Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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How to Bring in Young People to Insurance
Nov 18 2019 // The workforce is faced with a generation gap. Baby boomers are retiring at the rate of 10,000 per day. Generation X and millennials each have a smaller pool of people than baby boomers. Generation Z is now the largest...
Wisconsin Insurance Agent Loses License, Must Pay Nearly $800K
Nov 14 2019 // An insurance agent in Wisconsin has had his license revoked and ordered to pay nearly $800,000 in penalties and restitution after being found in violation of insurance laws in the state. The former insurance agent, Barry...
Madison, Wisconsin: ‘Water Line’ Insurance Offer Not Affiliated with City
Nov 5 2019 // The City of Madison, Wisconsin, has issued a warning to water utility customers concerning letters being sent to homeowners by a company claiming to offer insurance coverage for water lines to the home. Madison Water...
States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers’ Comp Medical Costs: WCRI
Nov 4 2019 // Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state legislature tried to...
Sherman Named Branch Manager in J.M. Wilson’s Wisconsin Office
Oct 29 2019 // Surplus lines broker and managing general agent J.M. Wilson has added Ken Sherman as branch manager in its Madison, Wisconsin, office. He will plan the day-to-day operations of the Madison office, coordinate the staff, and...
Wisconsin Prescription Drug Step Therapy Law Goes into Effect Nov. 1
Oct 21 2019 // A new law aimed at helping Wisconsin patients access important prescription medications will go into effect on Nov. 1, 2019, the state’s insurance regulators say. Called the Step Therapy Law, Wisconsin Act 12...
States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers’ Comp Medical Costs: WCRI
Oct 21 2019 // Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state legislature tried to...
Wisconsin’s SECURA Insurance Moves to New Home Office Location
Oct 17 2019 // Neenah, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance has moved its home office to a new location at 1500 Mutual Way in the Village of Fox Crossing in Neenah. The 300,000-square foot building gives the company room to grow with space...
Wisconsin Jury Awards $450K in Sandy Hook Defamation Lawsuit
Oct 17 2019 // A jury in Wisconsin has awarded $450,000 to the father of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after he filed a defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorist writers who claimed the massacre never...
Insurance for Police Survivors Approved by Wisconsin Assembly
Oct 14 2019 // Wisconsin legislators have passed a bill that would extend health insurance for immediate survivors of police officers and emergency medical workers killed in the line of duty. The Assembly unanimously passed the measure...
Wisconsin to Have More Health Insurance Options Available This Fall
Oct 11 2019 // Wisconsin insurance officials say state residents will have more health insurance options this year as open enrollment approaches. The state Office of the Commissioner of Insurance says 61 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties...
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects U. of Wisconsin Appeal in Patent Fight with Apple
Oct 7 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a bid by the University of Wisconsin’s patent licensing arm to reinstate its legal victory against Apple Inc. in a fight over computer processor technology that the school...
Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy Sues Over Lack Of Transgender Insurance Coverage
Oct 3 2019 // A sheriff’s deputy in Perry, Ga., filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the county where she works over its refusal to allow her health insurance plan to cover her gender-affirmation surgery. Sgt. Anna...
Husky Refinery in Wisconsin Plans Rebuild After Last Year’s Explosion, Fires
Oct 2 2019 // Husky Energy says it’s been given approval to rebuild its oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, after an explosion and a series of fires last year injured 36 people and required much of the city to evacuate. Husky,...
American Family Insurance Closes Acquisition of Wisconsin’s Ameriprise Auto & Home
Oct 1 2019 // American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Co. (American Family Insurance) has completed its purchase of Wisconsin-based property/casualty insurer, Ameriprise Auto & Home (AAH). American Family Insurance is based in...
Declarations
Sep 16 2019 // More Work to Be Done “We have a lot more work that we need to get done. Despite Florida’s history of hurricanes, people are slow to make changes to improve their situation.” Lisa Lindsay, president of the...
Organizational Change Plan OK’d by Policyholders of Wisconsin’s Jewelers Mutual
Sep 13 2019 // Policyholders of Neenah, Wisconsin-based Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co. have approved the company’s plan to convert its corporate structure to a mutual holding company. Policyholders voted Sept. 12 to approve the...
Wisconsin Man Wants State to Adopt Driver Hands-Free Cellphone Law
Aug 29 2019 // A Wisconsin man who spent three years lobbying Minnesota lawmakers to ban the use of cellphones or other electronic devices while driving said he wants his home state to adopt similar legislation. Thomas Goeltz lost his...
Wisconsin Governor Credits Health Reinsurance Plan for Drop in Premium Rates
Aug 7 2019 // Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is crediting a reinsurance program adopted by his Republican predecessor Scott Walker for leading to lower health insurance rates in 2020. Evers on Friday announced that rates will...
Wisconsin’s McDonald Insurance Agency Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Jul 26 2019 // Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone) has added McDonald Insurance Agency of Hudson to its list of Wisconsin partners. McDonald Insurance Agency has been serving Wisconsin and Minnesota since 1977, and is licensed in multiple...
