All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 12 2015 // The St. Louis, Mo., office of independent insurance broker, Lockton, has promoted Diane Fischer to vice president, unit manager of risk management.Fischer joined Lockton in 2007, with more than 20 years of national account...
Jan 7 2015 // Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), the principal subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corporation, has hired former Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Sean Dilweg as senior vice president – government relations. In...
Dec 31 2014 // The most popular InsuranceJournal.com news stories in the Midwest ranged from groundbreaking lawsuits to research into making people safer from storms. With an understanding that stories appearing later in the year have...
Dec 18 2014 // Reaction to industry-wide price optimization allegations from a consumer group known to call out insurers has been somewhat critical yet guarded – however it appears regulators may already be starting to look into the...
Dec 15 2014 // Fewer Wisconsinites are being hurt or killed in drunken-driving accidents. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says 185 people died in alcohol-related crashes last year — down 47 percent since 2003. Injuries from...
Dec 8 2014 // An anonymous college student said in a media report that she had been gang-raped at a fraternity house. She told the reporter that she was drugged and beaten around the face, legs and vagina, yet a university dean ignored...
Dec 1 2014 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by the companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11...
Nov 25 2014 // A two-train collision and derailment last July in southeastern Wisconsin was caused by human error when the rear of a freight train was unintentionally backed onto another rail line, according to reports submitted to...
Nov 20 2014 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected 2015 officers who will assume their duties on Jan. 1, 2015. President: Montana State Auditor and Commissioner of Securities and Insurance...
Nov 19 2014 // A 26-year-old Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for bungee-jumping off a 138-foot crane in Sheboygan on the Fourth of July.The Sheboygan County district attorney’s office says Nick Propson of...
Nov 13 2014 // A Gannett Wisconsin Media review has found some chronic drunken drivers in Wisconsin spend little time behind bars on felony charges due to lenient sentencing. News-Herald Media reports there have been at least a dozen...
Oct 20 2014 // A man who shot at two intruders as they fled after beating him in his apartment can’t invoke Wisconsin’s castle doctrine law to protect him from liability, a state appeals court ruled.According to court...
Oct 15 2014 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) presented its State Legislator of the Year Award to Wisconsin state Rep. John Nygren for his support of free-market principles and strong positions to improve...
Oct 6 2014 // New data shows the number of workplace deaths is declining in Wisconsin. Ninety-six people died in work-related incidents in 2013, that’s down from 114 deaths the year before. A sharp drop in violent occupational...
Oct 6 2014 // A Missouri consumer group announced that it has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the latest effort to obtain information used to justify the rates consumers will pay for insurance on the federally...
Oct 2 2014 // A man who shot at two intruders as they fled after beating him in his apartment can’t invoke Wisconsin’s castle doctrine law to protect him from liability, a state appeals court ruled in a case that clarified...
Sep 30 2014 // M3 Insurance, based in Madison, Wis., announced it has been named a 2014 Best Practices Agency by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA).M3 is one of only 206 insurance agencies from across the...
Sep 15 2014 // R&R Insurance Services Inc. announced it the merger of Snyder Insurance Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Oconomowoc, Wis. Both are well-established agencies in Waukesha County. R&R Insurance will be...
Aug 18 2014 // Stevens Point, Wis., officials will soon found out if they can upgrade a Wisconsin River seawall so they can redraw flood maps.The Stevens Point Journal Media reports the upgrade could spare more than 200 families...
Aug 18 2014 // Wisconsin transportation officials say drunken driving deaths and injuries in the state have dramatically declined over the last decade. The Department of Transportation says the number of fatalities in alcohol-related...