Iowa’s dominant health insurer has agreed to start selling policies for 2017 that will qualify for subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, the company announced. Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield has not previously participated in the Affordable Care Act’s …
Horace Mann Educators Corp., based in Springfield, Ill., added Allan Robinson as senior vice president, Claims. In this role, Robinson will lead the property/casualty claims operations. Robinson comes to Horace Mann from The Hanover Insurance Group, where he recently served …
The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) reports that deer-vehicle crashes in the state decreased in 2014 by 2.5 percent over 2013. Nationally, however, claim costs from such collisions are up by more than 6 percent this year. According to the Ohio …
Itasca, Ill.-based insurance broker and risk management services provider, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Burkwald & Associates Inc. of Pewaukee, Wis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1978, Burkwald & Associates is a management and …
Michael K. Tveidt is the recipient of The Matt Wells Scholarship for The National Alliance Producer School on October 4-16 in Grapevine, Texas. Tveidt is with Fischer Rounds & Associates, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Selected for his high potential for …
Geologists are reporting a spate of earthquakes in south-central Kansas. The Hutchinson News reports that in the past week, there have been 11 quakes within the neighboring Kansas counties of Sumner and Harper. U.S. Geological Survey data shows the most …
Missouri Rep. Don Gosen and Indiana Rep. Matt Lehman were named Legislators of the Year for the 2015 legislative session by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. Gosen is chairman of the Missouri House Select Committee on Insurance, which …
A crash last November involving buses carrying the Washington Redskins on their way to play the Minnesota Vikings will cost Minneapolis more than $237,000. The Star Tribune reported the proposed settlement will be discussed and likely approved next week by …
Drivers pulled over by the police in Michigan 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 going to Gov. Rick Snyder …
In Iowa, one of the largest U.S. egg processors has started to buy foreign supplies for the first time. Elsewhere in the Midwest, a free-range egg producer says it may build automatic car washes to scour vehicles accessing its 60 …
