Wisconsin News

Spinach contamination demonstrates need for recall and business interruption coverage

On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections associated with fresh spinach consumption and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they suspected fresh-bagged spinach as the source …

Declarations

Ku Klux Klan “The ability of the State Patrol to effectively protect its citizens requires the public’s trust. Allowing a Klan member in the ranks destroys that trust.” Comments made by the Nebraska Attorney General after the office asked a …

Spinach contamination demonstrates need for recall and business interruption coverages

On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections associated with fresh spinach consumption and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they suspected fresh-bagged spinach as the source …

E. coli expedites need for recall and business interruption coverage

On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they suspected fresh-bagged spinach as the source of what could potentially become …

New Markets

New Construction, Remodelers, Owner/Developers Nuts & Bolts: Network E&S Insurance Brokers LLC has a new limited access Builder’s Risk/Contractors Equipment Program for both residential and commercial. Residential and commercial structures with no size limitations; frame and concrete structures are acceptable. …

AFPD Launches Lawyers Professional Liability Program

Administrators for the Professions of Delaware Inc. introduced a new market for law firms with one to 15 attorneys that have disciplinary or frequency/severity issues. Firms performing high risk areas of practice (e.g., intellectual property, securities) will not be considered. …

Minn. Western National Announces 3rd Quarter Results

Western National Insurance Group today announced their 2006 financial results through Sept. 30, 2006. The Group results now include the Farmers Home Mutual group of companies due to the completion of that transaction in June 2006, with inter-company pooling effective …

Spinach Probe Most Thorough Ever, But No Clear Answers Yet

Like lab technicians on a crime-scene television drama, investigators have tracked a strain of bacteria over thousands of miles — from bagged spinach in Midwestern refrigerators to the guts of a wild pig in the hills of California’s central coast. …

Rate Reductions Approved for MiniCo Self-Storage Program

MiniCo Insurance has received approval for rate reductions in seven states for self-storage risks eligible for the MiniCo self-storage specialty insurance program. The seven states are Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Each submission will be evaluated by …

Rissmeyer Joins Ohio Grange as Vice President Human Resources

Rob Rissmeyer has assumed the role of vice president of human resources operations for Grange Insurance. Rissmeyer will succeed current human resources VP Bob Holtsberry when he retires Jan. 5, 2007. Rissmeyer comes to Grange from Dublin, Ohio-based CompManagement, where …