All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 14 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country.The new GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great Depression,...
Nov 14 2010 // Ambac Financial Group Inc., which was the second-largest U.S. bond insurer before suffering huge losses on risky mortgages, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Nov. 8. The filing cements Ambac’s decline from a company...
Nov 14 2010 // Republicans made big gains across the United States – and the Midwest was no exception – in the November 2 midterm elections. Across the country, GOP gains gave the party its largest number of seats in state...
Nov 4 2010 // Midwestern states were among those that added to Republican gains in governor’s offices across the country on Nov. 2.Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin are among the states that voted to replace Democrats in...
Oct 29 2010 // Higher medical costs per claim in Wisconsin are offset by much lower utilization of medical services in the state’s workers compensation system. As a result, medical payments per workers’ comp claim in...
Oct 12 2010 // The Wisconsin regulator for Ambac Financial Group has filed a plan to wind down the more than $50 billion remaining of insurance policies related to securities that it seized in March.Under the plan, holders of allowed...
Oct 4 2010 // The September 11th tragedy and the ensuing global economic and travel downturn made the years 2001-2004 some of the worst in the history for the travel insurance industry.Through this turbulent period, John Noel was able...
Aug 24 2010 // A second wrongful death lawsuit has been dismissed against the owner of a hotel in Independence, Wis., that burned in February 2009, killing three men.The Winona Daily News reports the lawsuit was dismissed after a...
Aug 2 2010 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s taking of $200 million from the Wisconsin’s Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (IPFCF) to help balance the general budget was...
Aug 2 2010 // Western National, Wisconsin AmericanWestern National Insurance Group has finalized its affiliation with Wisconsin American Mutual Insurance Co. of Fond du Lac, Wis. Wisconsin American will continue to operate as a separate...
Jul 27 2010 // Damage from last week’s flooding in Milwaukee County, Wis., now exceeds more than $28.5 million, according to Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. He reported that 6,368 residential homes in Milwaukee County sustained damage...
Jul 22 2010 // The Wisconsin State Supreme Court says a brake maker wasn’t negligent in a machinist’s death.Walter Tatera, a former Hales Corners machine shop worker, died of cancer in 2004. His estate sued FMC Corp., a...
Jul 21 2010 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided that the state’s taking of $200 million from the Wisconsin’s Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (IPFCF) to help balance the general budget was...
Jul 13 2010 // Western National Insurance Group announced that it has met all regulatory and legal steps to finalize its affiliation with Wisconsin American Mutual Insurance Co. of Fond du Lac, Wis.Wisconsin American will continue to...
Jun 30 2010 // Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance Sean Dilweg announced he has formed an Advisor Council to assist in the process of rehabilitating the Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corp. (AAC).The Council, composed of nine...
Jun 21 2010 // Two companies that once insured Appleton Papers Inc. are liable for $10 million toward the cleanup of the Fox River after a court decision on June 8, the firm’s lawyer said.Attorney Ron Ragatz says the ruling by the...
Jun 10 2010 // Two companies that once insured Appleton Papers Inc. are liable for $10 million toward the cleanup of the Fox River after a court decision on June 8, the firm’s lawyer said.The 2-1 ruling by the Wisconsin Court of...
Jun 7 2010 // All Wisconsin drivers were required to carry auto liability insurance beginning June 1, but the question remains as to how many will follow the law.Only about 15 percent of the state’s drivers are currently...
Jun 1 2010 // All Wisconsin drivers must carry auto liability insurance starting June 1, but it’s unclear how many will follow the law.Only about 15 percent of the state’s drivers are currently uninsured, which is roughly...
May 27 2010 // The nation’s most knowledgeable drivers are in Idaho, Wisconsin, Montana and Kansas, while the least knowledgeable are in New York, New Jersey, Hawaii and California.That’s according to results from the 2009...