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Univ. of Minnesota Sues U.S. Wireless Carriers Over Patents

Nov 7 2014 // The University of Minnesota sued the four largest wireless carriers in the United States over alleged patent infringement.Complaints filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota contend that AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and...

Judge: Honeywell May Penalize Minnesota Workers Who Refuse Health Tests

Nov 5 2014 // A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that Honeywell Inc. could begin penalizing workers who refuse to take medical or biometric tests.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had asked the judge to block the...

Minnesota Farmers Awarded $6.3M in Suit Against Utility

Oct 28 2014 // A judge in Minnesota’s Cass County has awarded $6.3 million to a couple whose milk cows were injured or killed by stray voltage on their dairy farm from a Brainerd utility company. KTTC-TV reports the judge awarded...

Minnesota Seeing More, Costlier Farm Equipment Accidents

Oct 23 2014 // Increasingly large farm machinery is causing more costly and potentially dangerous collisions with power lines and poles, rural Minnesota electric co-ops say.More than 2,000 customers of Federated Rural Electric, based in...

NHL Concussion Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court in Minnesota

Oct 22 2014 // The consolidated class-action lawsuit by former NHL players against the league over concussion-related injuries has been filed in federal court. Attorneys for the ex-players filed the complaint in Minnesota. The case had...

Hail Claim Losses Increasing in Number, Severity

Oct 20 2014 // From 2002 through 2013 property/casualty insurers paid out $54 billion in claims losses on almost 9 million residential properties, but the majority of those losses occurred between 2008 and 2013, according to a report...

Minnesota Blue Cross to Open Retail Insurance Store in Edina

Oct 16 2014 // Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is preparing for the Nov. 8 grand opening of its first-ever retail store, where consumers can sign up for insurance coverage or get information on healthy living.The store in the...

People – Midwest

Oct 6 2014 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) appointed NAIC President and North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm to serve a two-year term as the state insurance commissioner representative on the...

More Minnesota Counties Qualify for Disaster Aid

Sep 26 2014 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 18 more Minnesota counties as primary natural disaster areas due to heavy rain, flooding and cold temperatures from May 1 through July 1. The designation makes farmers and...

Texas Extended Warranty Company Sued by Minnesota AG

Sep 26 2014 // Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing a Texas auto warranty company, alleging it uses deceptive tactics to avoid giving customers refunds.According to the lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District Court,...

Western National’s Henderson Assumes NAMIC Chairmanship

Sep 24 2014 // Stuart Henderson, president and CEO of Western National Insurance Group in Edina, Minn., assumed the chairmanship of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) at its annual meeting of members today...

Minnesota Man Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit for $990K

Sep 18 2014 // A Minnesota man who alerted the U.S. Department of Defense to a Humvee manufacturing change that could potentially put soldiers at risk has won nearly $1 million after settling his whistleblower lawsuit. David McIntosh...

Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Losing Low-Cost Carrier

Sep 18 2014 // The insurance company that grabbed the most customers on Minnesota’s health care exchange by offering the lowest rates told state officials that it’s pulling out of MNsure, a major blow to the exchange as the...

Minnesota County Asked to Buyout Flooded Homes

Sep 12 2014 // Three months after storms caused significant damage to roads and flooded homes, some residents of Scott County tell emergency management officials they want out. At least 10 homeowners in Blakeley Township say...

Twin City Group Adds Greve as Insurance Sales Associate

Sep 11 2014 // Minneapolis, Minn.-based Twin City Group announced that Ben Greve has joined the firm as insurance sales associate. Greve’s role will be developing new commercial and personal lines business for the agency. Prior to...

Maguire Agency Adds Tretter as Commercial Lines Producer in Minnesota

Sep 11 2014 // Aaron Tretter Roseville, Minn.-based Maguire Agency, an independent insurance agency offering property/casualty, employee benefits and personal insurance lines, has added Aaron Tretter as a producer for its...

Drunk Driving Cases at a 20-Year Low in Minnesota Last Year

Sep 8 2014 // The number of arrests and criminal convictions for drunken driving in Minnesota has dropped to the lowest level in 20 years.Authorities credit changing attitudes about driving drunk and improved enforcement for the...

People – Southeast

Sep 8 2014 // Heidi Strommen, president of ProHost, has been elected to serve as president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) following the completion of current President David Springer’s term in...

Strommen to Succeed Springer As Target Markets Association President

Aug 4 2014 // Heidi Strommen, president of ProHost, has been elected to serve as president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) following the completion of current President David Springer’s term in...

Flood Damage Costs Continue to Climb in Minnesota

Jul 21 2014 // Minnesota communities are trying to bounce back from last month’s flooding as damage estimates continue to rise.The state’s deputy director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Joe Kelly, said last...