Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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U. of Wisconsin System to Pay $325K Sex Harassment Suit Settlement
Jul 24 2019 // The University of Wisconsin System will pay a former student $325,000 to settle claims that a professor sexually harassed her. The former student, identified as A.R. in court documents, sued in October saying UW-Oshkosh...
With Commissioner’s OK, Wisconsin Workers’ Comp Rates to Fall by 8.8%
Jul 23 2019 // Wisconsin’s chief insurance regulator has approved an overall 8.84% decrease in workers’ compensation premium rates. The new rates approved by Commissioner of Insurance Mark Afable are effective Oct. 1, 2019,...
Minnesota City Seeking Study of Toxic Chemical After Refinery Blast
Jul 17 2019 // City leaders in Duluth, Minnesota, are taking steps to ensure that residents will be safe following the upcoming reconstruction of a refinery that exploded in neighboring Superior, Wisconsin. The Husky Energy oil refinery...
Wisconsin Bureau Proposes 8.8% Drop in Workers’ Comp Rates
Jul 15 2019 // Wisconsin insurance officials will soon consider a proposal to lower insurance rates for workers’ compensation in the state. The Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau has proposed decreasing workers’...
Wisconsin Court: Extra Insurance Not Needed for Enbridge Pipeline in Dane County
Jul 15 2019 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on June 27 that Canada-based Enbridge Energy doesn’t need to carry additional insurance for a pipeline project in Dane County, despite the local government’s insistence that it...
Jewelers Mutual Board OKs Plan to Transition to Mutual Holding Company
Jul 12 2019 // Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company’s board of directors has approved the insurer’s plan to become a mutual holding company, a process the company hopes to complete by Jan. 1, 2020. The plan was filed with the...
Outlooks Revised to Stable for Wisconsin’s Badger Mutual Insurance
Jul 10 2019 // Ratings agency, AM Best, has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” of Badger Mutual Insurance...
8.8% Drop in Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates Proposed in Wisconsin
Jul 8 2019 // Wisconsin insurance officials will soon consider a proposal to lower insurance rates for workers’ compensation in the state. The Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau has proposed decreasing workers’...
Wisconsin Court: Extra Insurance Not Needed for Enbridge Pipeline in Dane County
Jun 28 2019 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Canada-based Enbridge Energy doesn’t need to carry additional insurance for a pipeline project in Dane County, despite the local government’s insistence that it do so...
Universal Property & Casualty Expanding Into Wisconsin
Jun 24 2019 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. subsidiary, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (Universal Property), has received a Certificate of Authority in to operate as a licensed insurance entity in...
Semitrailer Explosion on I-94 in Wisconsin Leaves 2 Dead
Jun 21 2019 // A semitrailer exploded into flames Wednesday on an interstate in southeast Wisconsin, killing at least two people, setting other vehicles on fire and sending dark plumes of smoke into the sky, authorities said. A WTMJ-TV...
Subrogation Waiver in Construction Contract Upheld by Wisconsin Court
Jun 21 2019 // A subrogation waiver in a construction contract blocks an insurer’s claim against a contractor whose alleged shoddy construction caused the collapse of a barn that cost more than $600,000 to replace, the Wisconsin...
Sandy Hook Shooting Victims’ Parents Win Defamation Suit Against Conspiracy Authors
Jun 19 2019 // The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened — the latest victory for victims’ relatives...
Wisconsin Jury Awards $15M to Family of Bicyclist Killed by Driver
Jun 10 2019 // A jury in Dane County has award more than $15 million to the family of a woman struck and killed while riding her bike in Madison. The jury awarded $10 million for loss of society and companionship in Emilly Zhu’s...
Wisconsin First Responders Call for Improvements to State’s Roads
Jun 6 2019 // Police and fire fighters from across Wisconsin say public safety is being put at risk because of poor road conditions. Representatives from organizations representing state troopers, fire fighters, sheriffs and police...
States with Fee Schedules Have Lower Medical Costs for Injured Workers, WCRI Finds
Jun 4 2019 // Medical treatment for injured workers costs more and prices are growing faster in states that don’t have fee schedules, concludes a new study. The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute studied 30 states...
Wisconsin Court: Gun Sales Website not Liable in Spa Shooting
May 1 2019 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging a firearms website that enabled a man to illegally purchase the pistol he used in a mass shooting at a suburban Milwaukee spa six years ago is liable in the...
Wisconsin Explosion Prompts Call for Updates to Chemical Study
Apr 30 2019 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board wants federal regulators to re-examine a 1993 study on hydrofluoric acid after an explosion at a Superior oil refinery last year. The board sent a letter Wednesday to the U.S. Environmental...
Seeman Holtz Acquires Schwarz Insurance Agency in Wisconsin
Apr 25 2019 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty LLC has acquired Schwarz Insurance Agency Inc., headquartered in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, with six other offices across the state. Kathy Schwarz, an active employee of the Schwarz...
Study Shows Wisconsin’s Workforce Population Threatened by Migration
Apr 22 2019 // Wisconsin has seen a steep decline in net migration of families with children and this could be problematic for efforts to replace the state’s aging workforce, according to a new report. The Wisconsin Counties...
