Minnesota News

Minn. Life Group Opens Office in Southern Calif.

St. Paul-based Minnesota Life Group Insurance recently announced the opening of a sales and service office at 450 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale, Calif. The company provides web-based group life insurance and dental benefits to Fortune 1000 employers and large …

Western Group President Re-elected Director for Minn. Insurance Federation

Western National Insurance Group (WNIG), based in Edina, Minn., today announced that its President and CEO Stuart C. Henderson, JD, CPCU, has been re-elected for a three-year term as a director for the Insurance Federation of Minnesota. He will also …

Travelers’ Unveiling Ceremony for Energy Star Scheduled for Oct. 6

St. Paul Travelers will hold an unveiling ceremony to celebrate its new ENERGY STAR(R) label, awarded through a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy, according to a company release. A plaque …

CPCU Society Elects 2006-07 Officers, Governors

The CPCU Society elected new officers and governors during the CPCU Society’s 62nd Annual Meeting and Seminars in Nashville, TN, Sept. 9-12. These new positions are effective immediately. The following officers of the board have been officially elected: CPCU Society …

Iowa Hawkeye-Security Appoints Blue Valley and Garry & Associates

Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has added Blue Valley Insurance Agency located in Overland Park, Kan., and Garry & Associates Insurance Agency located in North Kansas City, Mo. to its growing family of appointed independent agents. Blue …

Investigators Trace Specific Batch of Tainted Spinach

Test results linking two bags of Dole brand baby spinach to a deadly E. coli strain have helped health officials hone in on a specific batch from a San Juan Bautista, Calif., processing plant that may be the source of …

Buyer found for Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Ltd.

Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt, as liquidator of The Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Co. Ltd., announced that an agreement has been reached with a buyer for HIG. At press time, the commissioner’s office said the name of the buyer was …

California company recalls bagged spinach with concerns over U.S. E. coli outbreak

A California natural foods company has been linked to a nationwide E. coli outbreak that has killed one person and sickened nearly 100 others. Food and Drug Administration officials said that they received reports of illness in 19 states. Twenty-nine …

!Cuidado! Construction Industry and the Latino Workforce

In the next 10 years, the construction business will need to fill more than 180,000 jobs. As the rush to fill these positions advances, workers’ compensation professionals will be challenged along with the construction firms to assure that workplace safety …

What would Popeye do?

Send Olive Oyl out to the grocery for a can of kale? The nationwide recall of bags of fresh spinach due to the contamination of some brands by the E.coli virus might not have affected Popeye at all–since he ate …