February 3, 2006
Illinois’ state health insurance pool should get $5.4 million under a compromise measure Sen. Dick Durbin helped push through after negotiating a more than $1 million increase over what the original bill proposed. The bill was approved by the Senate …
February 1, 2006
Workers in South Dakota with medical bills from job-related injuries or illnesses could find it easier to recover expenses by using a procedure similar to small claims court, according to an Associated Press story. The South Dakota House Judiciary Committee …
February 1, 2006
A federal jury deliberated about a day before returning acquittals for members of a Minnesota family accused of criminal charges in a large agricultural fraud case, the Associated Press reported. The defendants had been accused of scamming the federal government …
January 23, 2006
Midwesterners have never been known to take a “back seat” on anything. Seizing the opportunity seems to come naturally to us. A case in point is the recent scramble by three Midwestern congressmen to jump into the spot of House …
January 23, 2006
ABC-TV news anchor regarding concerns about other prison inmates in his new home at a South Dakota minimum security prison, Yankton. The interview from his jail cell was the first Segal has given since his conviction for siphoning money from …
January 23, 2006
A former South Dakota insurance agent has changed his plea in a fraud case. Ryan Wingler, 33, of Sioux Falls, is accused of taking more than $170,000 from elderly South Dakota customers between 2004 and 2005 while acting as their …
January 22, 2006
Midwesterners have never been known to take a “back seat” on anything. Seizing the opportunity seems to come naturally to us. A case in point is the recent scramble by three Midwestern congressmen to jump into the spot of House …
January 22, 2006
By Susan McKenna Once you get over the fear…you find that people are just people,” Michael “Mickey” Segal, 63, told an ABC-TV news anchor regarding concerns about other prison inmates in his new home at a South Dakota minimum security …
January 22, 2006
Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2006 National Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets, Volume 1. This exclusive biannual market directory has been designed to assist independent agents and brokers in the task of placing difficult or unusual risks. For ease-of-use …
January 20, 2006
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has voided on procedural grounds a July 2003 arbitration decision that was in favor of Travelers (St. Paul Travelers) in litigation brought by ACandS, Inc. The 2003 arbitration decision had …