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Small Group Health Insurance Grew by 15% in Minnesota Last Year

Jun 4 2018 // The number of people covered by small group health insurance in Minnesota grew by 15 percent last year, ending a string of annual enrollment declines stretching back to 2004.Price hikes and tight limits last year on doctor...

In Settlement, St. Paul Archdiocese to Pay $210M to Sex Abuse Victims

Jun 1 2018 // The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has agreed to a $210 million settlement with 450 victims of clergy sexual abuse as part of its plan for bankruptcy reorganization, making it the second-largest U.S. payout in the...

Minnesota Sues Opioid Maker Insys Over Improper Drug Marketing

Jun 1 2018 // Minnesota on May 30 became the latest state to sue Insys Therapeutics Inc., accusing the drugmaker of illegally marketing a powerful fentanyl-based pain medicine, while a former employee pleaded guilty in New Jersey over...

Small Group Health Insurance Grew by 15% in Minnesota in 2017

May 30 2018 // The number of people covered by small group health insurance in Minnesota grew by 15 percent last year, ending a string of annual enrollment declines stretching back to 2004.Price hikes and tight limits last year on doctor...

Family of Receptionist Killed in Minnesota School Blast Settles

May 24 2018 // Family members of a school receptionist have settled their lawsuit over an explosion that killed her last summer at Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minn.An attorney for Ruth Berg’s family and CenterPoint Energy...

Minnesota Paid Workers’ Comp Claims Drop by Over 50% in 2 Decades

May 21 2018 // A recent report shows the number of paid workers’ compensation claims in Minnesota fell 54 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1996 to 2016.The 2016 Minnesota Workers’...

Paid Workers’ Comp Claims in Minnesota Drop by Half Over 2 Decades

May 9 2018 // A recent report shows the number of paid workers’ compensation claims in Minnesota fell 54 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1996 to 2016.The 2016 Minnesota Workers’...

USI Insurance Closes Acquisition of Minnesota’s CHS Insurance

May 8 2018 // USI Insurance Services (USI), based in Valhalla, N.Y., has closed the acquisition of CHS Insurance, formerly part of Minnesota-based fuel, grain and food cooperative, CHS Inc.CHS Insurance is one of the nation’s...

Associated Banc-Corp Acquiring Minnesota’s Anderson Insurance & Investment

May 2 2018 // Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Associated Banc-Corp (Associated) announced its Associated Benefits and Risk Consulting (ABRC) group will acquire Anderson Insurance & Investment Agency Inc. (Anderson), an independent...

University of Minnesota Settles Harassment Complaints for Nearly $300K

May 1 2018 // Newly released documents show the University of Minnesota paid nearly $300,000 to settle sexual harassment complaints related to former athletic director Norwood Teague. He resigned in 2015 after two high-ranking...

Injured Minnesota Woman Seeks Change in Boat Insurance Law

Apr 16 2018 // A Minnesota woman who lost her lower left leg in a boating accident is advocating for a change in state law after she was excluded from her husband’s insurance policy on the boat.Courtney Godfrey lost part of her leg...

Former Financial Services Lobbyist, Pawlenty, to Run for Governor of Minnesota

Apr 6 2018 // The former head of the Washington-based Financial Services Roundtable (FSR), Tim Pawlenty, has thrown his hat into the ring in a bid to get a previous job back: that of governor of Minnesota.Pawlenty resigned from his post...

Minnesota’s Polaris to Pay $27M for not Reporting Vehicle Problems

Apr 4 2018 // Minnesota-based Polaris Industries will pay a more than $27 million civil penalty to settle two 2016 late-reporting claims involving defective recreational vehicles.The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the...

Minnesota Woman Pushes for Change in Boat Insurance Law After Accident

Apr 3 2018 // A Minnesota woman who lost her lower left leg in a boating accident is advocating for a change in state law after she was excluded from her husband’s insurance policy on the boat.Courtney Godfrey lost part of her leg...

Bill Would Ban Driverless Vehicle Tests in Minnesota

Apr 2 2018 // Four state senators want to prevent driverless vehicles from being tested in Minnesota until their developers can prove they’re safe. Republican Sen. Jim Abeler says the death of a woman who was struck by a...

Unextinguished Cigarettes Caused Fatal Fire in Minnesota, Investigators Say

Mar 26 2018 // Investigators say unextinguished cigarettes caused a fatal house fire in northeast Minneapolis last weekend. The Minneapolis Fire Department says the fire was started on the first floor by cigarettes that ignited a sofa in...

Settlement Reached in Suit Against Minnesota Hospital over Discarded Baby Remains

Mar 23 2018 // A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against a St. Paul hospital after staff accidentally discarded a woman’s stillborn baby in dirty laundry instead of cremating the remains.Regions Hospital’s...

Survey: Minnesota’s Jump in Uninsured Led by Drop in Private Coverage

Feb 22 2018 // The number of Minnesota residents without health insurance jumped by 116,000 in the past two years, the state Department of Health said.A biennial survey by the department and the University of Minnesota School of Public...

3M Settles Minnesota Scotchgard Lawsuit for $850M

Feb 21 2018 // 3M Co. has settled a lawsuit with Minnesota’s Attorney General Lori Swanson for $850 million, putting an end to eight years of litigation over a former Scotchgard ingredient that got into the state’s drinking...

Financial Services Lobbyist Pawlenty Steps Down

Feb 7 2018 // Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said Tuesday he’s resigning his lucrative position as the head of the Washington-based Financial Services Roundtable as he contemplates running for his old job.Pawlenty, 57, has...