Latest Wisconsin Headlines
All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Minnesota, Wisconsin Wine Grape Crops Damaged in Cold Snap
May 19 2016 // Vintners in southern Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota are reeling from a weekend cold snap that ruined huge swaths of their grapes. Temperatures dipped below freezing in much of those areas late Saturday and early...
Former Wisconsin Agent Ordered to Pay to $516K in Restitution, $1M Forfeiture
May 17 2016 // A former Wisconsin insurance agent has been ordered to pay more than $516,000 in restitution and a forfeiture of over $1 million for allegedly of misappropriating funds, making misrepresentations about insurance policies,...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Crash Claim Against State Employee
May 13 2016 // A woman can’t sue a state worker for allegedly injuring her in a car accident because she had her claim hand-delivered to the attorney general’s office instead of sending it by certified mail, the Wisconsin...
Wisconsin Appeals Court: Police Can Release Full Accident Reports
May 12 2016 // A Wisconsin state appeals court says police can release full accident reports without violating federal law but must black out information taken directly from driver records in incident reports. The decision stems from a...
Wisconsin Gun Shop Gets Sued by 2 More Wounded Officers
May 9 2016 // A second lawsuit is set for trial against a U.S. gun shop after a jury in October found the store negligently sold a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers. The new case involves two different injured officers...
Wisconsin Jury Awards $940M to Epic Systems in Tata Trade Secret Case
Apr 18 2016 // A jury in Wisconsin has awarded medical software company Epic Systems $940 million in damages in a trade secret lawsuit against Indian information technology provider Tata Consultancies, believed to one of the largest...
Wisconsin Limo Service Deemed a ‘Hazard to Public Safety’
Apr 7 2016 // A federal agency has ordered a Wisconsin limousine service involved in a fatal crash in Illinois last month to shut down immediately. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Edgerton-based Lyons Limousine...
Pop Warner Football Settles Wisconsin Head Injury Lawsuit
Mar 21 2016 // The national youth football organization, Pennsylvania-based Pop Warner, has settled a lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by the mother of a man who committed suicide, allegedly as a result of suffering numerous head injuries as...
People – Midwest
Mar 21 2016 // Andreas Kleiner has been named president and chief executive officer of American Modern Insurance Group, a subsidiary of Munich Re, effective May 1. Kleiner has served as a member of the board of management for ERGO...
Distracted Driving Crashes Increase in Wisconsin
Mar 15 2016 // The number of traffic crashes associated with distracted driving is on the rise in Wisconsin, including the number of fatal accidents. More than 24,000 crashes involving a distracted driver occurred in 2015, compared with...
Pop Warner Football Settles Wisconsin Head Injury Lawsuit
Mar 9 2016 // The youth football organization, Pennsylvania-based Pop Warner, has settled a lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by the mother of a man who committed suicide, allegedly as a result of suffering numerous head injuries as child...
Traffic Fatalities Increase Wisconsin
Mar 9 2016 // Transportation officials are attributing a sharp increase in the number of traffic deaths in Wisconsin this year to low gas prices and warmer weather. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that 79 people were killed on...
Wisconsin Manufacturer Sued over Employee Compensation
Mar 7 2016 // Current and former employees are suing Oshkosh Corp. subsidiary Pierce Manufacturing and calling for a jury trial in the case related to compensation. Oshkosh Northwestern Media reports that the class-action lawsuit...
Wisconsin High Court: Hormel Must Pay Workers for Time Putting on Uniforms
Mar 2 2016 // Hormel Foods Corporation owes hundreds of workers at its Beloit canning plant back wages for the time they spent putting on and taking off required clothing and equipment, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled. The high court...
SECURA Promotes 4 to Vice President Status in Wisconsin
Mar 2 2016 // Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance recently promoted several individuals within the organization. Tony Brecunier was promoted to vice president–Workers’ Compensation Claims. He joined SECURA in 1999 and served...
Lee Named Head of Regulation and Enforcement at Wisconsin Insurance Department
Feb 29 2016 // Wisconsin’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance announced that Cari Lee has been appointed as division administrator of Regulation and Enforcement. Lee supervises both the Bureau of Market Regulation and the...
Enbridge Sued by Wisconsin Landowners over Spill Insurance
Feb 11 2016 // A group of Wisconsin landowners is suing Enbridge to force the company to carry spill insurance on a pipeline that will carry Canadian tar sands oil across the state. The landowners live within 350 yards of the pipeline....
Lawmakers Seek Ways to Improve Amish Safety on Wisconsin Roads
Feb 3 2016 // Amish safety on Wisconsin roads needs to be addressed in the wake of recent fatal buggy crashes, according to a state lawmaker. Republican State Rep. Bob Kulp of Stratford hopes the Amish communities in Wisconsin would be...
Wisconsin Packaging Company Fined $83K for Multiple Safety Hazards
Feb 1 2016 // A custom packaging company in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been cited by federal safety officials for multiple workplace safety hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the...
2016 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 11 2016 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2016 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
