All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 22 2006 // Minnesota Life Group Life Insurance announced the opening of four new offices across the nation to accommodate rapid growth.The newest offices are in the Chicago, Los Angeles, and Charleston, W.V. areas. The Manhattan...
Jun 19 2006 // The Progressive Corp. appointed John A. Barbagallo as the new president of the company’s Drive Group. Barbagallo, who joined the company more than 20 years ago as a claims representative, currently serves as the...
Jun 19 2006 // State regulators have reached a milestone in their efforts to streamline product regulation, with a centralized approval system for certain life and financial products on the verge of becoming reality. After three years of...
Jun 15 2006 // Western National Insurance Group, based in Edina, Minn., today announced that it has met all regulatory and legal steps to finalize the affiliation with Farmers Home Group of Bloomington, Minn.Farmers Home companies will...
Jun 12 2006 // The third time proved to be the charm for Mike Hatch, who won the DFL Party’s endorsement for governor this past weekend after two earlier tries at securing party backing in bids for Minnesota’s top...
Jun 9 2006 // Attorney General Mike Hatch said Wednesday he won’t participate directly in a shareholder lawsuit against against UnitedHealth Group Inc. so he can start his own investigation of the company.Hatch is switching the...
Jun 7 2006 // Harleysville Insurance has named the leadership team for its new Midwest operation headquartered in Itasca, Ill. The Midwest region, which includes existing offices in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and the new location in...
Jun 2 2006 // Securian Financial Group, Inc. has named Hal R. Harris, Naples, Fla., as its national sales vice president of individual annuities. Harris will lead all individual annuity sales management and marketing efforts within...
Jun 1 2006 // Evergreen Re, a national healthcare reinsurance and medical risk brokerage firm, announced today the promotion of Dave Kalb to senior vice president in charge of the company’s growing Minnesota office.According to...
May 22 2006 // Pierson & Fendley, CAACombined Agents of America LLC, Austin, announced that Pierson & Fendley Insurance Agency LLC of Paris, Texas, joined CAA as the group’s 34th member. Pierson & Fendley has served...
May 18 2006 // For the eighth consecutive year, Minnesota Life Group Insurance premium and policy fee income increased by double digits, according to a written statement issued by the St. Paul-based company.The growth rate in 2005 was 14...
May 16 2006 // Minnesota’s Twin West Chamber of Commerce announced today that Bill Jeatran, chief executive officer of Plymouth-based RJF Agencies, is the recipient of its Entrepreneur of the Year award.Other finalists for the...
May 16 2006 // Many of the complaints the Minnesota Lawyers Board investigates get dismissed, including a large number filed by clients upset simply because their attorney lost, according to an Associated Press story.But every year,...
May 8 2006 // A southern Minnesota man has been accused of swindling his neighbors out of more than $700,000 and counting.The criminal complaint alleges that for 21/2 years, Dale Eugene Schlichting, 48, accepted checks or money orders...
May 2 2006 // Officials in Minnesota are looking for ways to teach new immigrants what tornado sirens mean.Mao Thao had no idea what it meant the first time she heard a tornado siren go off. The recently arrived Hmong refugee spoke no...
Apr 28 2006 // Public employers can retain valuable staff, attract new talent and help employees fund retirement by encouraging a shift from a “benefits” mentality to a “partnership” mentality.That’s the...
Apr 25 2006 // Trident Insurance Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Argonaut Group Inc., entered into a strategic agreement with Vaaler Insurance to be its exclusive program manager for writing public schools in the state of...
Apr 20 2006 // The Minnesota state House of Representatives is on track to approve a bill to fund the basic operations of state government, but several amendments attached to the proposal are being singled out for the most attention.An...
Apr 19 2006 // Several of Minnesota’s leading health advocacy organizations launched a statewide advertising campaign to emphasize the health benefits of the 75 cent tobacco price increase. The radio and newspaper ads highlight the...
Apr 17 2006 // A judge approved a $2.65 billion class-action settlement of claims that ad revenue was counted in a fraudulent manner prior to the merger of America Online and Time Warner.U.S. District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram signed a...