All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 11 2004 // The Minnesota Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court decision in applying the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act on a nationwide basis by virtue of the certification of a nationwide class.“While the Supreme...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Feb 2 2004 // Beginning in March, a new Minnesota law designed to get uninsured drivers off the road will require proof of insurance from both a random sampling as well as “problem drivers” who have previous convictions on...
Nov 26 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘Bpi’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Minnesota-based American Compensation Insurance Co. (American Compensation). The ratings reflect its...
Oct 27 2003 // The efforts of Miami-based American Bankers Insurance Group to affect the outcome of Minnesota’s 2002 elections is being investigated in two different counties in the state, according to the Associated...
Sep 5 2003 // The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the state district court’s decision to award attorneys’ fees and costs was erroneous in the case in re: Silicone Implant Insurance Coverage Litigation.The court’s...
Jul 24 2003 // Minneapolis-based RTW Inc., which manages both insured and self-insured workers’ compensation programs, reported net income for the second quarter ended June 30, 2003, of $639,000, or 12 cents per basic and diluted...
Jul 7 2003 // As the summer storm season marches on, Minnesotans continue to deal with the damage that goes along with severe weather. The Insurance Federation of Minnesota is urging homeowners to take caution regarding tree removal...
Jun 17 2003 // Chicago-based Acordia Inc. has announced three new hires in its Minnesota office.John Dwyer has joined Acordia’s Minnesota office as a commercial lines sales representative, Jeff Bowers is the new vice president of...
May 30 2003 // A bill which made technical changes to the Minnesota guaranty fund was modified to include changes to the Insurance Fair Information Reporting Act that eliminates the need for insurers to obtain up-front written...
May 27 2003 // In a move insurance groups say will prohibit unfair competition in the state’s workers’ compensation insurance market, the Minnesota Legislature has recently taken action to prohibit state workers’...
May 27 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) filed an amicus brief encouraging the Minnesota Supreme Court to uphold the “American Rule” for recovery of attorneys’ fees.A state district court...
Apr 9 2003 // Republican Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has made his state the third in the nation to enact a law that will go a long way toward stabilizing the commercial insurance market, according to a statement released by...
Apr 2 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers is urging Minnesota’s governor to sign into a law a measure that will go a long way toward stabilizing the state’s commercial insurance market.The bill (House File 267) passed...
Mar 6 2003 // The issue of credit-based insurance scoring is being revisited in many Midwestern states that considered legislation or regulations on the subject in previous years, according to the National Association of Independent...
Dec 30 2002 // Minnesota’s newly elected Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty has named Glenn Wilson, currently VP for U.S. Bank Home Mortgage, as the new head of the State’s Commerce Department, which exercises regulatory...
Dec 12 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers called on the Minnesota Department of Commerce to rescind regulations contained in a series of recently issued documents setting forth procedures and filing instructions for companies...
Dec 5 2002 // State Farm and the Minnesota Department of Commerce – Insurance Division-have ended an 18-month investigation into the company’s auto and homeowners insurance rates by reaching an agreement that the insurer...
Oct 14 2002 // The North Dakota Workers Compensation (NDWC) announced that the Budget Section of the Legislature has given its approval to a proposal to allow the employers of North Dakota the flexibility to obtain workers’...
Oct 9 2002 // Minnesota juries have a reputation for very conservative damage awards; therefore, it came as somewhat of a surprise when a Hennepin County jury awarded $35.3 million in damages to Gary Forde in a suit against...