Maggie Tirschman, account manager at Wisconsin-based M3 Insurance, has been named the 2012 National Outstanding CSR of the Year by The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research. To qualify for this national honor, Tirschman submitted an essay on the …
BP has paid more than $1.5 million in claims arising from a recall in multiple Midwest states of incorrectly formulated gasoline that damaged some vehicles’ mechanical components. The Times of Munster reports information BP sent to Indiana’s attorney general says …
R&R Insurance Services Inc., headquartered in Waukesha, Wis., announced the transition of Stephanie Riesch-Knapp from commercial lines to the firm’s employee benefits practice as an account executive. Riesch-Knapp has spent the last four years successfully servicing a commercial book of …
BP says it has received more than 6,500 claims from customers in the Midwest needing repairs after fueling up with some of the 2.1 million gallons of gasoline recalled in three states over high levels of a polymer residue. The …
The amount of money paid to those who have lost animals to wolves in Wisconsin is growing along with the wolf population. The payments are made by the state Department of Natural Resources for loss of cattle, horses and pets. …
A Milwaukee, Wis., plant supervisor was gunned down while meeting with a disgruntled employee who then killed himself, but police said they don’t yet know what specifically sparked the shooting. George Hites, 58, of Milwaukee, was shot multiple times about …
Mercedes Benz has paid the $618,000 the Wisconsin Supreme Court says it owed in a lemon law case after the victorious attorney sought garnishment of earnings from six Mercedes Benz dealers in the state. Attorney Vince Megna says the payment …
Officials with the U.S. Small Business Administration are touring Douglas County to view damage from a flood there in late June. Gov. Scott Walker said the information gathered could be used to request SBA provide federal low-interest loans to individuals …
Jeff Kohlmann appointed as the insurance program manager of the Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (Fund). Kohlmann has been with the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) since 1983. He worked as an insurance financial examiner in …
For many independent property/casualty agencies, one bright spot of opportunity in an era of otherwise lackluster growth has been the health and benefits market. Over the course of the past four or five years, savvy P/C agents have been investing …
