Itasca, Ill.-based insurance broker, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Vincent L. Braband Insurance Inc. in Arlington Heights, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1930, Vincent L. Braband Insurance Inc. (Braband) is a retail insurance …
State officials say Minnesota’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent in January even though employers cut 5,000 jobs. The Department of Employment and Economic Development says 3,800 of those jobs were eliminated in the government sector. Despite those losses, …
Tractors, combines and fertilizer spreaders would have a little more freedom on Nebraska’s roadways under a bill that has won first-round approval from lawmakers. Senators advanced a bill, 39-0, that would relax weight and load restrictions for farm equipment on …
A woman who operates an aviation business at the Minot, N.D., airport has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the airport director who quit last week after spearheading construction of a new terminal. Eva Lucke, formerly known as Eva Rojas, …
Matt Gausden has joined Chicago-based Alper Services as client executive in its Property & Casualty Commercial Lines Division. Gausden will develop and maintain high-quality risk management programs for large, complex accounts. With 10 years of experience in the industry, Gausden …
A bill that would give insurance companies tax credits for contributions to help lower-income students in South Dakota attend private schools is headed to Gov. Dennis Daugaard after passing through the state Legislature. The House voted 45 to 23 to …
The youth football organization, Pennsylvania-based Pop Warner, has settled a lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by the mother of a man who committed suicide, allegedly as a result of suffering numerous head injuries as child playing in a Pop Warner football …
The Missouri House has passed a bill that would make it easier for food producers to sue people for spreading false information about their products. Lawmakers voted 131-23 to send the bill to the Senate. The proposal would allow producers …
Transportation officials are attributing a sharp increase in the number of traffic deaths in Wisconsin this year to low gas prices and warmer weather. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that 79 people were killed on state roads in January and …
Victims of the largest hepatitis C outbreak in recent U.S. history dropped their claims against a Minot, N.D., nursing home, which joined them in suing a hospital, which they both say is really at fault. Twenty-one outbreak victims and ManorCare …
