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Minnesota Workers’ Comp System Rated ‘A+’

Apr 5 2010 // Minnesota ranks highest in the nation in terms of workers’ compensation performance, according to the Encinitas, Calif.-based Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI), which has released its 2010 State Report Cards for...

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Apr 5 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...

Minnesota Scores “A+” on Workers’ Comp Report Card

Mar 26 2010 // Minnesota ranks the best in the nation in terms of workers’ compensation performance, according to the Encinitas, Calif.-based Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI), which recently released its 2010 State Report Cards for...

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Mar 22 2010 // Laura McCormick has joined Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox as a professional lines broker specializing in miscellaneous professional, environmental consultants, E&O and non-profit D&O.McCormick has...

Lesson Learned: More Buy Flood Insurance in Minnesota After ’09

Mar 18 2010 // When the swollen Red River threatened his house in Moorehead, Minn., last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack up, leave and hope he wouldn’t lose everything, since didn’t have flood insurance.In the...

State Insurance Commissioners Name 28 Consumer Liaisons

Mar 9 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...

Two Lawyers Named to Minnesota Auto Insurance Plan Governing Committee

Mar 9 2010 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Glenn Wilson has appointed two public members to the governing committee of the Minnesota Automobile Insurance Plan (MAIP). Thomas J. Evenson is an associate with Lind, Jensen, Sullivan...

Minnesota Cities Brace for Spring Floods

Mar 8 2010 // Chances remain high for major spring flooding in some Minnesota cities along rivers as a heavy winter snowpack melts, the National Weather Service said. But city officials remain confident their towns can handle high water...

Minnesota Lawmakers Hold Distracted Driving Hearing

Mar 4 2010 // Minnesota lawmakers are taking another look at the dangers of distracted driving. House and Senate transportation committees held a joint hearing Wednesday on the risks of things like cell phone dialing, fiddling with GPS...

Ratings Recap: XL Lloyds, Integon, Minnesota Lawyers, HCC Insurance

Mar 4 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Dallas-based XL Lloyds Insurance Company, and has assigned an NR-5 to...

Foremost Insurance Expands Dwelling Fire Program in Minnesota

Mar 2 2010 // Foremost Insurance Group has expanded its dwelling fire program in Minnesota as of March 1, 2010. Foremost will target standard and preferred landlord and rental property customers with new, larger discounts and an overall...

Agents Encouraged to Review Flood Risk in Minnesota

Feb 18 2010 // With the potential for serious flooding in the Red River, Minnesota and possibly Mississippi river valleys this spring, Governor Pawlenty is reminding insurance agents to talk with their homeowners customers about optional...

Workers’ Comp Costs per Claim in Minnesota Lower than Most States

Jan 29 2010 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim for injured workers in Minnesota are among the lowest of 15 states, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).The study by the Cambridge,...

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Jan 24 2010 // Steve Crawford has been named president and chief executive officer at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co., located in Grinnell, Iowa. For the past two years, Crawford has served as the company’s chief operating...

Ex-Minnesota State Worker Focus of Probe of Fraud Aimed at Businesses

Jan 20 2010 // State investigators are trying to determine the scope of a check fraud scheme that they say could count hundreds of Minnesota businesses among its victims.The woman at the center of the investigation is a former employee...

Minnesota Commissioner Appoints Morris, Priester to JUA

Jan 14 2010 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Glenn Wilson has appointed Kenneth Morris of Woodbury, and Edward Priester of Burnsville, to the Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association. The two new appointees will begin their term on...

Minnesota Man Held on 18th Drunk Driving Arrest

Dec 29 2009 // A 55-year-old St. Paul man remains jailed after his 18th arrest on drunken driving charges.The Minnesota State Patrol said he crashed his car on Highway 61 and Interstate 494 in Newport around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday....

Willis Appoints Housh to Head Minnesota Operations

Dec 8 2009 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings has named Scot A. Housh president and CEO of Willis’ Minnesota operations, effective immediately. Housh is based in Minneapolis and will report to Tom Ealy, national...

Minnesota Woman Sues Cargill for $100M Over E. coli Infection

Dec 7 2009 // A Minnesota woman who became severely ill from an E. coli infection after eating a tainted hamburger has sued a division of agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. for $100 million.Stephanie Smith, 22, of Cold Spring, became ill...

Minnesota Fines Agent $250K

Dec 4 2009 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce has issued a $250,000 fine against Michael Antonello, an insurance agent the department previously accused of insurance fraud. It is the largest fine levied against an individual by the...