All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2016 // Transportation officials are attributing a sharp increase in the number of traffic deaths in Wisconsin this year to low gas prices and warmer weather.The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that 79 people were killed on...
Mar 7 2016 // Current and former employees are suing Oshkosh Corp. subsidiary Pierce Manufacturing and calling for a jury trial in the case related to compensation.Oshkosh Northwestern Media reports that the class-action lawsuit accuses...
Mar 2 2016 // Hormel Foods Corporation owes hundreds of workers at its Beloit canning plant back wages for the time they spent putting on and taking off required clothing and equipment, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled.The high court...
Mar 2 2016 // Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance recently promoted several individuals within the organization.Tony Brecunier was promoted to vice president–Workers’ Compensation Claims. He joined SECURA in 1999 and served in...
Feb 29 2016 // Wisconsin’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance announced that Cari Lee has been appointed as division administrator of Regulation and Enforcement. Lee supervises both the Bureau of Market Regulation and the...
Feb 11 2016 // A group of Wisconsin landowners is suing Enbridge to force the company to carry spill insurance on a pipeline that will carry Canadian tar sands oil across the state.The landowners live within 350 yards of the pipeline....
Feb 3 2016 // Amish safety on Wisconsin roads needs to be addressed in the wake of recent fatal buggy crashes, according to a state lawmaker.Republican State Rep. Bob Kulp of Stratford hopes the Amish communities in Wisconsin would be...
Feb 1 2016 // A custom packaging company in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been cited by federal safety officials for multiple workplace safety hazards.The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the...
Jan 11 2016 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2016 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Jan 7 2016 // Some Wisconsin companies are cashing in on new opportunities created by the legalization of marijuana in other states.A few Wisconsin firms have actively positioned themselves as suppliers to marijuana growers and...
Jan 7 2016 // Wisconsin transportation officials say traffic deaths increased by 13 percent in 2015.The state ended the year with 556 fatalities, up from 494 in 2014. Department of Transportation officials said in a news release that...
Jan 6 2016 // Some Wisconsin companies are cashing in on new opportunities created by the legalization of marijuana in other states.A few Wisconsin firms have actively positioned themselves as suppliers to marijuana growers and...
Dec 29 2015 // Wisconsin Republicans are pushing a bill that would allow children under 12 to drive more powerful all-terrain vehicles on state trails.Right now, children under 12 can drive an ATV or a utility terrain vehicle on private...
Dec 23 2015 // A Wisconsin appeals court has reinstated a woman’s lawsuit alleging asbestos at a number of Milwaukee businesses killed her husband.Sandra Brezonick filed a lawsuit in 2012 against a number of companies alleging her...
Dec 22 2015 // Dozens of towers built mainly in the 1930s and 1940s for spotting forest fires in Wisconsin are being taken out of commission.The cost to maintain, repair or replace the 72 towers currently used throughout the state no...
Dec 21 2015 // Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that gives the Legislature’s budget committee oversight of any contract moving Wisconsin public workers into a self-insurance system.The governor signed the bill privately on Dec....
Dec 21 2015 // Missouri Insurance Director John Huff has been elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2016.Other officers elected are President-Elect: Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P....
Dec 16 2015 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced the State Based Systems (SBS) implementation for Wisconsin, making it the 29th state to license SBS.SBS is an electronic filing tool created for NAIC...
Dec 14 2015 // A Wisconsin gun shop will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit in which a jury found it negligently sold a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers, the store’s attorney said.The settlement eliminates what was...
Dec 7 2015 // Wisconsin’s overall incidence rate of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses remained unchanged, at 4.0 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers in 2014, state workplace safety officials said.The Wisconsin...