Wells Fargo Insurance Services has hired Lisa Flick as a commercial lines account executive in the Fargo, N.D., office. Flick will be responsible for servicing an existing book of commercial lines business. Flick joins Wells Fargo Insurance Services with more …
Business conditions in the Midwest are generally on an upward swing, according to a survey of supply managers and business leaders in the region. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group, directed by Creighton University economics professor Ernie Goss, gauges business conditions …
As the Red River slowly started to recede this week and fears of major flooding diminished, Fargo residents were left to deal with another problem: environmental hazards that linger long after the waters decline. Floodwaters can be noxious brews of …
Minneapolis-based MMIC Group has promoted Jeff Pearson to vice president of underwriting. Pearson joined MMIC as senior underwriting manager in 2003. He has worked in the insurance industry for more for 22 years. Pearson began his career as an underwriter …
Many U.S. states are worried that the healthcare overhaul plan approved by the U.S. House of Representatives will usurp their sovereignty and impose more spending on their already stretched budgets. Republican attorneys general in at least 12 states announced on …
Republican attorneys general in at least 12 U.S. states warned Monday that lawsuits will be filed to stop the federal government’s healthcare reform bill from encroaching on states’ sovereignty. The lawsuits were announced hours after the U.S. House of Representatives …
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate visited North Dakota to observe operations in response to Red River flooding and meet with North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, U.S. Senators Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy, and …
A weeklong fight against flooding neared its climax in Fargo on Sunday, with miles of sandbags and clay dikes expected to hold back the bloated Red River at its crest with room to spare. City officials and residents were on …
When the swollen Red River threatened his house in Moorehead, Minn., last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack up, leave and hope he wouldn’t lose everything, since didn’t have flood insurance. In the end, his house was spared. …
14.6% Auto thefts in Michigan in 2008 declined by 14.6 percent compared to 2007. Michigan’s H.E.A.T. (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) said 2008 statistics — the latest year for which data is available — released by the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority …
