A federal has judge ordered Energy Transfer Partners LP to coordinate with local tribes and the Army Corps of Engineers to create an oil-spill response plan for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline by next April, a decision he said will …
Renter SafetyNet, the newest insurance program to spin out of CUNA Mutual Group’s innovation lab, has launched in Wisconsin. Renter SafetyNet gives landlords a lump-sum payment to cover a tenant’s rent after a layoff, illness or injury. For as little …
A former high school cafeteria worker in Missouri has won a $340,000 judgment in her lawsuit alleging she was discriminated against by the Independence School District. Amy Stubbs filed the lawsuit after she was fired as a cook in the …
School officials and an insurance company are still assessing the severe storm damage that one of Indiana’s historic high school gymnasiums sustained nearly a month ago. Muncie Community Schools superintendent Steve Baule says only salvage work has been done at …
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has voted to re-accredit the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) for a full five years. This is the highest recommendation level from the NAIC’s Financial Regulation Standards and …
Insurance companies have classified Missouri as one of three states deemed “high-risk” for deer collisions. The other two states considered “high-risk” are Arkansas and Kansas according to State Farm, which insures between 20 and 25 percent of vehicles in Missouri, …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Wayne, Illinois-based Weiss Insurance Agencies Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1905, Weiss Insurance Agencies provides a full range of employee benefits, property/casualty, financial and retirement products and services, …
Veteran insurance agent and now Brightway Insurance store owner, Bob Brundle, will open Brightway, The Bob Brundle Agency in Grand Blanc, Michigan on Dec. 4, the agency franchise operation announced. He has a decade of experience working with Allstate Insurance. …
Iowa has exhausted its challenges to a lawsuit filed by a former state employee who said an agency fired him because of a work injury, and the costs to the state could top $1 million. The Iowa Supreme Court on …
Greg Easley has been elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (Indiana Big “I”). Easley currently serves as chairman of Associated Risk Managers International (ARM), and previously has held the positions of secretary and board member with ARM …
