Hub International, a global insurance brokerage, is forming new industry specialty practices as part of its strategy to be a specialist broker offering tailored insurance products for its business clients. The first eight industry specialty practices include Transportation, Financial Institutions, …
A former insurance agent in Bettendorf, Iowa, has been sentenced to five years’ supervised probation for insurance fraud, the Iowa Insurance Division reported Billie J. Holmberg pleaded guilty in Scott County District Court to the charge of Ongoing Criminal Conduct, …
Everest Re Group Ltd. announced Shaun Safi has joined the Everest Insurance U.S. Property team as vice president based in Chicago. Safi will oversee the retail property portfolio in the central region as well as the continued development of trading …
Gov. Scott Walker’s $200 million plan to reduce health care costs for people purchasing insurance through the private marketplace won support from Wisconsin’s health insurance providers, doctors and medical community at a public hearing, even as Democrats raised concerns about …
A prominent Iowa City landlord was ordered to pay $5.6 million in damages after jurors held him responsible for the 2014 death of a maintenance worker. A jury ruled that Jeffrey Clark, manager of Apartments Downtown Inc., was “grossly negligent” …
Authorities say the number of vehicles involved in a fatal crash in the fog on a southern Wisconsin highway is now up to 29. Dane County sheriff’s spokeswoman Elise Schaffer says one person —a 53-year-old woman — died and six …
Health officials are testing lead levels in the blood of children whose parents work at a central Indiana lead smelting plant amid concerns those workers are tracking lead home on their clothing, exposing their kids to the toxic metal that …
The public got a chance Monday to comment on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s $200 million plan to reduce health care costs for people purchasing insurance through the private marketplace. Walker is pushing the idea, along with a plan to bolster …
Nebraska lawmakers could open the door to self-driving cars and trucks this year with new legislation designed to attract the industry while maintaining public safety. A legislative committee is considering two measures that would let researchers test self-driving vehicles in …
A woman paralyzed from the chest down in a 2014 southeast Kansas crash has won a $38.5 million verdict. The Joplin Globe reports that Cherokee County jurors returned the verdict after a five-day trial. Kara Hansen was just 16 and …
