United Ethanol LLC has been cited for 15 health and safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker died inside a grain storage bin on April 19 at the Milton, Wis., ethanol …
Traffic fatalities appear to be decreasing in Wisconsin, in large part because of a drop in motorcyclists’ deaths, traffic officials said. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said 396 people had died in crashes as of Sept. 30 — 80 fewer …
Risk risk management firm, HNI, has appointed Chad Tisonik as its Wisconsin location president. Tisonik’s new role as president is a milestone for the firm. It marks the first time HNI Wisconsin will be managed by a non-family member of …
Michael V. Zimmer has been named vice president of mergers and acquisitions for Stevens Point, Wis.-based Sentry Insurance. Zimmer joined with Sentry in 2005, most recently serving as vice president – chief accounting officer. Zimmer’s insurance industry experience spans over …
Business leaders and community organizers in Milwaukee, Wis., have formed a nonprofit health insurance company to provide coverage to small businesses and individuals. Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative is one of 24 cooperatives being started nationwide with almost $2 billion in …
Appleton, Wis.–based SECURA Insurance has promoted Marty Arnold to senior vice president – underwriting and Amy DeHart to vice president – actuarial services. In a newly created position, Arnold will oversee the company’s commercial, personal, farm-ag, and specialty underwriting departments, …
Volunteers who want to help people decipher the new health insurance marketplace when it comes online Oct. 1 must pay for a background check and exam fee as required by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration, charges advocates say is deterring …
A Dane County judge has upheld a $250,000 malpractice cap for University of Wisconsin-Madison doctors. The case involves a Verona woman who won a $1.8 million jury award in her husband’s death, as the jury found a UW doctor was …
A fire that damaged a 10-mile swath of forest land in northwestern Wisconsin this spring caused at least $1 million in damage, according to the timber company that owns most of the affected land. The massive blaze in Douglas County …
A Wisconsin appeals court says a slain police officer’s widow can’t collect damages from the insurance company that covered his killer. James Cruckson shot Fond du Lac Police Officer Craig Birkholz during a standoff at Cruckson’s home in 2011. Cruckson …
