All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2012 // An August survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report released Tuesday.The...
Aug 31 2012 // Minnesota public safety officials are reporting encouraging numbers in their campaign against drunken driving.An annual late-summer enforcement campaign has resulted in fewer drunken-driving arrests. The number of fatal...
Aug 27 2012 // Benefits-only insurance agency, Digital Insurance, announced an alliance with Minnesota-based Bremer Financial Corp. to manage the organization’s health insurance and employee benefits programs. Bremer serves...
Aug 22 2012 // Homeowners who live on the shores of Lake Independence near Minneapolis, Minn., say a dairy farm is to blame for turning the lake into a noxious mix of pollutants. Twenty-one individual homeowners and the Lake Independence...
Aug 16 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is standing by its denial of flood aid for individuals and businesses in northeastern Minnesota.Gov. Mark Dayton’s office says Dayton received word last week from FEMA that the...
Aug 7 2012 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its flagship main line business owners policy (main line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super regional property/casualty...
Aug 3 2012 // Gov. Mark Dayton is raising concerns about the safety and sanitation of northeastern Minnesota homes that were badly damaged by summer flooding and that won’t be covered by federal assistance.Dayton on Wednesday...
Jul 16 2012 // The Main Street America Group, based in Florida, has completed the process of bringing Minnesota-domiciled insurance carrier, Austin Mutual Insurance Co., into the group as an affiliate.The transaction has been approved by...
Jul 11 2012 // Gov. Mark Dayton has reiterated his intention to continue developing a health insurance exchange for Minnesota.The Democratic governor wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius confirming his...
Jun 18 2012 // Dan Koshiol, a 15-year veteran of major reinsurance brokerage firms, announced the formation of StoneHill Reinsurance Partners LLC. The company is based in Bloomington, Minn.Koshiol serves as president and chief executive...
Jun 15 2012 // Safety officials say Minnesota’s traffic deaths in 2011 were the state’s lowest annual death count since 1944.Officials on June 13 released Minnesota’s final traffic crash report for 2011. It shows 368...
May 30 2012 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce is encouraging local law enforcement, county prosecutors, and community organizations to apply for a third round of auto theft prevention grants.The Minnesota Auto Theft Prevention...
May 25 2012 // Union Pacific Railroad and the family of a man killed in a Blue Earth County train crash have reached a legal settlement. Attorneys say Union Pacific has agreed to pay $650,000 to the family of Todd Ziegler. He and another...
May 7 2012 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers announced that the agents association will assume administrative leadership of the Certified Risk...
Apr 16 2012 // Great American Insurance GroupCincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s environmental division opened a regional office in New York City. The expansion complements the environmental division’s...
Apr 6 2012 // The Minnesota Legislature has selected an insurance agency owner to serve on the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents.Thomas Devine was elected a regent during a recent joint House-Senate convention. He...
Apr 6 2012 // A federal judge in Minneapolis, Minn., has ruled a health insurer improperly denied benefits to a spouse who had undergone a sex change operation. U.S. District Judge Michael Davis said the health plan administrator for a...
Apr 4 2012 // Jeff Sibell has joined PCG Agencies Inc. in St. Paul, Minn., as vice president of finance. Sibell has many years of experience in the insurance, financial services and legal industries, and bring extensive IT skills, as...
Apr 4 2012 // Super-regional property/casualty insurance carrier The Main Street America Group announced that Minnesota-based Austin Mutual Insurance Co. will affiliate with Main Street America.The affiliation agreement, which has been...
Apr 2 2012 // Minnesota transportation officials have announced eight flood mitigation projects to be built over the next five years.The Minnesota Department of Transportation said the projects total $30 million and are part of a $50...