All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 18 2005 // MISSOURIInsurer to Pay $8 Million: State Farm Insurance has been ordered to pay more than $8 million to a tow truck driver and his sister-in-law who were acquitted of insurance fraud after being accused of faking the theft...
Dec 18 2005 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed legislation that would have capped the amount of money medical malpractice victims could win in court for their pain and suffering, an issue that has been a political flash point across the...
Dec 14 2005 // ProAssurance Corporation and Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. have agreed to merge PIC Wisconsin into ProAssurance through a proposed stock-for-stock transaction.The medical malpractice insurance companies...
Dec 12 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has commented that all ratings of Alabama-based ProAssurance Corporation’s (ProAssurance) insurance subsidiaries, the rating of its senior unsecured convertible debentures and the financial strength...
Dec 5 2005 // Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed legislation that would have capped the amount of money medical malpractice victims could win in court for their pain and suffering, an issue that has been a political flash point in states across the...
Nov 21 2005 // The Wisconsin legislature passed Assembly Bill 766, which restores caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. However, supporters are concerned that Gov. Jim Doyle will veto the measure.A.B. 766 was...
Nov 20 2005 // Lawmakers Pass Kids’ Health Plan:The Illinois House passed H.B. 806, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s “All Kids” health insurance program on a 79-28 vote, following Senate approval on a 32-23 vote. The...
Nov 9 2005 // The Wisconsin legislature passed Assembly Bill 766, which restores caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases.“The recent Supreme Court ruling invalidating caps on non-economic damages was troubling...
Nov 6 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLA and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...
Nov 6 2005 // The Wisconsin State Assembly last month passed a bill to reinstate caps on medical malpractice awards in the state by a more than two-to-one margin.Legislators voted 64-30 in favor of Assembly Bill 766, which imposes a...
Oct 26 2005 // The number of uninsured children and those who depend on government-sponsored programs is growing, according to a new report.Although 93 percent of Wisconsin’s children have some form of health coverage, most is...
Oct 4 2005 // Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has entered into an agreement to purchase United Wisconsin Insurance Company, doing business as United Heartland, a New Berlin, Wis.-based workers’ compensation company....
Sep 27 2005 // American Family Mutual Insurance Co. said Monday it is reducing premiums for Wisconsin auto insurance customers. Homeowners insurance customers who have remained claims-free for five years or more will also pay less. Auto...
Sep 19 2005 // The first health insurance cooperative in Wisconsin is set to be introduced this month to help small businesses, nonprofits and individuals negotiate affordable insurance plans.According to Associated Press, Co-op Care of...
Sep 19 2005 // A Wisconsin Senate Committee has killed the “all sums” bill, a measure vehemently opposed by the insurance industry.A.B. 222 (Senate Bill 137), was defeated in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Insurance...
Sep 9 2005 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a central Wisconsin insurance company, claiming it fired an employee because she was pregnant.But Mount Morris Mutual Insurance...
Sep 6 2005 // The first health insurance cooperative in the state of Wisconsin is set to be introduced this month to help small businesses, nonprofits and individuals negotiate affordable insurance plans.Its mission is to organize the...
Sep 6 2005 // A Wisconsin Senate Committee late Friday killed the anti-business “all sums” bill, a measure vehemently opposed by the insurance industry. “The Senate is to be commended for taking a sound, principled...
Sep 6 2005 // American Physicians Capital Inc., a Michigan provider of malpractice insurance, has withdrawn its hostile bid to buy 24 percent of Physicians Insurance Co. of Wisconsin Inc. and opted to purchase a lesser share of the...
Sep 5 2005 // Insurance companies are totaling up the damage from more than two dozen tornadoes that struck south-central Wisconsin in mid-August. Statewide, the storms resulted in one death, 30 injuries, 20-25 destroyed homes, and 200...