All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 17 2018 // A Wisconsin appellate court says an insurance company doesn’t have to cover a bulldog attack that left a woman hospitalized.Shawn Lievense’s bulldog, Tank, attacked Sara Hanson and Kathryn Baumann-Mader in...
May 16 2018 // Wisconsin transportation officials are growing concerned about risky behavior by drivers and pedestrians as the number of pedestrian fatalities increased last year, mirroring a national trend.The state saw almost 60...
May 11 2018 // The National Weather Service says a preliminary investigation indicates a small tornado caused damage in southwestern Wisconsin.A barn and machine shed were destroyed near Fennimore Wednesday afternoon. Several other...
May 7 2018 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired National Insurance Services (NIS), headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin.NIS is trusted by over 2,500 public sector organizations in 29 states for employee benefits consulting and...
May 7 2018 // A state appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against operators of a website that facilitated the purchases of a gun used in a mass shooting in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, five years ago.Radcliffe Haughton killed his...
May 2 2018 // A corn grinder began belching flames shortly before a deadly explosion tore through a southern Wisconsin mill last year, federal safety inspectors said.The May 31 blast at the Didion Milling Co. plant in Cambria killed...
May 1 2018 // A fire fueled by strong winds extensively damaged a grain elevator in Wisconsin’s Brown County.The fire broke out about 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Mina. Because of 40 to 45 mph winds, smaller fires caused by blowing,...
Apr 30 2018 // Tens of thousands of residents of a northern Wisconsin city were cleared to return to their homes on April 27, a local official said, a day after a Husky Energy Inc. refinery explosion injured at least 20 people.The...
Apr 27 2018 // An explosion at Husky Energy’s refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, caused a fire that burned for several hours on Thursday and sent smoke billowing into the air, prompting the evacuation of thousands of residents,...
Apr 26 2018 // A Wisconsin state appeals court says a public relations firm doesn’t have the right to free access to the state Department of Transportation’s accident database. The DOT releases accident reports through its...
Apr 26 2018 // Wisconsin added the most manufacturing jobs of any state in the first quarter of 2018 and ranks fourth nationally in the number of private sector jobs added in March, the state Department of Workforce Development (DWD)...
Apr 23 2018 // A state appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against operators of a website that facilitated the purchases of a gun used in a mass shooting in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, five years ago.Radcliffe Haughton killed his...
Apr 20 2018 // Gov. Scott Walker’s administration filed a request with the federal government seeking a waiver that would allow Wisconsin to offer a $200 million reinsurance program designed to lower premiums and attract more...
Apr 17 2018 // A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) have won the 2018 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge, the Spencer Educational Foundation reports.Case study provider Andrew Bent, risk manager at Sage...
Apr 16 2018 // The insurance industry is not the only focus of the Madison, Wisconsin-based startup accelerator, gener8tor, but insurance is its oldest and largest operational sector.Founded in 2012 by attorneys Troy Vosseller and Joe...
Mar 26 2018 // One-fourth of Wisconsin residents binge drink at least once a month, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The study defined binge drinking as a woman having four or more drinks...
Mar 19 2018 // A study of University of Wisconsin Hospital trauma patients found that motorcyclists who don’t wear helmets are twice as likely to suffer neck injuries in crashes compared to those who use helmets.The study looked at...
Mar 18 2018 // A study shows Wisconsin has the highest rate for fatal crashes involving elderly drivers in the country.The study conducted by TRIP, a national transportation research group, found 26 percent of fatal crashes in Wisconsin...
Mar 5 2018 // Wisconsin lawmakers tweaked a federal price insurance program following criticism from dairy farmers.The Margin Protection Program for Dairy allows farmers to buy insurance that pays out when the cost to produce milk...
Mar 2 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 McMillan-Warner Mutual Insurance...