Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Rare October Tornado Destroys Structures on East Side of Madison, Wisconsin
Oct 10 2017 // An unusual October tornado has downed power lines and destroyed garages on the east side of Madison, Wisconsin, but no injuries were reported. The National Weather Service confirmed a weak tornado swept northeast along...
Alera Group Acquires Illinois, Wisconsin Agencies
Oct 5 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Axis Benefit Consultants in Westmont, Illinois, and Jeatran Associates in...
Business Moves
Oct 2 2017 // World Insurance Associates LLC, Bruen DiDio Associates Inc. World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., has acquired Bruen Deldin DiDio Associates Inc. (BDD) of New...
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires DernCo Insurance in Wisconsin
Sep 18 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired DernCo Insurance, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis. Serving both Wisconsin and Colorado for more than 25 years, Rich Dern and his team have been offering a full...
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Consider Risk Management Options After Federal Program Change
Sep 18 2017 // A change to the Dairy Margin Protection Program means Wisconsin dairy farmers can choose to opt out of the federal program and turn to other risk management strategies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture no longer requires...
With Federal Program Change, Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Have Risk Management Options
Sep 12 2017 // A change to the Dairy Margin Protection Program means Wisconsin dairy farmers can choose to opt out of the federal program and turn to other risk management strategies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture no longer requires...
HUB International Acquires Wisconsin’s Stellarus Benefits
Sep 11 2017 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Wisconsin-based Stellarus Benefits Inc. (Stellarus). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. With offices in Brookfield and...
Wisconsin Schools Sports Association Offering Concussion Insurance
Sep 11 2017 // Wisconsin is among a handful of states that are covering student athlete concussions with a new insurance policy from the state’s regulatory body for all high school sports. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic...
Award in Wisconsin Farmer’s Stray Voltage Case Could Go as High as $13.5M
Aug 21 2017 // A western Wisconsin farmer could be awarded up to $13.5 million after winning a five-year legal battle against an electric services company over stray voltage. Paul Halderson told the La Crosse Tribune that his dairy farm...
Wisconsin Officials: State Law Prevents Fire Sprinkler Rule Enforcement
Aug 18 2017 // Wisconsin officials say a state law prevents them from enforcing a fire sprinklers rule that fire officials say is one of the best ways to save lives. The 7-year-old rule requires sprinklers be installed into new apartment...
Wisconsin Dairy Group Sues State Over Pollution Discharge Rules
Aug 10 2017 // Wisconsin environmental officials are over-regulating large livestock operations, imposing pollution requirements that are tougher than federal law and arbitrarily changing runoff standards without going through the...
Wisconsin Farmer Could Be Awarded $13.5M in Stray Voltage Case Against Xcel
Aug 9 2017 // A western Wisconsin farmer could be awarded up to $13.5 million after winning a five-year legal battle against an electric services company over stray voltage. Paul Halderson told the La Crosse Tribune that his dairy farm...
Instructor Files Suit Against Wisconsin College Over Tenure Matter
Aug 7 2017 // An art instructor is suing Edgewood College in Wisconsin for terminating her tenure in violation of policy after she moved to Indianapolis. Agnieszka Ligendza filed the lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court. She alleges the...
Wisconsin Brewer Files Suit Against 2 Large Brewing Companies
Aug 4 2017 // A Canadian company that owns a brewery in southern Wisconsin has filed a federal lawsuit alleging antitrust violations by two of the world’s largest brewing companies. Mountain Crest says in the suit filed this week...
Mars Sued by Wisconsin Woman in Chocolate Trademark Matter
Aug 2 2017 // A Wisconsin woman who won the first round of a trademark lawsuit brought by Mars Inc. is suing the confectionary giant. Syovata Edari wants a federal judge to declare that her Madison-made chocolates, called CocoVaa, do...
Wisconsin’s United Heartland Names 3 Top Territory Agencies
Jul 27 2017 // New Berlin, Wis.-based workers’ compensation insurance company, United Heartland, has announced its top territory insurance agencies for 2016. United Heartland’s three 2016 Agency of the Territory winners: TIS...
Wisconsin’s Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund
Jul 24 2017 // The Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (Fund) was created in 1975 to provide medical malpractice insurance for Wisconsin healthcare providers in excess of the provider’s primary limits of coverage. The...
Wisconsin’s $750K Cap on Medical Malpractice Damages Ruled Unconstitutional
Jul 24 2017 // Wisconsin’s cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional because it puts severely injured patients at a disadvantage, a state appeals court has ruled. The 1st District Court of...
Hundreds Evacuate from Flooding in Western Wisconsin City
Jul 21 2017 // Several hundred people evacuated their homes early on July 20 in the small western Wisconsin community of Arcadia where heavy rain sent a creek over its banks. The waterlogged city is part of more widespread flooding in...
Cash Contents of Wisconsin Bank Vault Destroyed in Flood
Jul 20 2017 // Recent flooding destroyed all the cash in the vault of a southeastern Wisconsin bank. Fox River State Bank president Keith Polleck refused to disclose how much money was ruined, but said the Federal Reserve will have to...
