Latest Wisconsin Headlines

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VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers

Jan 24 2005 // VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car BuyersVolkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer...

VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers

Jan 24 2005 // Insuring the Young and the CarlessVolkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer car buyers, regardless of...

Car Buyers Get No-Charge Insurance in Volkswagen-Nationwide Pilot Program Based on Car Model Risk

Jan 3 2005 // A Long Island insurance think-tank has licensed Volkswagen of America Inc. to offer the industry’s first no- charge insurance policy to customers who purchase or lease selected models during a three-month test in...

Wis. Appeals Court: Judge Erred in General Casualty Auto Liability Limits Ruling

Dec 22 2004 // WAUSAU, Wis.—A Brown County judge erred in ruling that a car insurance policy must provide $1 million in coverage following a deadly crash involving a 16-year-old driver, a state appeals court ruled recently.The policy...

APCapital to Acquire Minority Interest in PIC Wisconsin

Oct 12 2004 // East Lansing, Mich.-based medical liability insurer American Physicians Capital Inc. announced that its subsidiary, American Physicians Assurance Corp. has entered into a stock purchase agreement as of September 17, 2004,...

After Open Records Suit, General Casualty/Rhinelander, Wis. Settlement Released

Sep 29 2004 // Details of the settlement of a lawsuit between the town of Rhinelander, Wis., and General Casualty Insurance Cos. over cleanup of a former city landfill were released Friday after an open records lawsuit.The Sun Prairie,...

Wis. Woman Convicted on Fraud Charge

Sep 20 2004 // Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager announced that an Oneida County woman was convicted of fraud and sentenced by Judge Steven Ebert in Dane County Circuit Court. Barbara Bergman, of Rhinelander, pled no contest...

Wis. Comp Costs Rose 11%, Still Low in Comparison

Sep 20 2004 // Midwest • Aug. 12, 2004 “Medical costs rise 11 percent or more for five consecutive years in Wisconsin, and more in other nearby states, and we wonder why? Perhaps the Journal should do a study on how much of the...

Va.’s Hilb Rogal Acquires Wisconsin Broker

Sep 17 2004 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company (NYSE:HRH), a worldwide insurance and risk management intermediary based in Richmond, Va., has agreed to acquire the operating assets of Insurance Services, Inc., (Insurance Services), a...

Wis. Comp Costs Rose 11%, Still Low in Comparison

Sep 6 2004 // Midwest • Aug. 12, 2004“Medical costs rise 11 percent or more for five consecutive years in Wisconsin, and more in other nearby states, and we wonder why? Perhaps the Journal should do a study on how much of the...

WIS. COMP COSTS RISE 11%:

Aug 23 2004 // The average medical payment per claim to injured workers in Wisconsin continued to grow at a double-digit rate, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study of 12 states...

Wis. Comp Costs Rose 11%, Still Low in Comparison

Aug 12 2004 // The average medical payment per claim to injured workers in Wisconsin continued to grow at a double-digit rate, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).The study of 12 states...

The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net

Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne SahakianProperty/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty...

MI-Assistant: On the Brink

Jul 20 2004 // From the brink of the dustbin to the brink of a bright future, it’s been a bumpy ride recently for MI-Assistant, the Eleva, Wis.-based agency solutions provider. In the cutthroat world of competitive rating and...

The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net

Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...

AIA Applauds Wis. Supreme Court’s Med-Mal Ruling

Jul 6 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today applauded the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s unanimous decision affirming the constitutionality of non-economic damage caps in wrongful death medical malpractice...

Wisconsin Big I Gets Visit From New Insurance Commissioner Gomez

Jun 21 2004 // The high point of Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s (IIAW) annual convention in May was a lengthy speech from Jorge Gomez, the state’s new insurance commissioner.A February 2003 appointee of...

‘Mutual’ Respect: SECURA Says Agent Loyalty Can Survive Softer Market

Jun 21 2004 // West Bend is far from the only Wisconsin-based regional mutual insurer making a mark. The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent...

People and Places

Jun 21 2004 // Ron Harder, president and CEO of Neenah, Wis.-based Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co., announced a management restructuring, effective June 1. Harder explained that he has been evaluating the company’s management...

SECURA: Looking to Sustain Hard-Market Success

Jun 18 2004 // The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s annual convention. SECURA has total assets of $406...