All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 23 2011 // Anti-Wall Street protesters ignored police orders to get a permit and limit their encampment to one tent in downtown Duluth, Minn. The protesters said the cost of insurance needed for the permit is too high.On Nov. 22...
Nov 16 2011 // Medical liability insurer MMIC Group Inc. (MMIC), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., has received final regulatory approval to change from a stock holding company to a mutual insurance holding company.The move...
Oct 14 2011 // Minnesota’s Stearns County’s insurance trust has paid $350,000 to a man who was shot in the back by a sheriff’s lieutenant during a drug bust.John Albert Sorensen had sued the county and now-retired Lt....
Oct 3 2011 // USI, First Place InsuranceNew York-based USI Insurance Services has acquired substantially all of the assets of First Place Insurance Agency Ltd. (First Place Insurance) of Youngstown, Ohio, from First Place Financial...
Sep 23 2011 // Milwaukee, Wis.-based Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. is recalling about 360 pounds of breaded chicken breast that may have been undercooked.The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the products were sold after Sept. 13 at...
Sep 23 2011 // Members of Congress from both sides of the Red River in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are asking President Barack Obama to include $30 million in his next budget for work on a river diversion project in...
Sep 15 2011 // Calmer winds were expected to slow the growth of a huge wildfire that has engulfed woodland in northeastern Minnesota and blanketed cities hundreds of miles away with a smoky haze, the U.S. Forest Service said.The blaze...
Sep 13 2011 // The Main Street America Group announced that Minnesota-domiciled Spring Valley Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to become an affiliate of super regional property/casualty insurance carrier Main Street America.Spring Valley...
Sep 8 2011 // The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) has established a new Office of Workers’ Compensation Ombudsman to provide advice and assistance to employees and small businesses.“Our goal is to help...
Sep 5 2011 // The Minnesota Supreme Court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against an insurance agent over “negligent procurement of insurance coverage.”Robert M. Swendra of the Robert M. Swendra Agency Inc. representing...
Sep 5 2011 // A reorganized Minnesota Department of Commerce includes a new Division of Insurance aimed at unifying and strengthening insurance regulation in that state.The Minnesota Division of Insurance houses the commerce...
Sep 1 2011 // A federal judge in Minneapolis has sentenced an insurance company’s owner to more than three years in prison for stealing nearly $2 million from two associations his firm served. Judge Joan Ericksen sentenced...
Sep 1 2011 // Element22 Insurance Services has hired Reggie Langdon to head its new office in Minnesota. Langdon has more than 20 years’ experience as a commercial underwriter/wholesale broker and territorial marketing. Langdon...
Aug 24 2011 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce has undergone a reorganization that includes a new Division of Insurance aimed at unifying and strengthening insurance regulation in that state.The Minnesota Division of Insurance...
Aug 17 2011 // Eleven-year-old Nate Smith made an incredible shot — putting a puck through a tiny hole 89 feet away. Now he and his family are waiting to hear whether he’ll collect a $50,000 prize or be whistled for a rules...
Aug 11 2011 // The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said it ticketed 21 motorists for driving more than 100 mph and 72 drivers for going more than 90 mph during a stepped-up speeding enforcement campaign in July.State Patrol Lt....
Aug 5 2011 // An insurance agent in Minnesota lost an appeal asking to the state Supreme Court to dismiss a case against him over “negligent procurement of insurance coverage.”Robert M. Swendra with the Robert M. Swendra...
Aug 4 2011 // A Minnesota transportation official says half of the bridges rated deficient following the August 2007 collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis will be repaired or replaced by the end of this construction...
Jul 21 2011 // Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton ended America’s longest state government shutdown in the past decade on July 20 by signing a new budget.Dayton’s signature came just hours after lawmakers gave their own approval to...
Jul 21 2011 // When milk prices plummeted in 2009, wiping out years of savings and causing hundreds of dairy farms to go under, struggling farmers pleaded for the government to do something to help stabilize prices and inspire...