West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. says it plans to more than double the size of its corporate headquarters here in a $57 million expansion and to add about 200 employees within two years. The company said that those hired will …
State regulators have reached a milestone in their efforts to streamline product regulation, with a centralized approval system for certain life and financial products on the verge of becoming reality. After three years of lobbying, the required number of states …
Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the number two spot on last year’s report from …
An Iowa judge has sent a case involving an insurance agent accused of installing a hidden camera in a restroom to trial. The attorney for Robert Speirs had asked the court to throw out a charge of misdemeanor invasion of …
Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that preliminary FBI data shows a 2.1 percent decrease in motor vehicle thefts during January to June 2005 when compared with the same period in 2004. Nationally, this is the second …
Michigan-based North Pointe Holdings Corp. recently reported financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2006. Net income was $1.6 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, as compared with $2.5 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, for the first …
Neal Spero, veteran health insurance executive, joins Mich.-based American-Community Mutual Insurance Co. as senior vice president-Individual, charged with advancing the company’s new revolution in coverage choices and affordability. American-Community is introducing four, innovative consumer-directed programs. The new products are priced …
Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that preliminary FBI data shows a 2.1 percent decrease in motor vehicle thefts during January to June 2005 when compared with the same period in 2004. Nationally, this is the second …
A.M. Best recently announced that it has upgraded United Wisconsin Insurance Company (dba) United Heartland’s rating to a secure A (excellent) rating. This upgrade comes as part of a pooled rating with Accident Fund Group. United Heartland became part of …
As emergency planners and hurricane experts from across the U.S. met in April to plan and prepare for the hurricane season, the timing couldn’t have been better, as massive twisters roared down “tornado alley” through Tennessee, Kentucky and even threatened …
