All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 9 2006 // A judge has approved a $2.65 billion (euro2.18 billion) class-action settlement of claims that advertising revenue was counted in a fraudulent manner prior to the merger of America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc.U.S....
Mar 23 2006 // NASD and the Minnesota Department of Commerce will co-host an Annuity Roundtable in Washington D.C. on Friday, May 5.Participants will include a cross section of federal and state regulators, securities firm and insurance...
Mar 2 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is calling for reform of Minnesota’s no-fault system. According to the national trade association, drivers in Minnesota pay more for insurance than drivers in...
Feb 22 2006 // Minnesota sued insurer American International Group Inc. last week rather than accept a settlement that could have been worth $1.2 million.Attorney General Mike Hatch said he estimates the state could be owed as much as...
Feb 15 2006 // The Iowa Insurance Division and the Minnesota Department of Commerce will host a free seminar on indexed life and annuity products on Saturday, March 4, 2006.The seminar, “Indexed Products: Fact and Fiction”...
Feb 14 2006 // Minnesota-based St. Paul Travelers and its two private foundations, St. Paul Travelers Foundation and St. Paul Travelers Connecticut Foundation, contributed more than $15 million in a total of of 418 grants to...
Feb 8 2006 // Repeal or reform of the state’s auto insurance no-fault law, “no pay/no play” legislation and consumer privacy are all top legislative priorities for Minnesota, according to a written statement released...
Feb 1 2006 // A federal jury deliberated about a day before returning acquittals for members of a Minnesota family accused of criminal charges in a large agricultural fraud case, the Associated Press reported.The defendants had been...
Jan 31 2006 // Great Central Insurance, a member of the Select Markets segment of San Antonio, Texas-based Argonaut Group Inc., announced it has been selected by the Minnesota Restaurant Association (MRA) to offer property and casualty...
Jan 22 2006 // Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed an emergency executive order this month authorizing the Minnesota Department of Human Services to help cover some costs for low-income residents struggling to get prescription drugs...
Jan 18 2006 // The majority of people killed in teen driver crashes are people other than the teen driver themselves, according to a recent analysis of 10 years of crash data by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.The new analysis...
Jan 17 2006 // A new product designed to meet the needs of attorneys and their families has been introduced by Minnesota Life Insurance Company. The new products are provided to law firms nationwide through the American Bar Insurance...
Jan 16 2006 // Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed an emergency executive order this weekend authorizing the Minnesota Department of Human Services to help cover some costs for low-income residents struggling to get prescription drugs...
Jan 9 2006 // A St. Paul, Minnesota Medicare official said today that a system glitch that has left hundreds of Minnesotans unable to get prescription drugs should be able to be identified and quickly fixed.Low-income people on both...
Jan 5 2006 // A federal fraud case against Peterson Farms is scheduled to begin next week in St. Paul. Peterson Farms, Wendell, Minn. and its related entities Division III Farms and Keywest Farms are accused of receiving $4.2 million in...
Jan 2 2006 // A bill to ban insurance companies from using a consumer’s credit score in setting premium for home or auto coverage is backed by Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch and two state legislators.The proposed bill...
Dec 12 2005 // A jury has awarded $52.5 million to a Roseville, Minn. construction company that sued its Boston-based insurer for failing to defend it against hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death claims tied to asbestos...
Dec 5 2005 // The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a police officer wasn’t justified in searching the vehicle of a Winona woman because the passenger in her car was drunk.“To allow a vehicle search solely because an...
Nov 20 2005 // Motor Carriers SuiteNuts & Bolts: Lexington Insurance Company, a member company of American International Group Inc., introduced Lex TransportPlus, a new product suite encompassing two policies: Motor Truck Cargo and...
Nov 17 2005 // A recent Minnesota workplace survey shows the state’s injury and illness rate decreased by 3.6 percent in 2004, following an 8.3 percent decrease in 2003. A total of 105,500 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses...