All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2018 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) hired Anthony W. Dunn as vice president, overseeing the internal audit function for the company and its subsidiaries.Dunn has 20 years of experience in the...
Dec 12 2018 // An “ineffective” safeguard failed to prevent an explosive mixing of air and fuel at a Husky Energy refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, leading to a blast and fire in the plant’s gasoline-producing unit in...
Dec 7 2018 // San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Haven Holdings Inc. (Haven Holdings) has completed its acquisition of Wisconsin-based Time Insurance Co. from Interfinancial Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Assurant Inc., the company...
Nov 30 2018 // Madison, Wisconsin-based property/casualty insurer, Rural Mutual Insurance Co. (Rural), has appointed Daniel J. Merk as its next executive vice president and CEO.Merk will work with current executive VP and CEO Peter...
Nov 28 2018 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has hired Landen VanSyckle as sales and agency relations specialist in its Madison, Wisconsin, office.VanSyckle will be the primary resource and liaison for...
Nov 20 2018 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a” from “a-” of Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Co. (Wisconsin Mutual)...
Nov 19 2018 // Fraser Shipyards has settled lawsuits involving dozens of workers who were exposed to lead while working on an old freighter in Superior, Wisconsin, the company said.Fraser has agreed to pay $7.5 million to more than 60...
Nov 9 2018 // Fraser Shipyards has settled lawsuits involving dozens of workers who were exposed to lead while working on an old freighter in Superior, the company said.Fraser has agreed to pay $7.5 million to more than 60 workers who...
Nov 8 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone) has appointed JoAnn Hartung as Wisconsin state vice president for the agency partnership organization.Hartung has served multiple roles within the industry, most recently as regional...
Nov 6 2018 // A young driver was inhaling chemical vapors, or huffing, just prior to striking and killing three Girl Scouts and a mother and critically injuring a fourth girl who had been picking up trash along a rural Wisconsin...
Nov 2 2018 // A utility-location worker failed to properly mark a natural gas line in a Madison, Wisconsin, suburb this summer, leading to an explosion that leveled more than half a dozen buildings and killed a firefighter, according to...
Nov 1 2018 // A new state report shows doctors have been prescribing fewer opioids over the last three years.The report from the state Controlled Substances Board shows opioid prescriptions have decreased 32 percent over the last three...
Oct 31 2018 // The state Supreme Court is limiting an insurance company’s payout in a massive northwestern Wisconsin wildfire.Logging equipment owned by Ray Duerr Logging LLC sparked the Germann Road Fire in Douglas County in May...
Oct 29 2018 // Wet weather this year has delayed Wisconsin’s grain harvest and caused widespread mold problems in farm fields, according to agriculture experts.The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects Wisconsin farmers to harvest...
Oct 15 2018 // Social media caused confusion during evacuation efforts following a refinery explosion and fire in Wisconsin, according to a report.Douglas County created an 18-page report examining the emergency response to the Husky...
Oct 12 2018 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved four new out-of-state companies to sell insurance products in Arkansas.The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) has granted Certificates of Authority to...
Oct 12 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone) has named Burns Insurance Agency of Marshfield to its growing list of partners in Wisconsin. Burns Insurance Agency was established in May 2000 by Cindy Burns. Dan Burns joined the agency...
Oct 5 2018 // Federal officials have fined a northwest Wisconsin refining company more than $83,000 for safety violations related to an explosion that injured dozens of people and led to an evacuation.The Occupational Health and Safety...
Oct 2 2018 // Social media caused confusion during evacuation efforts following a refinery explosion and fire in Wisconsin, according to a report.Douglas County has created an 18-page report examining the emergency response to the Husky...
Oct 1 2018 // Apple Inc. persuaded a federal appeals court on Sept. 28 to throw out a $234 million damages award in favor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing arm for infringing a patent on computer processing...