Authorities say that three people have been injured and 10 people left homeless after a woman accidentally started a fire while trying to kill bed bugs with rubbing alcohol at a multi-family home in Cincinnati. WXIX-TV reports it’s the second …
Columbus, Ohio-based auto insurance startup, Root Insurance, has hired Jon Allison as its first general counsel. Prior to joining Root, Allison served on the senior management team of CareSource, a regional non-profit managed health care plan. He was also the …
A Michigan nonprofit has settled a lawsuit over an incident in which a group of students injured a boy during recess at a public charter school it operates. The North Flint Reinvestment Corporation was ordered to pay $25,000 for the …
Kansas City, Missouri-based global professional services firm, Lockton, has added Mark Haegele and Brian Fallon to its employee benefits team in St. Louis. As a producer, Haegele will identify clients and their complex risk exposure, while Fallon will lead a …
Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Illinois grew 3.1 percent per year on average from 2012 through 2015, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). In all, medical payments per workers’ compensation claim were …
A.M. Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “a-” from “a” of GuideOne Mutual Insurance Co. in West Des Moines, Iowa, and its wholly …
It was the opening day of deer hunting season, and Iowa farmer Ronald Hansen says he loaded his rifle the same way he had countless times before, aimed at a target and fired a shot. This time, the gun barrel …
Indiana state regulators have fined farm supply chain Rural King $14,000 for alleged safety violations at a southern Indiana warehouse. The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a Nov. 30 order that lists seven safety violations inspectors found at …
Koetting Insurance and Resource Agency in Germantown, Ill., has joined St. Louis, Mo.-based Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of over 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Koetting Insurance and Resource Agency is a full-service agency …
Andrea Thorpe, of Bloomington, Illinois, has been named vice president of Commercial/Agribusiness Underwriting at COUNTRY Financial. She replaces Sheri Bane who will retire in January 2018. Thorpe will lead the Agribusiness Underwriting, Commercial Underwriting Operations and Field Underwriting divisions at …
