A federal appeals court has dismissed a Wisconsin woman’s lawsuit against Google Inc. alleging that it was using her name to generate revenue through online advertising. Beverly Stayart, of Elkhorn, alleged that if someone started typing in a Google search …
A new report says Wisconsin’s medical malpractice insurance fund is rebounding from a massive transfer and the economic downturn. The Legislative Audit Bureau has released a study that found the fund’s net asset balance stood at $361.3 million as of …
R&R Insurance Services Inc. in Waukesha, Wis., has added Dan Scheider as commercial account executive. Scheider comes to R&R with more than five years of insurance experience. He began his career with National Specialty Insurance (a division of West Bend …
A former Wausau, Wis., insurance agency executive has been sentenced to five years in prison for a fraud scheme. Former J.N. Manson Agency Inc. (Manson) CEO Timothy Mathwich had been indicted by a grand jury in June 2012 on 24 …
A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating to “bbb+” from “a-” of McMillan-Warner Mutual Insurance Co. (MWM) of Marshfield, Wis. The outlook for both ratings has been …
Two independent insurance agencies in Wisconsin have joined forces with the acquisition of Burkart-Heisdorf Insurance Agency Inc. by McClone. The acquisition was completed Dec. 31, 2012, the companies announced. McClone, founded in 1949, is a third-generation family company that helps …
A Wisconsin man who was blinded in one eye after a chunk of concrete flew through his windshield last spring isn’t finding many avenues for recourse. That’s because of the state’s “pothole-liability law,” which took effect two weeks earlier. The …
Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired Maritime Insurance Group Inc. (Maritime) an insurance agency with its principal office located in Sheboygan, Wis. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Maritime will become part of Hub International Midwest (Hub Midwest). Mike …
Snowfall in parts of the U.S. Plains last week had little impact on historic drought gripping the region, but parts of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin showed slight improvement, weather experts said. A weekly report issued Thursday by a consortium …
Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. says it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, which is near the state’s booming oil patch and has more jobs …
