A suburban Chicago contractor pleaded guilty to setting a fire at a radar facility in Aurora that forced the cancellation of thousands of flights and disrupted travel nationwide in September 2014. Prosecutors told a federal judge that Brian Howard, 37, …
Gov. Dennis Daugaard has requested a presidential disaster declaration to help South Dakotans whose homes and businesses were damaged by the severe storm and tornado May 10 in Douglas and Charles Mix counties. The tornado damaged or destroyed 84 structures …
W. Harold Petersen, founder of Petersen International Underwriters, has been inducted into the Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame. A pioneer of and advocate for the disability insurance industry, Petersen was one of five insurance professionals honored during the Iowa Insurance …
Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Michigan were lower than that of the typical state in a comparison of 17 states by the the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The WCRI study, CompScope Benchmarks for Michigan, 15th Edition, found that …
A Michigan insurance agent faces felony embezzlement charges following an investigation by the the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS). After receiving a complaint from an insurance company, DIFS discovered that Vladimir Ivanovich Tatarly of Lake Orion was …
Abbott Laboratories was ordered to pay $23 million in punitive damages to a Minnesota girl whose family blamed the company’s epilepsy drug Depakote for causing her birth defects. It was the first verdict against the drugmaker over the medication. A …
Green Bay, Wis.-based Associated Bank has agreed to generate nearly $200 million in mortgage loans in predominantly minority neighborhoods as part of a settlement over a federal racial discrimination complaint. The loans would be made over the next three years …
An insurance company has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of an 85-year-old man, ending an unusual dispute over whether the driver may have been literally scared to death before his car slammed into a …
A former Ohio insurance agent was sentenced in early May after pleading guilty to insurance fraud and theft, Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor announced. Former McConnelsville insurance agent James Brent Whitehouse was sentenced in the Morgan County Court of Common Pleas …
The Dubuque City Council has repealed a section of city ordinances that banned sledding from some city parks. On Jan. 5 the council voted to prohibit sledding, skiing and inner tubes on all but two city properties. The decision drew …
