Minnesota News

Federal Agencies Still Lacking Identity Theft Protections, Says Report

Nearly two years after an embarrassing flap in which veterans’ personal information was put at risk of identity theft, federal agencies are still not doing all they can to prevent further lapses, investigators have found. Most of the two dozen …

Financial Help for Minn. Bridge Victims Could Get Caught in Budget Concerns

Cold, hard financial reality is starting to intrude on the Minnesota Legislature’s desire to help the victims of last year’s Interstate 35W bridge collapse. Proposals for a victim compensation fund are being hustled through both houses, with an eye toward …

New Markets

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New Markets

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Business Moves

Meadowbrook, U.S. Specialty Underwriters Southfield, Mich-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. announced it terminated the management agreement associated with its acquisition of the business of U.S. Specialty Underwriters Inc. (USSU). In April 2007, the company entered into an agreement to acquire …

People

Burns & Wilcox announced that Jeffrey Brown has joined the company’s Farmington, Mich., office as a broker. Brown will be responsible for placing business for large complex risks, including large property, and aircraft and automotive products. Brown has more than …

It Figures

166 The Minnesota Department of Public Safety announced recently that 166 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes in Minnesota in 2006, the lowest death total on record. However, the department says a record-high 41,951 motorists were arrested for impaired driving. …

Bridge Victim Fund Sparks Lively Debate in Minn. Legislature

The sharpest debate so far over paying victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse broke out recently as a House panel unanimously backed a compensation fund and sent it on for more hearings. With survivors listening in the hearing room, …

New Markets

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New Markets

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