All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 28 2018 // Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a $200 million measure designed to stabilize the health insurance market under the Affordable Care Act in Wisconsin, after authorizing fellow Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel...
Feb 28 2018 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance promoted five leaders to newly created positions: Tamara Bates, regional vice president – Sales; Amy DeHart, vice president – chief actuarial officer; Jennifer Fisher, vice...
Feb 26 2018 // A.M. Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A+ (Superior) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “aa-” to JM Specialty Insurance Co. (JMSI) in Neenah, Wisconsin. The outlook assigned to these Credit...
Feb 21 2018 // Wisconsin lawmakers have 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...
Feb 16 2018 // Associated Benefits and Risk Consulting (ABRC) announced it will acquire Diversified Insurance Solutions (Diversified), based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The transaction is expected to close next month. Terms of the...
Feb 14 2018 // Gov. Scott Walker’s $200 million plan to reduce health care costs for people purchasing insurance through the private marketplace won support from Wisconsin’s health insurance providers, doctors and medical...
Feb 14 2018 // Authorities say the number of vehicles involved in a fatal crash in the fog on a southern Wisconsin highway is now up to 29. Dane County sheriff’s spokeswoman Elise Schaffer says one person —a 53-year-old woman —...
Feb 13 2018 // The public got a chance Monday to comment on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s $200 million plan to reduce health care costs for people purchasing insurance through the private marketplace.Walker is pushing the idea,...
Feb 5 2018 // Investigators say a fire that destroyed a dormitory at a popular Wisconsin resort and caused $5 million in damage was intentionally set.The Capital Times reports that the Jan. 25 fire destroyed the Wilderness Resort...
Feb 5 2018 // Federal court data show that a Wisconsin district had the highest number of farm bankruptcies in the country last year.The Western District of Wisconsin had 28 farm bankruptcy cases in 2017, Wisconsin Public Radio...
Feb 1 2018 // Silverado, a network of memory care, at-home care, and hospice care centers, will pay $80,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency has...
Jan 31 2018 // Federal court data show that a Wisconsin district had the highest number of farm bankruptcies in the country last year.The Western District of Wisconsin had 28 farm bankruptcy cases in 2017, Wisconsin Public Radio...
Jan 23 2018 // In a tack to the left in an election year, Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker announced Sunday that he wants a state law that would bar insurers from denying a person health coverage due to a pre-existing condition.He...
Jan 16 2018 // Authorities say the corporate owner of a former Wisconsin factory accused of ordering workers to remove insulation that contained asbestos has paid the maximum fine under terms of a plea agreement. The incident happened...
Jan 2 2018 // The founder of the Menards building supply stores doesn’t owe his former fiancée compensation for professional work she said she performed for his multibillion-dollar company and other business ventures during their...
Dec 28 2017 // A fired food service worker is charged with ramming other vehicles at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., last week.Forty-year-old Chay Vang was charged with two felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety...
Dec 22 2017 // A bill that would add a fee schedule for medical care to Wisconsin’s workers compensation law appears to be dead on arrival in the state Assembly.Speaker Robin Vos said there is no consensus among Republicans about...