An Ohio woman has been awarded $1.6 million in the trial of a lawsuit that alleged a chemical from a DuPont Co. plant contaminated drinking water and contributed to her contracting kidney cancer. A jury awarded the damages to 59-year-old …
Michigan drivers pulled over by the police will be able to show proof of their auto insurance on a phone or another mobile device instead of having to provide a hard copy under legislation signed by Gov. Rick Snyder. The …
J.M. Wilson has added John Nichols as a personal lines underwriter in Portage, Mich. Nichols is responsible for quoting new and renewal personal lines risks, along with serving independent insurance agents in 21 states. Prior to joining J.M. Wilson, Nichols …
Beneath the surface of a St. Louis, Mo.-area landfill lurk two things that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste, separated by no more than 1,200 feet. Government officials have quietly adopted an …
Indiana House Republicans have chosen Rep. Matt Lehman to replace former House Majority Leader Jud McMillin. Republicans announced Lehman’s election shortly after emerging from a closed-door meeting on Oct. 6. Lehman, of Berne, is an insurance agent by trade and …
Madison, Wis.-based M3 Insurance announced it has joined unisonBrokers, a global broker network offering multinational insurance and risk management services. M3 said the partnership enables it to provide internationally operating companies with independent insurance products and services through a network …
A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to Spinnaker Insurance Company (Spinnaker), Chicago, Ill. The outlook assigned to both ratings is stable. Spinnaker is a newly formed property/casualty insurance …
A supplier of fast food and supermarket chicken is facing more than $1.4 million in fines this year for worker safety and health violations at Ohio facilities, including several that led a teenage worker to suffer the amputation of his …
Ohio has launched a campaign to promote fire safety as cooler temperatures prompt more use of heat sources that can lead to blazes. The state says fires have killed 97 people in Ohio so far in 2015. That’s 12 more …
The Carmel City Council in Indiana has passed an ordinance banning discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation, narrowly defeating efforts by social conservatives to defeat the measure in the affluent Indianapolis suburb. The council voted 4-to-3 on Oct. 5 …
