All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 15 2007 // A Minnesota woman who became ill and was hospitalized after eating beef linked to an E. coli outbreak has sued the companies that produced and sold the meat, claiming they acted with negligence.An attorney for Anne Herwig...
Jun 14 2007 // The family of a drunken Duluth college student who fell into a creek and died after a rugby team party can sue the party’s host for damages, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday, June 12.The ruling allows...
Jun 8 2007 // Minnesota Governor Pawlenty recently announced that Commissioner Scott Brener of the Department of Labor and Industry is leaving his administration to return to the private sector effective July 5, 2007.“Scott has...
Jun 5 2007 // More than 98,200 Minnesotans between the ages of 18 and 24 don’t have health insurance, partly because of a state law that says a child can be covered by parents’ insurance only until age 18, or until age 25 if...
Jun 4 2007 // OneBeacon Insurance Group today announced that it will begin offering property-casualty solutions to small-business owners in Minnesota through independent agent partners. OneBeacon’s local small-business operation...
May 23 2007 // The Minnesota Association of Farm Mutual Insurance Companies, (MAFMIC) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) stated today that “consumers win” with the legislative defeat of harmful...
May 22 2007 // The Minnesota Senate put a halt on a so-called insurance reform bill that has bedeviled lawmakers this session.What had been called the “good faith” insurance provision would have made it easier for consumers...
May 15 2007 // The Minnesota state Agriculture Department recently advised consumers to avoid eating sprout products made by Calco Sprouts Inc. and sold at stores in Minnesota, saying the products might have been contaminated with the...
May 11 2007 // Western National Insurance Group today reported on its financial results for 2007 through March 31. These numbers reflect the pooled results of Western National Mutual Insurance Co., Western National Assurance Co., Farmers...
May 10 2007 // NASD and state regulators from North Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota announced today that they have signed a joint statement supporting a new rule to require that insurance companies and agencies recommend only suitable annuity...
May 2 2007 // A bruising battle between insurance companies and trial lawyers in Minnesota over a one-page bill that would expand the rights of people to sue insurers continues to provoke heated debates.The legislation would make...
Apr 24 2007 // With traces of industrial chemicals linked to 3M Co. products turning up in more places, legislators are demanding that state scientists step up their examination of health risks and are allocating money for testing and...
Apr 20 2007 // Bob Lund, vice president and general counsel of SFM Mutual Insurance Co. since 1998, has been chosen as SFM’s new president and chief executive officer, Board Chair Truman Jeffers recently announced.Lund succeeds Pat...
Apr 16 2007 // A Minnesota company is voluntarily recalling about 330 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products that may contain bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said.The agency said...
Apr 3 2007 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced today that it will host its first, free Safer Schools Seminar on Wednesday, April 18th at St. Olaf College in Northfield,...
Mar 26 2007 // The Senate on Saturday voted to allow same-sex partners of state workers to buy into the state’s health insurance program, even as opponents charged it was a stealth attempt to clear a path for legalized gay...
Mar 19 2007 // Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says the state should consider a plan that would provide money for residents of the western Minnesota town that did not have flood insurance.Pawlenty toured areas of town that were affected...
Mar 9 2007 // Minnesota lawmakers are considering proposed legislation which would authorize additional legal action against insurers when investigating suspicious claims.The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) say...
Mar 8 2007 // The number of 2005 traffic deaths in Minnesota that involved alcohol increased 11 percent from the previous year, state public safety officials said.The Department of Public Safety released its impaired driving facts...
Feb 22 2007 // A bill to raise the age at which children must be strapped in booster seats while riding in cars, trucks and vans received preliminary approval in the state Senate.The bill, sponsored by Sen. Jim Carlson, DFL-Eagan, would...