All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 8 2008 // A storm that dumped some 20 inches of windblown snow on southern Wisconsin earlier this week left hundreds of motorists caught in a massive traffic backup while bringing schools, buses and airports across the region to a...
Feb 1 2008 // Insurance groups are criticizing passage of Senate Bill 259 by the Wisconsin Senate late on Thursday, Jan. 31st. Senate Bill 259 would forbid insurers from considering information in an individual’s credit report for...
Jan 31 2008 // As the issue of credit scoring continues to be the subject of state legislative proposals, insurance agents in Colorado are celebrating the defeat of a bill that would have prohibited property/casualty insurers from using...
Jan 31 2008 // Farmers Group Inc. says it plans to recruit and train 400 new agents in the Milwaukee and Madison areas in an expansion that the insurer says could ultimately create 1,000 new jobs in Wisconsin.The company will invest...
Jan 30 2008 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) recently announced that it is opposing legislation scheduled for a vote by Wisconsin Senate Thursday, Jan. 31st, that would prohibit insurers from using...
Jan 30 2008 // A man who admitted setting fires that caused an estimated $500,000 damage has been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect after a defense expert said he suffered from pyromania.Bayfield County Circuit Judge...
Jan 24 2008 // A bill passed by the Wisconsin Senate would give parents of adult children who die as a result of medical malpractice the ability to file lawsuits. Right now, parents of adult children in Wisconsin can’t sue for...
Jan 16 2008 // Wisconsin residents at risk for identity theft have been mailed letters explaining how they can sign up for free credit monitoring and receive special insurance. State contractor EDS Corporation of Texas sent some of the...
Jan 15 2008 // A Sussex man convicted of injuring a 59-year-old woman in a drunken vehicle crash was ordered to pay more than $715,000 in restitution. Jeffrey D. Thieme Jr., 27, was sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded no...
Dec 13 2007 // A proposal that would ban teen drivers from using cell phones passed the Assembly, 90-7, and now heads to the state Senate.Wisconsin would be the 16th state to limit or ban cell phone use by teen drivers if the bill passes...
Dec 6 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “bb-” and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘B-‘ (Fair) of Long Beach Calif.-based DHC Group and its members. The outlook for...
Dec 4 2007 // A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld a jury’s $8 million medical malpractice award to a woman whose inner organs were paralyzed by a botched surgery.The state’s medical malpractice fund argued a judge coerced...
Nov 20 2007 // A program created by Wisconsin lawmakers in 1999 to reduce health care costs for small businesses was never implemented after running up nearly $500,000 in spending, according to an audit released last week.The Private...
Nov 7 2007 // A Milwaukee County Circuit Court jury has ruled that lead paint industry products were not the cause of a young man’s mental retardation.It found Monday that Steven Thomas, now 17, had ingested white lead carbonate,...
Nov 1 2007 // A school’s insurance company must pay the attorney fees and expenses of an administrative assistant who was sued for defamation, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.Gail Haack, who worked for former Algoma School...
Oct 24 2007 // The Wisconsin Medical Society is planning to challenge lawmakers’ decision to transfer $200 million from a medical malpractice fund to help balance the budget. Lobbyist Mark Grapentine says the group has hired a...
Oct 1 2007 // Quad/Graphics and its insurer are entitled to $63 million in damages from the 2002 collapse of a shelving system that ignited a fire at the publishing giant’s Lomira plant, according to a jury verdict.The jury...
Sep 25 2007 // Bloomington, Ill.-based State Farm Insurance recently honored exceptional women across the country during the Embrace Life Awards luncheon held in New York City.Each year the Awards recognize five remarkable women who have...
Sep 24 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency forceBoston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
Sep 18 2007 // Middleton, Wis.-based Capitol today announced the formation of its new Specialty Markets Division. The focus of the division will be specialty property and casualty insurance programs throughout the U. S. The division will...