All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 4 2002 // Wisconsin’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) issued a warning that motorists are at increased risk from collisions with deer this winter. Concerns about Chronic Wasting Disease “may have reduced...
Sep 5 2002 // A tornado that ripped through the town of Ladysmith in Wisconsin’s Rusk County on Labor Day caused an estimated $20 million in damages. According to a report from the Associated Press local authorities estimated the...
Jul 3 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), in conjunction with insurers and OSHA, is hosting a series of workshops in Wisconsin focusing on workplace safety for small businesses.Safety at Work I: Risk...
Jul 1 2002 // The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) announced the publication of yearly data concerning complaints against insurance companies, disciplinary actions taken against insurance companies and agents, and...
Apr 16 2002 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) shows that the average medical payment paid to injured workers in Wisconsin under the state’s workers’ compensation system rose consistently in...
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own.Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own.Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Apr 3 2002 // A study by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) found that Wisconsin has the lowest prices for homeowners insurance in the U.S.Wisconsin insurance commissioner Connie O’Connell expects these...
Mar 20 2002 // The Wisconsin State Assembly passed the Budget Reform Act early March 15, minus a proposed prohibition on insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores.The passage of the budget bill, combined with the demise of a...
Jan 17 2002 // The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 43-year-old Wisconsin woman to repay the state $52,182 after an investigation showed she continued to collect workers’ compensation widow’s...
Dec 31 2001 // Parker Services L.L.C., Stevens Point, a member of the Sentry Insurance Group, and the Wisconsin Council of Safety, Madison, are offering OSHA and DOT-related safety seminars for businesses in January.“Confined Space...
Dec 10 2001 // Just months after Erie Insurance began writing insurance in Wisconsin, the property/casualty insurer announced its intention to expand operations even further into Minnesota by September 2004. This is the 12th state that...
Sep 5 2001 // Following four consecutive years of decreasing overall premium rates, Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Connie L. O’Connell announced the approval by her office of a 4-percent increase of the overall average...
Aug 8 2001 // The insurance industry wants Wisconsin Gov. Scott McCallum to veto a telemarketer “do-not-call” list that would be created by the state budget, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.Bob Jartz,...
Jun 27 2001 // The Ziegler Cos., a Wisconsin-based firm, will sell its Ziegler Insurance division to Waukesha-centered R&R Insurance Services Inc., according to a report in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. R&R Insurance offers...
May 7 2001 // The “Api” FSR on General Casualty of Wisconsin was affirmed by S&P. The rating action also applies to the company’s related pool members: Regent Ins. Co.; General Casualty of Illinois; Hoosier Ins....
Apr 2 2001 // American Family Insurance has paid $21.5 million in ice dam-related homeowner claims this spring, mostly around Milwaukee and Madison, a company official told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.That amount represents 15,500...
Sep 7 2000 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Connie L. O’Connell has ordered the National Motorists Association (NMA) to stop offering a program to pay traffic tickets.The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) issued a...
Jun 14 2000 // Wisconsin state officials have estimated damages from a series of storms that ripped through the state nearly two weeks ago at $28.5 million. Gov. Tommy Thompson is considering a request for federal disaster relief in 16...