August 14, 2017
Cellcontrol and Ohio Mutual Insurance, based in Bucyrus, Ohio, are partnering on a program to reduce distracted driving by offering a 10 percent discount on auto policy premiums when insureds use Cellcontrol’s DriveID technology. In response to the unprecedented rise …
August 11, 2017
Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway has released a report alleging a rural hospital under financial strain in northern Missouri billed insurance companies for lab tests that didn’t occur at the hospital and received a cut of payments funneled to another lab …
August 11, 2017
The Mutual Reinsurance Bureau (MRB), based in Cherry Valley, Ill., has begun the formal process of identifying a successor to the company’s current chief executive officer Timothy Dorr. Dorr plans to retire from the Illinois-based joint reinsurance association following the …
August 11, 2017
Dozens of antique vehicles were destroyed when a fire swept through a garage outside the southern Illinois community of Staunton. Staunton Fire Protection District Chief Rick Haase says about a third of the building that served as Country Classic Cars’ …
August 11, 2017
Insurance broker Lockton has added Sean Coykendall in its Milwaukee office as a property/casualty producer. He will advise clients on construction, real estate and manufacturing. Prior to joining Lockton, Coykendall worked at The Horton Group in Milwaukee. Coykendall previously interned …
August 10, 2017
St. Louis, Mo.-based Midland Commerce Insurance has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Owned by Matt Naumann, Midland Commerce Insurance is a full-service insurance agency founded in 2017 that specializes …
August 10, 2017
Officials estimate a grain bin collapse in southern Nebraska left between $4 million and $5 million worth of corn on the ground. Station NTV reports that the collapse happened Sunday night in Edison at the Ag Valley grain elevator site. …
August 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 rule-making process, a trade association says in a lawsuit. The Dairy Business Association filed …
August 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 herd of nearly 1,000 …
August 9, 2017
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is seeking a presidential disaster declaration, saying the state is “the epicenter of drought for the nation” because of a rain-free summer. Burgum said in a statement that his request to President Donald Trump would …