The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its Main Line Business Owners Policy (Main Line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super regional property/casualty insurance carrier’s Austin Mutual Insurance Co. throughout the state of …
Wisconsin is coming off its deadliest year for motorcyclists in a generation, but lawmakers are considering no new helmet laws. Three in four of those riders who were killed did not wear a helmet. But Wisconsin hasn’t required adult motorcyclists …
Two Wisconsin congressmen are proposing changes to the nation’s crop insurance program that they say will save the federal government $11 billion over the next 10 years. Democratic Rep. Ron Kind and Republican Rep. Tom Petri announced their plan on …
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill opponents say would slow asbestos-exposure lawsuits. The measure would require plaintiffs to reveal how many businesses their attorneys plan to go after. Republican supporters say such a move would prevent lawyers from hiding …
Some emergency management directors in Wisconsin are testing a new application from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Outagamie County director Julie Loeffelholz says the process for collecting disaster damage information has so far been low tech. Loeffelholz tells WLUK-TV she …
Up to 2.4 million credit cards and debit cards used by customers at Schnucks grocery stores in four states may have been compromised over a three-month period, the suburban St. Louis chain said. Schnucks Markets Inc. for the first time …
Asbestos-exposure lawsuits would be slowed until plaintiffs reveal how many businesses their attorneys plan to go after under a bill introduced by a Republican lawmaker, who said the measure would prevent lawyers from hiding multiple claims in hopes of maximizing …
The eastern Wisconsin city of Neenah is considering an ordinance that would require bartenders to show up for work sober – and ban them from drinking on the job. The ordinance would let police hold bartenders accountable if they fail …
A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of bbb- of Ellington Mutual Insurance Co. (EMIC) of Hortonville, Wis. Best said the rating actions …
Managing general agency, J.M. Wilson Corp., announced that its Illinois and Wisconsin branches have moved to new locations. With support from other branch offices and the home office in Portage, Mich., the moves went smoothly and without interruption. The Illinois …
