All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 28 2019 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Canada-based Enbridge Energy doesn’t need to carry additional insurance for a pipeline project in Dane County, despite the local government’s insistence that it do so...
Jun 24 2019 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. subsidiary, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (Universal Property), has received a Certificate of Authority in to operate as a licensed insurance entity in...
Jun 21 2019 // A semitrailer exploded into flames Wednesday on an interstate in southeast Wisconsin, killing at least two people, setting other vehicles on fire and sending dark plumes of smoke into the sky, authorities said.A WTMJ-TV...
Jun 21 2019 // A subrogation waiver in a construction contract blocks an insurer’s claim against a contractor whose alleged shoddy construction caused the collapse of a barn that cost more than $600,000 to replace, the Wisconsin...
Jun 19 2019 // The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened — the latest victory for victims’ relatives...
Jun 10 2019 // A jury in Dane County has award more than $15 million to the family of a woman struck and killed while riding her bike in Madison. The jury awarded $10 million for loss of society and companionship in Emilly Zhu’s...
Jun 6 2019 // Police and fire fighters from across Wisconsin say public safety is being put at risk because of poor road conditions.Representatives from organizations representing state troopers, fire fighters, sheriffs and police...
Jun 4 2019 // Medical treatment for injured workers costs more and prices are growing faster in states that don’t have fee schedules, concludes a new study.The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute studied 30 states...
May 1 2019 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging a firearms website that enabled a man to illegally purchase the pistol he used in a mass shooting at a suburban Milwaukee spa six years ago is liable in the...
Apr 30 2019 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board wants federal regulators to re-examine a 1993 study on hydrofluoric acid after an explosion at a Superior oil refinery last year.The board sent a letter Wednesday to the U.S. Environmental...
Apr 25 2019 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty LLC has acquired Schwarz Insurance Agency Inc., headquartered in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, with six other offices across the state.Kathy Schwarz, an active employee of the Schwarz...
Apr 22 2019 // Wisconsin has seen a steep decline in net migration of families with children and this could be problematic for efforts to replace the state’s aging workforce, according to a new report.The Wisconsin Counties...
Apr 22 2019 // People struggling with chronic diseases joined doctors and other advocates in making the case on April 17 for a bipartisan proposal in the Wisconsin Legislature designed to make it easier for patients to get needed...
Apr 5 2019 // Husky Energy said that it will invest more than $400 million to rebuild its oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, and will continue its use of a highly toxic chemical that raised fears in the community after an explosion at...
Apr 3 2019 // The Wisconsin city of Mondovi will settle a lawsuit filed against its former mayor by a police officer who claimed she was denied a promotion for reporting the mayor’s unwanted advances to her superiors.The former...
Apr 3 2019 // Ameriprise Financial is selling its Ameriprise Auto & Home (AAH) division to a subsidiary of Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Co. (American Family Insurance), the companies...
Mar 28 2019 // A wood pallet manufacturer in Beloit, Wisconsin, has been cited by workplace safety regulators for safety and health violations and now faces more than $188,000 in penalties.The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Mar 28 2019 // Florida-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty LLC announced the asset acquisition of Prey Insurance Services LLC, headquartered in Shawano, Wisconsin.Led by Mike Prey and his team, Prey Insurance Services has been...
Mar 25 2019 // A fight between beer giants escalated after MillerCoors filed a lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch that accused its rival of trying to “frighten” consumers into switching to Bud Light with “misleading”...
Mar 19 2019 // Butterball LLC issued a voluntarily recall of more than 78,000 pounds (35,400 kilograms) of raw ground turkey products nationwide as Wisconsin health officials investigate four salmonella cases in the state.The U.S....