Latest Wisconsin Headlines

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Severe Storms Leave Trail of Damage in Wisconsin

Aug 30 2018 // An 11-year-old boy nearly lost his life in a waterlogged drainage ditch in eastern Wisconsin but was pulled to safety by an eagle-eyed firefighter who spotted his finger poking through a manhole cover, officials said,...

Wisconsin’s CorLife Launches Workers’ Comp Home Health Service

Aug 29 2018 // CorLife LLC, a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based provider of ancillary benefits and home modification services for workers’ compensation carriers nationwide, has added a new company, CorCare LLC, which provides skilled,...

Keystone Insurers Group Adds 2 More Wisconsin Agencies

Aug 28 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group has added Family Insurance Center of Seymour, Wisconsin, and the Walker Agency Inc., with locations in Berlin, Montello and Westfield, Wisconsin, to its growing list of partners in that state.Family...

New Crop Insurance Program May Benefit Wisconsin Dairy Farmers

Aug 27 2018 // A new federal crop insurance program may help Wisconsin dairy farmers protect against low milk prices.The American Farm Bureau Federation and its insurance company recently announced the Dairy Revenue Protection program,...

Wisconsin’s Coverra Insurance Joins Keystone Insurers Group

Aug 23 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group has expanded into 12 states with the addition of Coverra Insurance Services in Sparta, Wisconsin, its first agency partner in that state.Coverra Insurance Services opened in 1984 and today employs...

Seeman Holtz Acquires Wisconsin’s Asenbrenner Insurance Agency

Aug 6 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Asenbrenner Insurance Agency Inc., headquartered in Shawano, Wisconsin. Asenbrenner Insurance Agency has been serving the state of Wisconsin for almost three decades....

Agency Says Wisconsin Refinery Fire Caused by Blast Debris Hitting Tank

Aug 6 2018 // A federal agency says a massive refinery fire that forced the temporary evacuation of homes in the coastal Wisconsin city of Superior in April was caused by an explosion that sent debris hurtling into an asphalt storage...

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Aug 6 2018 // Caledonia, Michigan-based retail consulting and insurance brokerage, Acrisure, appointed industry veteran William Malloy as president of its Specialty Division.Malloy has extensive leadership experience in the insurance...

Feds Approve Waiver for Wisconsin for Health Reinsurance Program

Jul 30 2018 // The federal government has granted Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s request to offer a reinsurance program designed to lower premium rates for most people in the individual market in 2019.The federal waiver will allow...

Wisconsin Refinery Damaged by Explosion, Fire Expects 2020 Restart

Jul 30 2018 // A Wisconsin refinery damaged by an explosion and fire earlier this year is not expected to resume operations until 2020.WDIO-TV reports Canada-based Husky Energy said in its second-quarter earnings statement Thursday that...

A.M. Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Wisconsin Municipal Mutual Insurance

Jul 26 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” for Wisconsin Municipal Mutual Insurance...

Wisconsin’s Integrity Insurance Names Collies as VP, Sales and Marketing

Jul 26 2018 // Integrity Insurance in Appleton, Wisconsin, has appointed Bobbie Collies vice president of Sales and Marketing.In her new role, Collies leads the development and execution of sales and marketing strategies that address...

Wisconsin Dental Benefits Firm to Pay $98K to Settle Race Discrimination Suit

Jul 26 2018 // Scion Dental, a Wisconsin-based dental benefit administration company, has agreed to pay $98,000 and to provide other relief to settle a race discrimination case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Police Close to Decision on Charges in Fatal Wisconsin Blast

Jul 18 2018 // Police say they’ll soon decide whether to recommend prosecutors file charges in connection with a natural gas explosion that killed a Wisconsin firefighter. Authorities say a construction crew struck a gas main in...

Property Owner Not Liable for Wisconsin Hunter’s Injuries

Jul 18 2018 // An insurance company was upheld in its denial of a claim filed by a hunter who was accidentally shot in the head nearly four years ago on its insured’s property.According to court documents, David Devine shot Patrick...

Wisconsin High Court Upholds $750K Med-Mal Noneconomic Damages Cap

Jul 16 2018 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the state’s cap on noneconomic medical malpractice damages on June 27, reversing an appellate ruling that awarded $15 million to a woman who had all four limbs amputated after a...

Agency Continues Probe of Wisconsin Refinery Blast

Jul 12 2018 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is analyzing metal shrapnel from an April explosion at a Husky Energy Inc. refinery in Wisconsin that forced the evacuation of thousands of residents as it continues to investigate the cause...

A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Wisconsin County Mutual Group

Jul 12 2018 // A.M. Best has downgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb” from bbb+ and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) of Community Insurance Corp. and Wisconsin County...

Wisconsin’s Jewelers Mutual Insurance Recognizes Thomas with Legacy Award

Jun 29 2018 // Meredith Thomas, an independent broker of Neenah, Wisconsin-based Jewelers Mutual Insurance Group, was recently recognized for his outstanding achievements as the 2018 recipient of the company’s Legacy Award.The...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Caps Some Malpractice Damages at $750K

Jun 28 2018 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the state’s cap on noneconomic medical malpractice damages on June 27, reversing an appellate ruling that awarded $15 million to a woman who had all four limbs amputated after a...