Western National Insurance Group (WNIG) recently announced plans to merge Western National Mutual Insurance Co. and Farmers Home Mutual Insurance Co. into a single company under the surviving name of Western National Mutual Insurance Co. Western National Mutual previously acquired …
98,200 More than 98,200 Minnesotans between the ages of 18 and 24 don’t have health insurance, partly because of a state law that says a child can be covered by parents’ insurance only until age 18, or until age 25 …
A Minnesota woman who became ill and was hospitalized after eating beef linked to an E. coli outbreak has sued the companies that produced and sold the meat, claiming they acted with negligence. An attorney for Anne Herwig filed the …
The family of a drunken Duluth college student who fell into a creek and died after a rugby team party can sue the party’s host for damages, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday, June 12. The ruling allows …
Wells Fargo Insurance Services recently announced that it has named Gina Samland managing director of its Omaha, Neb. office. Samland’s responsibilities include the overall management, direction, expansion, and growth of the Omaha office. “We are delighted to have Gina join …
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has nominated Joel Scott Ario, the chief insurance regulator for the state of Oregon and a former consumer advocate, to serve as Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner. As the insurance administrator with the Oregon Department of Consumer …
CNA Financial Corp. in Chicago reported that James Abraham has joined the firm as senior vice president of Property and Marine. Abraham has 25 years of industry experience, including serving as vice president of CNA’s Minneapolis branch in 2002 and …
Minnesota Governor Pawlenty recently announced that Commissioner Scott Brener of the Department of Labor and Industry is leaving his administration to return to the private sector effective July 5, 2007. “Scott has done an outstanding job ensuring that Minnesota’s work …
The Ohio-based Oswald Cos. recenly named David Kramer as vice president and practice leader of the companies’ National Lawyers’ Professional Liability Practice. Kramer will be responsible for general business development and for the management and sales related functions of the …
