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Ratings Recap: American General, Philadelphia Indemnity, First Hawaii, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual, Workmen’s Auto
Mar 1 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” of American General Property Insurance Company (AGPIC), based in Nashville,...
Minnesota Jury Awards $4.7 Million in Ship Lawsuit
Feb 25 2013 // A Duluth, Minn., dock company owes nearly $4.7 million for repairs and lost profits to the owner of a coal freighter that partially sunk in the Duluth-Superior Harbor. The Duluth News Tribune reports the jury made the...
Business Moves – Midwest
Feb 25 2013 // Johnson McCann, C.O. Brown, Apollo Insurance Agency Three Minnesota insurance agencies — Johnson McCann of St. Paul, C.O. Brown of Rochester and the Apollo Insurance Agency of St. Cloud — have joined forces to become...
Insurers: False Auto Claims on the Rise in Minnesota
Feb 12 2013 // Auto insurance companies say false and exaggerated injury claims are on the rise in Minnesota. The National Insurance Crime Bureau says suspicious personal injury claims have tripled since 2008. Minnesota ranked tenth in...
Minnesota’s Johnson McCann, C.O. Brown, Apollo Insurance Agency Merge
Feb 7 2013 // Three Minnesota insurance agencies – Johnson McCann of St. Paul, C.O. Brown of Rochester and the Apollo Insurance Agency of St. Cloud – have joined forces to become the second largest private insurance...
Vande Hey Appointed Deputy Insurance Commissioner in Minnesota
Feb 7 2013 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has promoted Tim Vande Hey to deputy commissioner of the Insurance Division for the Commerce Department. Vande Hey was first appointed assistant commissioner in April 2012, the...
Family Sues Company Over Minnesota Office Attack
Feb 5 2013 // The family of a man who was among six people gunned down at his Minneapolis, Minn., office last year is suing the company, claiming it botched the firing of the employee who carried out the attack and should have known...
Minnesota Man Sentenced for $275K False Insurance Claim
Jan 15 2013 // A St. Paul, Minn., man has been sentenced for filing a false insurance claim for artwork he had reported as stolen. Thirty-nine-year-old Jason Sheedy was sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation on one...
Millions of Flood Relief Dollars Sit Untapped in Minnesota
Jan 15 2013 // Millions of dollars in relief loan money sit unclaimed more than six months after heavy flooding hit northeastern Minnesota. Most of the $12 million allocated by the Legislature for disaster loans to homeowners remains...
A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Minnesota’s Austin Mutual Insurance
Jan 10 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to A (Excellent) from B (Fair) and the issuer credit rating to “a+” from “bb+” of Austin Mutual Insurance Co. (Austin) in Maple Grove, Minn....
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Minnesota-Based Liscomb Hood Mason
Jan 4 2013 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., has acquired Liscomb Hood Mason Co., a $2.2 million revenue agency based in Duluth, Minn. With roots dating back to 1927, Liscomb Hood...
December Enforcement Brings 1,300 DWI Arrests in Minnesota
Dec 20 2012 // Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety says about 1,300 people have been arrested for driving while intoxicated so far in December. State law enforcement agencies are working overtime hours this month as part of a...
Minnesota Parents Asked to Insure Students’ Electronics
Dec 11 2012 // Some school districts in Minnesota want parents to pick up the tab for insuring expensive tablet computers that are given to students. More and more electronics are replacing textbooks, paper and pencils. Farmington...
Midwest Economic Index Rises Slightly
Dec 4 2012 // A monthly economic index report suggests an economic slump will continue over the next three to six months for nine Midwest and Plains states. The Mid-America Business Conditions index rose slightly in November to a weak...
Unlicensed Minnesota Drivers Involved in More Fatal Crashes
Nov 19 2012 // The Minnesota State Patrol says unlicensed drivers are more likely to be involved in a deadly crash. Lt. Eric Roeske says statistics from 2011 show unlicensed drivers are twice as likely to be involved in fatal...
Federal Food Safety Program to End in Minnesota
Nov 16 2012 // Minnesota agriculture officials are phasing out a federally funded program that allows them to test produce for contaminants like E. coli and salmonella. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Microbiological Data...
2 Rare, Late-Season Tornadoes Hit Minnesota’s Twin Cities
Nov 13 2012 // Officials with the National Weather Service say two weak tornadoes touched down late Saturday on the south edge of the Twin Cities’ metropolitan region in Minnesota. Meteorologist Chris Franks tells the Star Tribune...
Minnesota Man Convicted of Setting House on Fire for Insurance
Nov 5 2012 // A Hillman, Minn., man whose home was facing foreclosure has been convicted of setting the house on fire for the insurance money. Jurors deliberated for four hours this week before finding 53-year-old Randy Donald Reed...
Unlicensed Minnesota Drivers Involved in More Fatal Crashes
Nov 4 2012 // The Minnesota State Patrol says unlicensed drivers are more likely to be involved in a deadly crash. Lt. Eric Roeske says statistics from 2011 show unlicensed drivers are twice as likely to be involved in fatal accidents....
AAA Minneapolis Names Minnesota DOT’s Sorel as CEO
Nov 2 2012 // AAA Minneapolis has named Tom Sorel, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), as its new president and chief executive officer. Sorel will join AAA Minneapolis effective Dec. 1, 2012. He will...
