The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) has been selected as this year’s winner of the DuPont Pioneer InnovationLEADER Award by innovationIOWA Magazine, an annual publication of the Des Moines Business Record. Sponsored by the science and engineering company, DuPont, and managed …
A tornado with wind speeds of up to 120 mph caused damage to a fire station, elementary school and several other buildings in southwest Missouri, the National Weather Service said. Meteorologist Mike Griffin said the twister that hit around 7 …
Mark R. Lonneman has been named president of American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Co. (AESLIC), a member of Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group. He succeeds Fred Woebse, who recently retired. Lonneman will continue to serve as divisional president of …
TDC Risk Management, a Maumee, Ohio-based independent property and casualty insurance agency and risk management firm announced a partnership with California’s Highline Insurance. Highline Insurance is an independent property/casualty insurance agency based in Carlsbad, California, and led by Ryan Barker. …
The number of paid workers’ compensation claims fell 53 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1997 to 2015, according to the Department of Labor and Industry’s 2015 Minnesota Workers’ Compensation System Report. The DLI said the …
Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired RJF Financial Services, a retirement advisory firm based in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. RJF Financial has served retirement plan …
Auto-Owners Insurance and Concord General Mutual Insurance have announced that their affiliation has been approved, effective April 1, 2017, by policyholders and all regulatory bodies. Auto-Owners is a Lansing, Michigan-based A.M. Best A++ (Superior) rated multi-line property and casualty insurer, …
Civil rights groups, media advocates and some lawmakers are opposing an Iowa bill that would end public access to many 911 calls, a broadly-worded measure that also could shield some police videos. The bill declares that 911 calls involving injured …
An explosion launched a van-sized boiler through the roof a St. Louis box company and slammed much of it down onto a laundry business across the street on April 3, killing three people and injuring four others, authorities said. One …
Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman announced that an additional Twin Cities area chiropractor has been indicted on federal criminal charges in connection with an ongoing investigation of large-scale health care fraud related to “no-fault” auto insurance. Timothy Wayne Guthman, age …
