Latest Minnesota Headlines
All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Bike Lobby Seeks Lower Speed Limits in Minnesota Cities
Jan 21 2016 // Minnesota’s bike lobby is hoping to get state legislators to lower speed limits on city streets around the state, arguing it would make cyclists and pedestrians safer. A speed limit of 25 mph is being sought by the...
Obama Nominates 4 to NARAB National Producer Licensing Governing Board
Jan 12 2016 // President Barack Obama has nominated four individuals to sit on the 13-member governing board of a new national insurance producer licensing system. They are state insurance regulators from South Carolina and Minnesota and...
Pedestrian Deaths Rise in Minnesota
Jan 11 2016 // The number of pedestrians struck and killed rose in Minnesota a year after it had dropped, and officials say distracted walking appears to be a big factor. As of mid-December, the number of pedestrian deaths in 2015 had...
Boating Fatalities Increased in Minnesota in 2015
Jan 7 2016 // Minnesota closed out 2015 with its highest level of boating fatalities in a decade. Minnesota had 18 boating-related deaths last year, preliminary figures from the Department of Natural Resources show. That’s the...
Minnesota Vikings Sue Wells Fargo over Rooftop Signs
Dec 28 2015 // The Minnesota Vikings say Wells Fargo is using illuminated rooftop signs on two buildings near the team’s new stadium in an effort to “photo bomb” the facility, which is named for a Wells Fargo...
Pedestrian Deaths in Minnesota Rising Again
Dec 23 2015 // The number of pedestrians struck and killed is on the rise in Minnesota a year after it had dropped, and officials say distracted walking appears to be a big factor. As of mid-December, the number of pedestrian deaths this...
Minnesota to Allow Chronic Pain Patients to Use Medical Marijuana
Dec 21 2015 // Minnesota health officials say they will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August. Minnesota will be the 19th state where medical marijuana is legal to extend the drug to people with...
70% of MNsure Private Plan Shoppers Get Credits
Dec 10 2015 // Seventy percent of private insurance buyers this fall on Minnesota’s health insurance exchange have qualified for premium-based tax credits, a figure officials released on Dec. 9 as they brace for a rush of...
Risk Strategies Acquires Minnesota-Based Re-Solutions Intermediaries
Dec 7 2015 // Risk Strategies Co., a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Re-Solutions Intermediaries LLC, a reinsurance specialist focused on assisting healthcare organizations around the...
Minnesota Bars Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Rates
Dec 7 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance. Rothman said the anti-consumer...
Number of Traffic Deaths in Minnesota Up from Last Year
Dec 4 2015 // Traffic deaths in Minnesota in 2015 have surpassed last year’s totals. With a month left to go in the year, preliminary numbers from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety show 365...
Minnesota to Allow Chronic Pain Patients to Use Medical Marijuana
Dec 3 2015 // Minnesota health officials will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August, they announced on Dec. 2 in a long-awaited decision that could expand enrollment in the state’s...
Wisconsin Contractor Cited 4 Times in 3 Years for Safety Violations
Nov 30 2015 // For the fourth time in three years, a Bloomer, Wis., roofing contractor was found ignoring workplace safety laws, federal and state safety officials say. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said...
Minnesota Officials Seek to Reduce Tractor Rollovers, Farm Deaths
Nov 24 2015 // Minnesota officials are targeting tractor rollovers as a way to improve safety on the farm. Key legislators and representatives of three state agencies met for the first time last week to gather information on how other...
MNsure Selects O’Toole to Head Minnesota Insurance Exchange
Nov 20 2015 // MNsure has tapped its interim leader to run the health insurance exchange permanently even though she didn’t apply for the job. The health insurance exchange’s board selected Allison O’Toole to remain at...
Iowa Hospital, Minnesota Insurer Form Insurance Company
Nov 19 2015 // Des Moines, Iowa-based hospital and medical clinic company UnityPoint Health is getting into the health insurance business. The company said it has partnered with Bloomington, Minn., health care provider and insurer...
Minnesota Bars Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Rates
Nov 17 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance. Rothman said the anti-consumer...
Nyquist Named Sole Finalist for Minnesota Health Exchange Post
Nov 6 2015 // Minnesota’s health exchange has named an experienced former insurance executive as the sole finalist to take over as the fourth CEO of the embattled, three-year-old organization. MNsure board members publicly...
Minnesota Jury Awards Mechanic $9.1M in Medical Malpractice Suit
Oct 19 2015 // A Minnesota jury has awarded $9.1 million to a former auto mechanic who sued his anesthesiologists after suffering spinal cord damage and paralysis in a 2012 surgery. Joseph Lakoskey’s attorney argued that an...
