August 28, 2008
Former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt pleaded not guilty to two felony charges of misspending agency funds, almost two months after the state Supreme Court ruled Blunt should go on trial. South Central District Judge Bruce Romanick tentatively …
August 27, 2008
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says directors of the state’s workers’ compensation agency broke the law by meeting in a restaurant without public notice. Stenehjem ordered the Workforce Safety and Insurance Governance Committee to draft minutes of the illegal …
August 26, 2008
New Web-Based System Customizes and Consolidates Claims Processing Environment Honolulu, HI – August 26, 2008 — BlueWave Technology™, Inc., a provider of property and casualty insurance solutions, today announced that the Farmers Alliance Companies (FAMI) have selected BlueWave Technology’s PipelineClaims® …
August 26, 2008
North Dakota’s elected officials should not appear in taxpayer-financed public service announcements, says a state senator who plans to introduce legislation to ban the practice. State Sen. Tracy Potter, D-Bismarck, said his suggestion was prompted by Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm’s …
August 21, 2008
F5 Tornado damage in Parkersburg, Iowa, May 25, 2008. Tornado damage, Windsor, Colo. Prior to 1990, the average number of tornadoes per year in the Continental US was 772. In the period from 1990 through 2007, the average was 1,215. …
August 21, 2008
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August 21, 2008
An aerial photo shows a flooded area of downtown looking North over Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 13, 2008. Interstate I-380 can be seen on the left while Mays Island, with Cedar Rapids City Hall, is seen on the right with …
August 20, 2008
Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich North America Commercial announced today that its new Zurich Integrated Products unit is accepting new business submissions from agents and brokers in several Midwestern states for commercial customers in the small-to-middle market segments. Zurich launched this new …
August 15, 2008
Fargo, North Dakota officials have approved an agreement with the Southeast Cass Water Resource District to build a $100 million system of levees and channels to control flooding. The commission’s vote Monday was 5-0, despite letters from Horace City Attorney …
August 13, 2008
George Hockert has joined Wausau Signature Agency (WSA) as the director of sales in the agency’s Eagan, Minnesota office, with responsibility for Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Western Wisconsin. Hockert has more than 15 years of experience in …