A northeast Wisconsin trucker has won another legal battle involving an insurance claim he filed after hitting a deer in 2002. Court records say what started as a $7,500 claim has since mushroomed to nearly $250,000 in damages and legal …
Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based C. W. Olson and Co., an affiliate of the full-service insurance brokerage firm Associated Agencies Inc., promoted Matthew Meliker to executive vice president and in-house counsel. Meliker, a resident of Itasca, Ill., has practiced law since May …
Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states …
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is now offering AARP-branded auto insurance through select, authorized independent agents. Previously, the insurance was only available directly from The Hartford by phone, Internet or mail. The decision to expand through the agent channel …
A judge has dropped an insurance company from a lawsuit accusing the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wis., of covering up a priest’s sexual assaults. Milwaukee-based Indiana Insurance Co. asked to be dropped from the lawsuit, saying its policy didn’t …
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn named Michael McRaith director of the newly created Department of Insurance (DOI), which separated from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) on June 1, 2009. Quinn also asked Brent Adams to serve as …
$152,000 A former, now deceased, employee of Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Companies left the insurer $152,000 – half of his estate. In his will, Jack Boyle said the bequest was in gratitude for his livelihood and his good pension …
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Minneapolis, Min.-based medical professional liability insurance company, Midwest Medical Insurance Company (MMIC), has promoted Lori Trygg to assistant vice president of Law and Health Policy. She will continue to serve as associate general counsel and compliance office for the company. …
Smithfield Foods Inc. said Tuesday that fire damage at its Patrick Cudahy meat plant in Cudahy, Wisconsin, should not have a measurable affect on its earnings or liquidity. Partial production has resumed in areas of the plant not damaged by …
