Chicago-based insurer, CNA, appointed David Lim as assistant vice president, management liability zone leader for the Northern Zone. In this role, Lim is responsible for providing overall underwriting expertise for the public and private company management liability book of business …
A southwest Missouri woman has been awarded $20.6 million in damages after federal jurors found that a company exposed her to a toxic chemical that left her with permanent disabilities. The Joplin Globe reports that a jury hearing Jodelle Kirk’s …
Legislation addressing insurance gaps for commercial rideshare drivers has been signed by South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) reported. House Bill 1091 was approved by the South Dakota Legislature March 10, 2016. PCI …
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled for more than 3,000 workers at a Tyson Foods Inc. pork-processing plant in Iowa in a pay dispute with the company. The justices voted 6-2 on to reject new limits Tyson asked them to …
A woman can collect a $120,000 insurance windfall after the death of her former husband, despite their divorce years ago, the Michigan appeals court says. John “Jerry” Lett never removed Nancy Henson as the beneficiary before he died in 2014. …
Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co., based in Farmington Hills, Mich., has appointed Joanne Finnorn as vice president and general counsel. Finnorn is responsible for all aspects of Amerisure’s Office of Legal Counsel, and is charged with oversight of corporate compliance with …
On March 1, 2016, Affirmative Insurance Co. was declared insolvent by at least $31 million by Acting Illinois Insurance Director Anne Melissa Dowling, who filed with the Illinois Supervising Court a Complaint for Liquidation with a Finding of Insolvency against …
North Dakota’s chief insurance regulator says his agency recovered or saved $3.4 million for the state’s citizens in 2015. This number represents money recovered through the North Dakota’s Insurance Department’s hotline, through complaints filed by consumers against insurance companies and …
Efforts to increase speed limits on Iowa freeways and rural roads failed in the Legislature this year amid safety concerns, but officials acknowledged such moves are popular with drivers and likely will come before lawmakers again. Several bills were introduced …
One of the nation’s largest egg farms, which lost millions of hens in last year’s bird flu outbreak, is defending itself against legal action by the state over a wastewater spill that fouled 18 miles of stream in northwest Iowa …
