All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 31 2013 // United Ethanol LLC has been cited for 15 health and safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker died inside a grain storage bin on April 19 at the...
Oct 15 2013 // Traffic fatalities appear to be decreasing in Wisconsin, in large part because of a drop in motorcyclists’ deaths, traffic officials said.The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said 396 people had died in crashes...
Oct 2 2013 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is considering a proposal to shift state employees from health maintenance organizations to a state self-insured program.Employers that are self-insured carry the risk for losses and pay...
Oct 1 2013 // Risk risk management firm, HNI, has appointed Chad Tisonik as its Wisconsin location president.Tisonik’s new role as president is a milestone for the firm. It marks the first time HNI Wisconsin will be managed by a...
Sep 24 2013 // Business leaders and community organizers in Milwaukee, Wis., have formed a nonprofit health insurance company to provide coverage to small businesses and individuals.Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative is one of 24...
Sep 23 2013 // Volunteers who want to help people decipher the new health insurance marketplace when it comes online Oct. 1 must pay for a background check and exam fee as required by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration,...
Sep 16 2013 // A Dane County judge has upheld a $250,000 malpractice cap for University of Wisconsin-Madison doctors.The case involves a Verona woman who won a $1.8 million jury award in her husband’s death, as the jury found a UW...
Sep 13 2013 // A fire that damaged a 10-mile swath of forest land in northwestern Wisconsin this spring caused at least $1 million in damage, according to the timber company that owns most of the affected land.The massive blaze in...
Sep 12 2013 // A Wisconsin appeals court says a slain police officer’s widow can’t collect damages from the insurance company that covered his killer.James Cruckson shot Fond du Lac Police Officer Craig Birkholz during a...
Sep 11 2013 // Pete Anhalt has been promoted to senior vice president of consumer products for Sentry Insurance. Anhalt will be based in Madison, Wi. He will oversee specialty auto, motorcycle, and standard consumer products. Anhalt...
Sep 11 2013 // Federal safety officials fined an Illinois-based company more than $185,000 after a worker suffered severe burns at the same northern Wisconsin plant where five people have been killed since 2008.Packaging Corp. of America...
Sep 9 2013 // Fur coats, diamonds and Rolex watches were among hundreds of items once owned by a pair of Wausau, Wis., insurance executives that have been auctioned off to pay for their multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.Federal agents...
Sep 9 2013 // Public policy and insurance law allow insurance coverage only for fortuitous events and not for harm or loss resulting from intentional acts. To this end, insurance policies provide coverage when an injury or loss is...
Sep 5 2013 // Health care advocates called into question information released by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration showing dramatic rate increases for insurance plans to be sold through the new marketplace created under...
Aug 29 2013 // When John Glass of West Allis, Wis., rides his motorcycle, he carries a copy of the state statute that allows motorcyclists to drive through a red light under certain circumstances.Some motorcycles are too small to trigger...
Aug 14 2013 // Officials in the Fox Valley say damage from recent tornadoes exceeds $30 million. The National Weather Service tells WLUK-TV that six tornadoes have been confirmed during the storms. It had previously confirmed five...
Aug 12 2013 // Public policy and insurance law allow insurance coverage only for fortuitous events and not for harm or loss resulting from intentional acts. To this end, insurance policies provide coverage when an injury or loss is...
Jul 30 2013 // A Verona, Wis., woman is challenging a law that caps malpractice damages against University of Wisconsin doctors at $250,000.A Wisconsin State Journal report says a jury awarded Terri Fiez $1.8 million in a wrongful-death...
Jul 3 2013 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has vetoed his own plan to charge state workers more for health insurance if they smoke.Walker’s executive state budget would have required state workers who smoke to pay $50 more per...
Jul 2 2013 // Grandville, Mich-based Grand General Agency has welcomed Marva Wrightsman to its marketing team. She will be working with independent agents in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Wrightsman has a diverse background working with...