All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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....
Mar 18 2019 // Integrity Insurance, a property/casualty insurance carrier headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, has added Becky Monfre as business development manager. In this new position for Integrity, Monfre is responsible driving...
Mar 4 2019 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage headquartered in Chicago, has acquired the assets of Integrated Risk Solutions Inc. (Integrated Risk).Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in...
Mar 1 2019 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based Integrity Insurance has added Matt Sharp to its Integrity Leadership Team (ILT) as AVP, senior finance officer.Sharp is responsible for the strategic financial oversight and reporting for...
Feb 26 2019 // Authorities have rescued dozens of people stranded by a blizzard that howled across southern Minnesota and dumped about a foot of snow in some places. In east-central Wisconsin, one person was killed and several others...
Feb 26 2019 // Wisconsin farmers are facing a buildup of snow that’s causing damage to some structures as the state continues to get hit by unrelenting winter weather.Some farmers are watching their buildings buckle under the...
Feb 19 2019 // Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers will propose decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana in his plan for the next state budget, a newspaper reported Sunday.Evers also will propose legalizing marijuana for medical conditions...
Feb 6 2019 // Wisconsin’s new insurance commissioner, Mark Afable, has made three additional appointments to the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance’s (OCI) leadership teamNathan Houdek has been tapped to serve as deputy...
Feb 5 2019 // Integrity Insurance, headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, has promoted Mischel Larson from personal lines underwriter to personal lines underwriting supervisor.In her new supervisor role, Larson is responsible for leading...
Feb 4 2019 // Merrill, Wisconsin-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted four individuals into new leadership roles.Janet Selnes is now vice president – broker distribution. Selnes has a proven track record of leadership...
Jan 28 2019 // Indianapolis-based managing general agent and wholesale insurance broker Arlington/Roe & Co. has completed the acquisition of Robert W. Schmidt & Company LLC, a special risk broker located in the Milwaukee suburb...
Jan 16 2019 // With a new Democratic ally in the governor’s office, a handful of Republican lawmakers are pushing for Wisconsin to join the rest of the country and criminalize first-offense drunken driving.On paper it might look...
Jan 14 2019 // Two neighboring counties in southern Wisconsin are taking steps to address last year’s widespread flooding that drenched streets, damaged homes and caused lakes to spill over.Dane County has budgeted more than $18...
Jan 7 2019 // With some of the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, Michigan’s no-fault insurance laws — much maligned by the insurance industry and business interests — are sure to be a target for legislative...
Jan 2 2019 // Understory, a Madison, Wisconsin, startup whose ultra-local weather sensors can tell if a hailstorm that pelted your roof or a downpour that flooded your street left damage in its wake, is heading into a year of explosive...
Dec 31 2018 // The most-read stories in Insurance Journal’s Midwest region in 2018 covered agent fraud, a fatal tourist boat sinking in Missouri, court cases and opinions, and even a pair of stolen — and returned — ruby red...
Dec 27 2018 // Wisconsin Governor-Elect Tony Evers has named Mark Afable as insurance commissioner.Afable has worked for American Family Insurance in Madison since 1994 and currently serves as its chief legal officer. He will replace...