July 16, 2015
Storms that tore through the Brainerd, Minn.-area closed resorts, displaced more than 900 vacationers around Gull Lake and left thousands without power during the height of the summer vacation season. Two popular resorts, Madden’s and Cragun’s, lost power and were …
July 16, 2015
A federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a 14-year-old southwest Missouri boy who killed himself after being bullied at school has been settled for $300,000. The Joplin Globe reports the Carl Junction School District and its insurance company settled …
July 15, 2015
A jury has convicted an Indianapolis man of murder, arson and insurance fraud for his role in a house explosion that devastated a subdivision nearly three years ago, killing a couple living next door. Mark Leonard, 46, showed no emotion …
July 15, 2015
Spearfish, S.D., residents who sued the city over sewer backups have settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. Members of eight households in a five-block area in late 2013 filed a lawsuit that was scheduled to go …
July 15, 2015
A Missouri jury has awarded a West Plains family $6.7 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission. The West Plains Daily Quill reports that Laurie Holesapple and her family sued the commission after her …
July 14, 2015
A bill introduced in Michigan would require transparency and detailed financial and actuarial information from the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) to be published on the association’s website. House Bill 4752, introduced by Rep. Derek Miller (D-Warren), would require the …
July 14, 2015
Several Midwest states have been hit with damaging winds, tornadoes and flooding over the past several days. Forecasters say at least four unconfirmed tornadoes may touched down in western Minnesota when strong storms moved through the state. In Indiana, residents …
July 14, 2015
Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired Group Benefit Specialists (GBS), a Wichita, Kan.-based employee benefits brokerage. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The GBS team will continue to operate from their existing office in Wichita. Mark Isley, president of …
July 14, 2015
Michigan’s top insurance regulator has taken a stance against a bill that would allow lawmakers to appropriate money for road projects from the state-created mechanism to reinsure unlimited medical benefits provided for in the state’s no-fault system. In a statement, …
July 14, 2015
Westfield Insurance, a super-regional property and casualty insurance carrier based in Westfield Center, Ohio, has hired Robyn Hahn as the new role of Group Marketing and Communications Leader. Hahn will assume overall responsibility for the planning, development, implementation and execution …