All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...