The National Transportation Safety Board says child passenger safety laws in 21 states including the Dakotas still do not meet its safety recommendations. The NTSB has called for state child restraint laws to cover children up to 8 years old. …
Medical professional liability insurance provider, MMIC Group, recently announced its entry into the Kansas/Missouri marketplace. According to MMIC President and CEO Bill McDonough, “As consolidation of healthcare continues to occur, many of our existing clients are crossing state borders. It …
K&K Insurance, based in Ft. Wayne, Ind., named Todd Bixler president and CEO. Bixler joined K&K Insurance in 1986 as controller, responsible for financial reporting and accounting operations. His subsequent positions of increasing responsibility with K&K included chief financial officer, …
A Florida judge said Tuesday he would hear arguments Dec. 16 on a lawsuit by 20 U.S. states seeking to block President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. health care system. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, who is weighing a …
Mike Unhjem, a longtime Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota chief executive who was fired last year because of publicity about an employee trip to the Grand Cayman Islands, was found dead at his Fargo home, police said Sept. …
Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is expanding its school marketing efforts in Iowa. Indiana Insurance currently insures more than 1,100 public districts, private and charter schools across its nine state Midwestern operating territory. Indiana Insurance tailors …
Federal officials have decertified a dike that for half a century has protected the southwest North Dakota town of Marmarth from flooding by the Little Missouri River. That means Marmarth will be mapped as a flood plain, and lenders might …
Former North Dakota workers’ compensation director Sandy Blunt should have his felony conviction for misspending public funds dismissed because prosecutors withheld evidence before his trial, Blunt’s lawyer argued Aug. 26. Prosecutors did not turn over copies of a Bureau of …
Indiana-based K&K Insurance has added a regional sales force to develop new agent relationships while supporting existing K&K relationships with more than 6,000 agents and brokers across the United States. The new sales representatives include: James Algeo serves the Northeast …
North Dakota’s Supreme Court says an insurance agent who was convicted of running a federal farm payment scam is entitled to some retirement money. Duane Huber of Wimbledon contended North Dakota Farmers Union insurance companies owed him a $34,000 annuity …
