An Inver Grove Heights, Minn. couple filed a lawsuit Monday against Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. after their children became ill from consuming E. coli-tainted beef patties that were part of a nationwide recall. In the lawsuit filed in Dakota County, …
The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced earlier this month that James Almond III, dba Viking Glass, was sentenced by District Court Judge Thomas Otepka on three felony counts of insurance fraud. Almond had been accused of submitting bogus invoices for …
Neb. Gov. Dave Heineman in a statement late yesterday said that Tim Wagner, director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance, had passed away Tuesday, Oct. 9th. Wagner had suffered a stroke last week and was hospitalized. He had served as …
A lawsuit against a major reinsurance broker for alleged antitrust activity in Connecticut is being used to raise broader questions about the largely unregulated reinsurance business. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has charged that international reinsurance intermediary Guy Carpenter & …
The director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance is recovering from a stroke. A news release from Governor Dave Heineman’s office says Tim Wagner suffered a stroke Wednesday, Oct. 3 and is recovering at an Omaha hospital. The release says …
103 The number of Mississippi cases relating to Hurricane Katrina claims included in a settlement with State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. last month. Terms of the settlement are confidential, said attorney Chip Merlin. Forty-seven of the 103 policyholders involved had …
103 The number of Mississippi cases relating to Hurricane Katrina claims included in a settlement with State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. last month. Terms of the settlement are confidential, said attorney Chip Merlin. Forty-seven of the 103 policyholders involved had …
Harleysville, Penn.-based Harleysville Insurance Co. recently named Kathleen Killgore regional vice president of its Midwest claims service center located in Edina, Minn. In her new position Killgore will be responsible for the company’s claims activities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, …
The Kansas Insurance Department (KID), recently announced that Larry Bruning has been elected and installed as a new director of the American Academy of Actuaries. Bruning, with 29 years of experience as an actuary, was seated as an Academy director …
The state’s claim it shouldn’t have to pay what could be record damages for causing an accident that permanently disabled a Schuyler man won’t be heard by the Nebraska Supreme Court. The court overruled a motion from the state that …
