BP says it has paid more than $12 million in claims arising from a multistate recall of incorrectly formulated gasoline that damaged some vehicles’ mechanical components. BP spokesman Scott Dean tells The Times of Munster those claims were paid after …
Neenah, Wis.-based Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted Carol Sanders, to executive vice president (EVP) and chief operating officer (COO). Joining Jewelers Mutual in 2004, Sanders most recently served as the company’s senior vice president, chief financial officer, and corporate …
Wisconsin insurance agent and member of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA), Mary Czaja, on Nov. 6 won her race to capture the 35th Assembly District in northern Wisconsin. Czaja is a Republican who ran on a pro-business …
A Verona, Wis., woman has been cited for drunken driving after the 21-year-old allegedly caused three crashes in less than three hours. Authorities say the woman acknowledged being responsible for all three collisions in Dane and Green Counties. She was …
Two Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing legislation to tighten the enforcement of gun rules in domestic violence cases, prompted by a fatal shooting rampage at a suburban Milwaukee spa. Radcliffe Haughton, 45, bought a handgun just two days after his beleaguered …
More than 90 families in the Town of Jackson, Wis. have signed on to a planned lawsuit over a pipeline spill. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the families have retained two personal injury law firms to represent them in a …
A fire has damaged Wisconsin’s largest dairy farm. WLUK-TV reports the fire tore through one of the barns at Rosendale Dairy near the Fond du Lac-Winnebago County line around 2:20 p.m. on Oct. 16. Bill Harke is a spokesman for …
Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials say 2012 will be one of the deadliest years on record for motorcyclists. So far, 102 people have died in motorcycle crashes this year, compared to 85 for all of 2011. The figures show the …
American Family Insurance, based in Madison, Wis., is acquiring Nashville, Tenn.-based PGC Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, including non-standard auto insurers Permanent General and The General. The agreement was announced by American Family and Capital Z Partners, majority owner of …
Meemic Insurance Co., a Michigan-based insurance provider offering personal auto, homeowners, and umbrella coverages tailored exclusively to teachers and other educational employees, announced it will immediately begin offering insurance services to Wisconsin educational employees. Meemic Insurance Co. has been offering …
