Those seeking a place to live, work or raise a family in a safe and secure environment should consider the Pacific Northwest, according to the fifth annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from Farmers Insurance Group of Companies. …
Court officials say jury selection is under way in the trial of former North Dakota workers’ compensation Director Sandy Blunt. Blunt is accused in Burleigh County of misspending Workforce Safety and Insurance funds on gifts, meals and trinkets for employees …
Premiums charged by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are inadequate to cover the risk and the program should re-examine its methods for setting rates, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The 2005 hurricanes left the NFIP with …
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently announced that two state departments — the Illinois Division of Insurance within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the North Dakota Insurance Department — have chosen State Based Systems (SBS) …
North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has extended until Dec. 12 the deadline for people to apply for four open seats on the board of directors. The agency says it received only six applications, and was hoping for 12. Officials say …
North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency says a national study has found it has the lowest premiums in the country. Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) says the study undertaken every two years by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services …
Congressional candidates from the Midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin pulled in big donations from a variety of insurance industry interests in 2008, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a …
U.S. Senate Candidates (Not all those listed were up for election in November 2008) Obama, Barack (D) $1,512,257 Durbin, Dick (D-IL) $128,750 Bayh, Evan (D-IN) $1,000 Lugar, Richard G (R-IN) $750 Harkin, Tom (D-IA) $90,580 Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) $61,950 Roberts, …
Safeco Insurance and Indiana Insurance, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, recently announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their Midwest territory. Christopher T. Allen was named vice president, Safeco Insurance, and Midwest …
