Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill designed to lower car insurance rates by undoing higher coverage requirements approved by Democrats less than two years ago. Republicans successfully used the car insurance issue on the campaign trail last …
The sounds of chain saws filled the air on April 11 in several central Wisconsin towns as people cleared downed trees and other debris from streets and damaged homes after thunderstorms and at least four tornados hit the area the …
Insurers are praising the passage in Wisconsin of a bill that would reduce the mandatory minimum auto insurance liability limits in that state. The American Insurance Association (AIA) commended the Wisconsin State Senate for passing Assembly Bill 4, legislation that …
Patrick Cudahy’s parent company has reached a $208 million settlement with its insurance carriers over a fire that destroyed part of its meatpacking plant in a Milwaukee, Wis., suburb. An earnings report filed by Smithfield Foods Inc., says the settlement …
Westfield Insurance, headquartered in Ohio, announced it has expanded its commercial operations into the state of Wisconsin, with commercial accounts to be serviced out of a new service office in Milwaukee. The company’s surety accounts in Wisconsin will continue to …
Capitol Insurance Cos. of Middleton, Wis., announced that Kevin A. Klestinski has been named vice president of Property & Casualty Underwriting, Richard F. Boettner has been promoted to director of Underwriting – Brokerage & General Agent Binding, and David W. …
When Dane County, Wis., highway worker James Porter was struck and killed on the job in June 2009, Joel Porter, his son, lost his best friend. Porter’s daughter, Jessica Johnson, lost a grandfather to her two little girls. And because …
Minimum levels of car insurance that were increased two years ago would drop back down again under a bill up for a vote in the state Senate. Trial lawyers fought for the changes approved by the Democratic-controlled Legislature two years …
The attorney for a man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by a now-deceased priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf says the Vatican has refused to be served with a lawsuit over the matter. St. Paul …
Ambac Financial Group won a court ruling allowing it to overhaul its insurance unit, a decision that its bankrupt parent greeted as a ‘gigantic step” forward. The plan, which a Wisconsin state judge approved, allows the Ambac Assurance Corp. unit …
