http://www.insurancejournal.com Property casualty insurance news from Insurance Journal en-us Copyright 2010 Wells Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:01:24 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/img/insurance-journal-property-casualty-magazine-logo_88x31.gif http://www.insurancejournal.com 88 31 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/19/108313.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/19/108313.htm Iowa lawmakers worked March 17 to hammer out differences in two bills restricting drivers from sending or reading text messages. The legislation also would ban all cell phone use by drivers under ... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:01:24 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/19/108305.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/19/108305.htm Lansing, Michigan-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has named Joanne Topa as the new director of Enterprise Applications. She will be involved with content management, Web services ... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:10:38 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/18/108273.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/18/108273.htm When the swollen Red River threatened his house in Moorehead, Minn., last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack up, leave and hope he wouldn't lose everything, since didn't have flood ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:23:04 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/18/108270.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/18/108270.htm A Michigan state representative has filed a bill to give illegal aliens in the state access to workers compensation benefits if they are injured on the job. State Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:18:25 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/17/108237.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/17/108237.htm The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has requested that South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds veto Senate Bill 169, which PCI says will increase litigation costs and cause ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:58:13 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/17/108226.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/17/108226.htm A state House of Representatives committee will review a council created to protect Ohio's insurance fund for injured workers in the wake of the firing of the council's three-member staff. House ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:37:01 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/16/108198.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/16/108198.htm Chicago-based CNA Insurance has named Stephen Clark as vice president of its Ocean Marine operation. In this role, Clark has responsibility for the global insurer's entire ocean marine line of ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:27:13 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/16/108197.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/16/108197.htm Workplace wellness programs aren't just for large corporations. Mechanical Devices Co. in Bloomington and the Town of Normal are among central Illinois medium-size businesses that have developed ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:24:33 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/15/108153.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/15/108153.htm Democrats and Republicans in the Indiana General Assembly closed some partisan divides on some major issues, including a proposed increased tax on businesses, early on March 13 and adjourned the ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:37:32 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/15/108151.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/15/108151.htm Top Democrat lawmakers in Kansas filed a complaint in the Kansas House against its Republican speaker, accusing him of misconduct for representing businesses, trade groups and insurance funds in a ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:34:37 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/12/108122.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/12/108122.htm Federal law enforcement officials in Chicago report that a chiropractor, a medical doctor and a billing employee at a clinic in Maywood, Ill., have been indicted on federal charges related to ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:24:40 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/12/108121.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/12/108121.htm While a growing number of Michigan's small- to mid-size businesses are not satisfied with the economy, a recent survey indicates that more businesses plan to increase wages over the next six ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:23:44 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/12/108119.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/12/108119.htm A.M. Best Co. upgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and issuer credit rating to "a-" from "bbb+" of American Freedom Insurance Company of Arlington Heights, Ill. ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:56:55 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/12/108116.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/12/108116.htm The full Indiana House returned to the Statehouse on March 10 after a five-day break, but partisan differences remained over an unemployment insurance tax bill as a March 14 deadline for ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:40:26 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/11/108084.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/03/11/108084.htm Nebraska's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.6 percent in January, still less than half the national rate of 9.7 percent, state officials said in a report issued March 10. The state said ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:52:25 -0600