All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 14 2011 // When Dane County, Wis., highway worker James Porter was struck and killed on the job in June 2009, Joel Porter, his son, lost his best friend. Porter’s daughter, Jessica Johnson, lost a grandfather to her two little...
Feb 10 2011 // Hot Items“Thieves can steal these converters in less than a minute. …They also do a lot of damage to the car when they do steal it. Taking a few precautionary measures may deter thieves from attempting to steal...
Feb 10 2011 // The Wisconsin state Senate has passed legislation that would lower minimum levels of car insurance and make it more difficult to approve of sales and income tax increases.Car insurance would still be required under the...
Feb 8 2011 // Minimum levels of car insurance that were increased two years ago would drop back down again under a bill up for a vote in the state Senate.Trial lawyers fought for the changes approved by the Democratic-controlled...
Feb 7 2011 // A Republican-controlled Assembly committee approved a bill that would repeal minimum automobile coverage levels, sending the bill to the full chamber for a vote. The GOP-authored proposal would wipe out minimum coverage...
Feb 7 2011 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that will dramatically rewrite Wisconsin’s civil litigation rules. The bill makes it harder to sue businesses by setting new standards for expert testimony and burdens of...
Feb 2 2011 // The attorney for a man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by a now-deceased priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf says the Vatican has refused to be served with a lawsuit over the matter.St. Paul attorney Jeff...
Feb 2 2011 // Ambac Financial Group won a court ruling allowing it to overhaul its insurance unit, a decision that its bankrupt parent greeted as a ‘gigantic step” forward.The plan, which a Wisconsin state judge approved,...
Jan 31 2011 // The increased cost and more frequent use of medical care provided to injured workers in Wisconsin drove up the average medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in recent years, according to a new study by the...
Jan 31 2011 // A Republican-controlled Assembly committee has approved a bill that would repeal minimum automobile coverage levels, sending the bill to the full chamber for a vote. The GOP-authored proposal would wipe out minimum...
Jan 25 2011 // The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a bill that would make it more difficult to sue companies and collect damages.The Assembly passed the bill on a partisan 57-36 on Jan. 20, two days after it cleared the Senate also with...
Jan 24 2011 // Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are aiming to repeal most of the auto insurance coverage increases mandated by Democrats, which industry and state regulators blame for higher premiums.Drivers would still be...
Jan 21 2011 // A Republican plan to scale back mandatory car insurance levels would make driving in Wisconsin riskier and leave injured motorists holding the bag, the proposal’s critics said.The GOP has introduced a bill that would...
Jan 20 2011 // Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are aiming to repeal most of the auto insurance coverage increases mandated by Democrats, which industry and state regulators blame for higher premiums.Insurers are supporting the...
Jan 18 2011 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited has purchased Blue Ridge Insurance Co. (BRIC) from the QBE Insurance Group.Catlin will rename BRIC as Catlin Indemnity Co. and expects to begin writing business through this company...
Jan 13 2011 // Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are aiming to repeal most of the auto insurance coverage increases mandated by Democrats, which industry and state regulators blame for higher premiums.Drivers would still be...
Jan 5 2011 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has appointed Ted Nickel, an insurance company veteran, as commissioner of insurance and Dan Schwartzer, an association executive, as deputy commissioner.Nickel replaces Sean Dilweg. Nickel has...
Dec 22 2010 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Sean Dilweg announced a regulatory settlement with Time Insurance Co., a health insurer headquartered in Milwaukee, that includes a forfeiture of $280,000 for failure to correct previously...
Dec 21 2010 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, who served as governor longer than any Democrat in the state’s history and along the way expanded health insurance access to nearly every state resident, didn’t always play well in the...
Dec 1 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to B++ (Good) from B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “bbb” from “bbb-” of 1st Auto & Casualty Insurance Company (1st...