All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 14 2016 // HomeServices of America Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, has acquired Minnesota-based PCG Agencies Inc., a large independent personal insurance agency. Terms were not disclosed.Headquartered in St. Paul, PCG offers a...
Mar 11 2016 // State officials say Minnesota’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent in January even though employers cut 5,000 jobs.The Department of Employment and Economic Development says 3,800 of those jobs were...
Mar 2 2016 // The rate of people in Minnesota without health insurance has fallen to a record low, state health officials announced.As of 2015, only about 4.3 percent of people in Minnesota lacked health insurance, a nearly 4 percentage...
Feb 24 2016 // Minnesota’s attorney general is suing a Missouri company, accusing it of misleading consumers into unnecessarily buying coverage for auto repairs.The lawsuit by Attorney General Lori Swanson was filed in Dakota...
Feb 22 2016 // A new report shows that despite improvements in how medicine is dispensed at Minnesota hospitals, the risk of injury or death from errors still exists. Hospitals have disclosed four deaths and 10 serious injuries related...
Feb 16 2016 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman announced that his department has reached settlement agreements with three more life insurance companies that owed money to Minnesotans for unpaid insurance policies, annuity...
Feb 4 2016 // A fast-burning fire destroyed or damaged at least a half-dozen commercial buildings in a small southern Minnesota community before firefighters brought it under control on Feb. 3, city officials said.Stubborn winds from a...
Jan 31 2016 // A federal judge has awarded damages to three Minnesota women who sued after they were dismissed from their chauffeur jobs because a Saudi prince wanted only male drivers.U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen awarded $130,000...
Jan 26 2016 // Deluxe Financial Services Corp. (Deluxe), a Shoreview, Minn.-based check-printing and financial services corporation, has agreed to pay $115,000 as part of the settlement of a sex discrimination and harassment lawsuit...
Jan 25 2016 // In mid-January, the Missouri Department of Insurance issued a bulletin to insurers reminding them that the rating practice generally known as “price optimization” is prohibited in the state.“Price...
Jan 21 2016 // Minnesota’s bike lobby is hoping to get state legislators to lower speed limits on city streets around the state, arguing it would make cyclists and pedestrians safer.A speed limit of 25 mph is being sought by the...
Jan 12 2016 // President Barack Obama has nominated four individuals to sit on the 13-member governing board of a new national insurance producer licensing system. They are state insurance regulators from South Carolina and Minnesota and...
Jan 11 2016 // The number of pedestrians struck and killed rose in Minnesota a year after it had dropped, and officials say distracted walking appears to be a big factor.As of mid-December, the number of pedestrian deaths in 2015 had...
Jan 7 2016 // Minnesota closed out 2015 with its highest level of boating fatalities in a decade.Minnesota had 18 boating-related deaths last year, preliminary figures from the Department of Natural Resources show. That’s the most...
Dec 28 2015 // The Minnesota Vikings say Wells Fargo is using illuminated rooftop signs on two buildings near the team’s new stadium in an effort to “photo bomb” the facility, which is named for a Wells Fargo...
Dec 23 2015 // The number of pedestrians struck and killed is on the rise in Minnesota a year after it had dropped, and officials say distracted walking appears to be a big factor.As of mid-December, the number of pedestrian deaths this...
Dec 21 2015 // Minnesota health officials say they will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August.Minnesota will be the 19th state where medical marijuana is legal to extend the drug to people with...
Dec 10 2015 // Seventy percent of private insurance buyers this fall on Minnesota’s health insurance exchange have qualified for premium-based tax credits, a figure officials released on Dec. 9 as they brace for a rush of...
Dec 7 2015 // Risk Strategies Co., a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Re-Solutions Intermediaries LLC, a reinsurance specialist focused on assisting healthcare organizations around the...
Dec 7 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance.Rothman said the anti-consumer...