Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Minn. House Approves $40 Million Fund for Victims of Bridge Collapse
Mar 3 2008 // The Minnesota House approved a $40 million fund last week to compensate victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse. The vote was 120-10 after a debate on the same day that lawmakers learned the state’s projected...
Financial Help for Minn. Bridge Victims Could Get Caught in Budget Concerns
Feb 25 2008 // Cold, hard financial reality is starting to intrude on the Minnesota Legislature’s desire to help the victims of last year’s Interstate 35W bridge collapse. Proposals for a victim compensation fund are being...
Bridge Victim Fund Sparks Lively Debate in Minn. Legislature
Feb 19 2008 // The sharpest debate so far over paying victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse broke out recently as a House panel unanimously backed a compensation fund and sent it on for more hearings. With survivors listening in...
Minn. Public Safety Agency: 166 Killed in Alcohol-related Crashes in ’06
Feb 11 2008 // The Minnesota Department of Public Safety announced recently that 166 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes in Minnesota in 2006, the lowest death total on record. However, the department says a record-high 41,951...
Minn. Attorney General Settles Iowa Annuities Case, Starts Another
Feb 11 2008 // An Iowa insurance company is settling a lawsuit with the Minnesota attorney general and will offer refunds to as many as 2,400 senior citizens who purchased long-term annuities. American Equity Life Holding Co. was accused...
Flood-damaged Southeastern Minn. Receives $77 Million in State Funding
Feb 8 2008 // State officials say southeastern Minnesota has received more than $77 million in state aid to help the area recover from last August’s devastating flooding. The money received so far is part of a $157 million...
Munson-Regala to Head Minn. Market Assurance Division
Jan 28 2008 // Minnesota Insurance Commissioner Glenn Wilson recently announced that Manny Munson-Regala has been named deputy commissioner and will lead the Market Assurance Division at the Minnesota Department of Commerce....
Minn. Victim Fund Bill Raises Questions on Caps, Insurer Reimbursement
Jan 24 2008 // United in a desire to provide state money to victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, Minnesota lawmakers are split over whether to cap those awards at $400,000 or leave the check size to a neutral...
Legislative Supporters of Minn. Bridge Victims’ Fund Push for Early Deadline
Jan 18 2008 // Supporters of a special fund to compensate victims of last summer’s Minneapolis bridge collapse hope to have a law establishing the account passed by mid-March. State Senator Ron Latz and Representative Ryan Winkler...
Minn. Recalls 188,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Suspicious for E. coli Bacteria
Jan 16 2008 // A Minnesota meatpacker has recalled about 188,000 pounds of ground beef patties and some other products because of E. coli bacteria concerns. Rochester Meat Co. of Rochester issued the recall after five illnesses were...
Aon Construction Adds National Client Strategy Officer in Minn.
Jan 14 2008 // Aon Corp, a provider of global risk management services, today announced that Mary Ann Krautheim has joined Aon Construction Services Group as its first National Client Strategy officer. Based in Minneapolis, Krautheim is...
Minn. Bridge Collapse Survivors Make Case for Aid through Web site
Jan 14 2008 // Part memorial and part plea, a new Web site is focused on the stories and needs of victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse. The site, www.35wbridge.com was conceived by survivors of the Aug. 1 tragedy, which killed...
Minn. Counties Test Blow-in-Tube Devises for Drunken Driver Offenders
Jan 11 2008 // Repeat drunken drivers in two Minnesota counties can get back behind the wheel sooner if they pay to have blow-in-the-tube devices installed in their vehicles. So far, results in the two pilot programs are mixed. County...
Arsonist Ordered to Cover Minn. City’s $100,000 Insurance Deductible
Jan 4 2008 // A judge has ordered a Duluth man to pay the city’s $100,000 insurance deductible for setting a fire that caused $384,058 in damage to a community center in the city.. Tylor Ray Olson, 20, pleaded guilty in October to...
More than 500 Die on Minnesota Roads in 2007
Jan 4 2008 // Preliminary figures show 503 people died in Minnesota traffic crashes in 2007, which the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said is the first increase in the state’s traffic death toll since 2002. There were 494...
Minnesota RJF Agency’s Jeatran Becomes Assurex Global Chairman
Jan 3 2008 // Assurex Global, a worldwide network of independent insurance brokers representing $23 billion in premium volume, has named its newest and 52nd chairman of the board. Bill Jeatran, chief executive officer of RJF Agencies,...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in Midwest
Dec 31 2007 // From storms that flooded the Midwest destroying homes and business in the summer to a court ruling that could have a significantly negative impact on the medical malpractice insurance market in the state of Illinois, 2007...
Minn. Judge Rules American Family Not Required to Cover School Shooter
Dec 27 2007 // A federal judge has ruled that American Family Insurance has no obligation to cover John Jason McLaughlin in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him by the parents of the two Rocori students he killed in...
From Med Mal Caps to RICO Violations, No Headline Shortage in 2007
Dec 23 2007 // Severe summer storms that ransacked the Midwest, a court ruling that could negatively impact the medical malpractice insurance market in Illinois and RICO allegations in Minnesota were just a few of the news stories that...
BMS Group Acquires Property/Casualty Team in Minn.
Dec 6 2007 // Global reinsurer BMS announced today that it has acquired a P/C brokerage team based in Minneapolis. The nine member team is led by senior brokers Jim Brost and Mike Joyce. “The acquisition of this team boosts our...
