Latest Minnesota Headlines
All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
$1 Million Campaign Defeats Minn. Bad Faith Legislative Proposal
Jun 21 2007 // An insurance industry-financed group that didn’t even exist until the final weeks of the Legislature’s session plowed just shy of $1 million into an aggressive lobbying campaign. It turned out to be money well...
Minn. Lawmaker Proposes Ban on Dog Breeds Deemed Dangerous
Jun 19 2007 // A state lawmaker called on his colleagues last week to make it illegal to own five breeds of dogs he deemed a threat to public safety. Rep. John Lesch, DFL-St. Paul, said he plans to push next year for a state ban on...
Minn. Woman Sues After Contracting E. Coli from Tainted Beef
Jun 15 2007 // A Minnesota woman who became ill and was hospitalized after eating beef linked to an E. coli outbreak has sued the companies that produced and sold the meat, claiming they acted with negligence. An attorney for Anne Herwig...
Minn. Appeals Court: Party Host Can be Sued for Student Death
Jun 14 2007 // The family of a drunken Duluth college student who fell into a creek and died after a rugby team party can sue the party’s host for damages, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday, June 12. The ruling allows...
Minn. Labor and Industry Commissioner Announces Move to Private Sector
Jun 8 2007 // Minnesota Governor Pawlenty recently announced that Commissioner Scott Brener of the Department of Labor and Industry is leaving his administration to return to the private sector effective July 5, 2007. “Scott has...
Minn. Insurers Seek Ways to Keep Recent Grads Covered
Jun 5 2007 // More than 98,200 Minnesotans between the ages of 18 and 24 don’t have health insurance, partly because of a state law that says a child can be covered by parents’ insurance only until age 18, or until age 25 if...
OneBeacon Offers Small Business Owners Coverage in Minn.
Jun 4 2007 // OneBeacon Insurance Group today announced that it will begin offering property-casualty solutions to small-business owners in Minnesota through independent agent partners. OneBeacon’s local small-business operation...
Minn.Trade, National Group Applaud Legislative Defeat of Bad Faith Bill
May 23 2007 // The Minnesota Association of Farm Mutual Insurance Companies, (MAFMIC) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) stated today that “consumers win” with the legislative defeat of harmful...
Minn. Senate Fails to Advance Good Faith Insurance Proposal
May 22 2007 // The Minnesota Senate put a halt on a so-called insurance reform bill that has bedeviled lawmakers this session. What had been called the “good faith” insurance provision would have made it easier for consumers...
Minn. Consumer Advisory Issued for Potentially Contaminated Sprouts
May 15 2007 // The Minnesota state Agriculture Department recently advised consumers to avoid eating sprout products made by Calco Sprouts Inc. and sold at stores in Minnesota, saying the products might have been contaminated with the...
Minn. Western National Announces 1st Quarter Financial Results
May 11 2007 // Western National Insurance Group today reported on its financial results for 2007 through March 31. These numbers reflect the pooled results of Western National Mutual Insurance Co., Western National Assurance Co., Farmers...
N.D., Iowa, Minn. Support Model Annuity Suitability Regulation
May 10 2007 // NASD and state regulators from North Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota announced today that they have signed a joint statement supporting a new rule to require that insurance companies and agencies recommend only suitable annuity...
Minn. ‘Good Faith’ Insurance Bill Spurs Fight at Capitol
May 2 2007 // A bruising battle between insurance companies and trial lawyers in Minnesota over a one-page bill that would expand the rights of people to sue insurers continues to provoke heated debates. The legislation would make...
Minn. Senate Votes to Examine Health Risks from 3M Co. Chemicals
Apr 24 2007 // With traces of industrial chemicals linked to 3M Co. products turning up in more places, legislators are demanding that state scientists step up their examination of health risks and are allocating money for testing and...
Minn. SFM Mutual Names Bob Lund New President, CEO
Apr 20 2007 // Bob Lund, vice president and general counsel of SFM Mutual Insurance Co. since 1998, has been chosen as SFM’s new president and chief executive officer, Board Chair Truman Jeffers recently announced. Lund succeeds...
Minnesota Company Recalls Sausage That May Contain Bacteria
Apr 16 2007 // A Minnesota company is voluntarily recalling about 330 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products that may contain bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said. The agency said...
Iowa Hawkeye-Security to Sponsor Safer Schools Seminar in Minn.
Apr 3 2007 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced today that it will host its first, free Safer Schools Seminar on Wednesday, April 18th at St. Olaf College in Northfield,...
Minn. Senate Okays Insurance for Same-sex Partners of State Workers
Mar 26 2007 // The Senate on Saturday voted to allow same-sex partners of state workers to buy into the state’s health insurance program, even as opponents charged it was a stealth attempt to clear a path for legalized gay...
Minn. Governor Promises Financial Help for Flood Ravaged Town
Mar 19 2007 // Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says the state should consider a plan that would provide money for residents of the western Minnesota town that did not have flood insurance. Pawlenty toured areas of town that were affected...
Minn. Lawmakers Consider Bad Faith Proposals
Mar 9 2007 // Minnesota lawmakers are considering proposed legislation which would authorize additional legal action against insurers when investigating suspicious claims. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) say...
