Crash That Killed Two in Wisconsin
Aug 25 2021 // A Milwaukee, Wis., man accused of drag racing and causing a crash that killed two people has been charged with reckless homicide. According to a criminal complaint, witnesses told police it appeared a car driven by...
Family of Man Killed During Kenosha, Wisconsin, Protests Sues Police
Aug 19 2021 // The family of one of the two men fatally shot during a demonstration against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has filed a federal civil lawsuit against local law enforcement, accusing officers of facilitating Kyle...
AM Best: Outlooks Negative for Wisconsin Reinsurance Group Members
Aug 17 2021 // AM Best revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “bbb” (Good) of Madison-based Wisconsin Reinsurance Corp....
Tornado in Wisconsin’s Grant County Destroys, Damages Buildings
Aug 9 2021 // Residents of Grant County, Wisconsin, are cleaning up debris after a tornado touched down near Boscobel destroying or damaging homes and farm outbuildings. Initial damage assessments by fire departments in the area...
4 Tornadoes Confirmed in Wisconsin
Aug 2 2021 // The National Weather Service has confirmed at least four tornadoes caused widespread damage in Wisconsin and contributed to at least one death. Quinn Boehning, 29, was killed after crashing into a fallen tree and power...
5.44% Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease OK’d in Wisconsin
Aug 2 2021 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable approved an overall 5.44% decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates, effective Oct. 1, 2021. It’s the sixth straight year of rate decreases in Wisconsin,...
Wisconsin Now Has a New Insurance Cybersecurity Law
Aug 2 2021 // Wisconsin’s governor signed into law legislation creating new cybersecurity requirements for protecting data collected by the insurance industry. Gov. Tony Evers signed Act 73, which is based on model legislation...
