May 15, 2013
Western Dakota Insurors in Rapid City, South Dakota, announced it has added Glen Schmeltzer as a new producer. Schmeltzer is licensed in property/casualty and life/health insurance, and his experience includes insurance sales and service for personal and commercial clients. Schmeltzer graduated …
May 15, 2013
The Missouri Senate has given final approval to legislation limiting the money that multi-vehicle accident victims could win in lawsuits if their own vehicles are uninsured. The measure sent to the governor would apply to cases in which an uninsured …
May 15, 2013
Local governments and schools in Ohio could see almost $113 million in rebates from the state insurance fund for injured workers under a proposal from the governor. Gov. John Kasich’s office released a breakdown of the schools, townships, cities and …
May 15, 2013
A major insurance company has bought out a nonprofit home for struggling women in Cincinnati in a deal announced Monday, ending a bitter two-year court battle over the home’s historic property in a beautiful downtown neighborhood. Western & Southern Insurance …
May 15, 2013
The attorneys general of Illinois, Kansas and Ohio are targeting storm-chasing roofing companies in their states with legal actions. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against a Chicago-area home repair firm for allegedly failing to complete contracted projects …
May 14, 2013
The city of Indianapolis faces possibly paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a restaurant badly damaged by flooding during a downpour a year ago. City officials found that inspectors failed to properly activate an electronic locking system on a …
May 14, 2013
Michigan’s attorney general has charged the former CEO and a bookkeeper with embezzling millions from a workers’ compensation insurance-related organization. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced felony charges for Jerry Stage, 67, of New Hudson, and George Bauer, 55, of …
May 14, 2013
Van Wert, Ohio-based Central Insurance Companies has elected Janet L. White, to its board of directors, appointed her to its executive committee and promoted her to senior vice president of human resources White holds the overall accountability for the human …
May 13, 2013
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty, American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance, and American Motorists Insurance Companies have been placed in liquidation in Illinois, according to the state insurance department. State insurance guaranty associations will pay the companies’ claims, the department said. Illinois Department of …
May 13, 2013
An effort to repeal Nebraska’s motorcycle-helmet law will get another ride in the Legislature, this time with a new crop of state lawmakers. Opponents who have tried for two decades to repeal the helmet law are pushing for it again, …