A jury has awarded $52.5 million to a Roseville, Minn. construction company that sued its Boston-based insurer for failing to defend it against hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death claims tied to asbestos exposure. Court officials said the verdict …
Like Arnold Schwarzenegger, today’s biggest and strongest insurance programs started out as scrawny kids, yet many carriers remain reluctant to take a chance with fledgling programs for niche markets, reports Insurance Journal in its Dec. 5, 2005 issue. For reasons …
Jeff LeGare, senior vice president of John B. Collins Associates Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. will manager a new Tampa, Fla. office to be opened by the company on Jan. 1. Collins is a reinsurance intermediary serving national clients in the …
How governments can best prevent, prepare and respond to mass casualties, whether from natural events such as Hurricane Katrina or a terror attack, is the mission of a new center led by Johns Hopkins University. A $15 million, three-year grant …
Tom Maze regularly travels the interstate between Ames and the Twin Cities. So he knows when it’s a good idea to delay a trip until the snow stops and the plows clear a path. He also knows the National Academy …
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a police officer wasn’t justified in searching the vehicle of a Winona woman because the passenger in her car was drunk. “To allow a vehicle search solely because an adult passenger smelled of …
Edward Troy GAB Robins, the international claims services firm, announced that Edward G. Troy has been named president and chief executive officer of the GAB Robins Group of Companies. Brandon Hickey Before joining GAB Robins, Troy served as president of …
This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLA and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman (kmerriman@goldbergsegalla.com). Ruling: Insurer held not liable for diminished …
A recent workplace survey shows that Minnesota’s injury and illness rate decreased by 3.6 percent in 2004, following an 8.3 percent decrease in 2003. A total of 105,500 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported in Minnesota’s private-industry and public-sector …
A federal court judge dismissed the final three claims yesterday in an Independent Glass Association (IGA)-backed lawsuit against Safelite Group, Inc., parent company of Safelite Solutions LLC and Safelite Fulfillment, Inc. The ruling was made by Judge Ann D. Montgomery …
