Latest Minnesota Headlines
All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
As Minnesota’s Medical Marijuana Sites Grow, So Do Concerns
May 6 2016 // Minnesota is expected to have eight medical marijuana clinics open this summer, but some observers are wondering whether there’s enough patient demand. Minnesota Public Radio News reported that the state had...
USI Insurance Acquires Hanratty & Associates in Minnesota
May 5 2016 // USI Insurance Services has acquired Hanratty & Associates Inc. in Plymouth, Minn. The employees will remain at their current Plymouth location. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hanratty & Associates has been...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Hanratty & Associates in Minnesota
May 3 2016 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Hanratty & Associates Inc., headquartered in Plymouth, Minn. Hanratty & Associates has been providing employee benefits and consulting for nearly 40 years. The employees...
Do Drunk Drivers Have Constitutional Rights?
Apr 20 2016 // Can you be charged with a crime for refusing to take a Breathalyzer test when stopped on suspicion of drunken driving? It’s hard to think of a constitutional rights question that affects more people. On Wednesday,...
Miller Named Executive VP and COO at SFM Mutual Insurance
Apr 18 2016 // Terry Miller has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer at Bloomington, Minn.-based SFM Mutual Insurance Co. Miller was the company’s original controller. He rose through the ranks in his...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Charles Allen Agency in Minnesota
Apr 13 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the Charles Allen Agency Inc. in Waite Park, Minn. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2010, the Charles Allen Agency Inc. (CAA) is a retail insurance broker...
Former Minnesota Insurance Division Official Alleges Harassment, Retaliation
Apr 10 2016 // A former top official at Minnesota’s Department of Commerce is suing the state over alleged sexual harassment and retaliation from a fellow agency executive whom he says ordered his staff to destroy documents — a...
Ratings of Minnesota’s Rural Community Insurance Upgraded: A.M. Best
Apr 8 2016 // A.M. Best has removed from under review with developing implications and upgraded the financial strength rating to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating to “aa-” from “a+” of...
Insurance Trade Groups Oppose Minnesota Auto Insurance Bill
Mar 17 2016 // Property/casualty insurance trade groups, the American Insurance Association (AIA) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), have submitted testimony to the Minnesota Legislature in opposition to...
Minnesota Company to Pay over $1M to Resolve Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar 14 2016 // A Chanhassen, Minn.-based medical device and equipment manufacturer will pay $1,020,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age and sex discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
HomeServices of America Acquires Minnesota’s PCG Agencies
Mar 14 2016 // HomeServices of America Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, has acquired Minnesota-based PCG Agencies Inc., a large independent personal insurance agency. Terms were not disclosed. Headquartered in St. Paul, PCG offers a...
Minnesota Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.7%
Mar 11 2016 // State officials say Minnesota’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent in January even though employers cut 5,000 jobs. The Department of Employment and Economic Development says 3,800 of those jobs were...
Minnesota Reports Rate of Uninsured Drops to Record Low
Mar 2 2016 // The rate of people in Minnesota without health insurance has fallen to a record low, state health officials announced. As of 2015, only about 4.3 percent of people in Minnesota lacked health insurance, a nearly 4...
Minnesota AG Says Missouri Auto Company Deceives Customers about Repair Coverage
Feb 24 2016 // Minnesota’s attorney general is suing a Missouri company, accusing it of misleading consumers into unnecessarily buying coverage for auto repairs. The lawsuit by Attorney General Lori Swanson was filed in Dakota...
Medication Errors at Minnesota Hospitals Resulted in 4 Deaths Last Year
Feb 22 2016 // A new report shows that despite improvements in how medicine is dispensed at Minnesota hospitals, the risk of injury or death from errors still exists. Hospitals have disclosed four deaths and 10 serious injuries related...
Minnesota: Exams of 16 Life Insurers Find $174M in Unpaid Benefits, So Far
Feb 16 2016 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman announced that his department has reached settlement agreements with three more life insurance companies that owed money to Minnesotans for unpaid insurance policies, annuity...
Fire Destroys, Damages Large Part of Minnesota Town’s Main Street
Feb 4 2016 // A fast-burning fire destroyed or damaged at least a half-dozen commercial buildings in a small southern Minnesota community before firefighters brought it under control on Feb. 3, city officials said. Stubborn winds from a...
3 Female Chauffeurs Awarded $130K Each in Minnesota Discrimination Case
Jan 31 2016 // A federal judge has awarded damages to three Minnesota women who sued after they were dismissed from their chauffeur jobs because a Saudi prince wanted only male drivers. U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen awarded $130,000...
Minnesota Company Settles Transgender Discrimination Suit for $115K
Jan 26 2016 // Deluxe Financial Services Corp. (Deluxe), a Shoreview, Minn.-based check-printing and financial services corporation, has agreed to pay $115,000 as part of the settlement of a sex discrimination and harassment lawsuit...
Missouri Joins Other States in Barring Insurers’ Use of Price Optimization
Jan 25 2016 // In mid-January, the Missouri Department of Insurance issued a bulletin to insurers reminding them that the rating practice generally known as “price optimization” is prohibited in the state. “Price...
