Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Digital Insurance, Minnesota’s Bremer Financial Forge Alliance
Aug 27 2012 // Benefits-only insurance agency, Digital Insurance, announced an alliance with Minnesota-based Bremer Financial Corp. to manage the organization’s health insurance and employee benefits programs. Bremer serves...
Homeowners Around Minnesota Lake Sue Farmers, Claiming Pollution
Aug 22 2012 // Homeowners who live on the shores of Lake Independence near Minneapolis, Minn., say a dairy farm is to blame for turning the lake into a noxious mix of pollutants. Twenty-one individual homeowners and the Lake Independence...
FEMA Denies Minn. Appeal For Individual Flood Aid
Aug 16 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is standing by its denial of flood aid for individuals and businesses in northeastern Minnesota. Gov. Mark Dayton’s office says Dayton received word last week from FEMA that...
Main Street America Expands Commercial Product Line to Minn.
Aug 7 2012 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its flagship main line business owners policy (main line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super regional property/casualty...
Minn. Gov. Dayton Appeals FEMA Flood Aid Denial
Aug 3 2012 // Gov. Mark Dayton is raising concerns about the safety and sanitation of northeastern Minnesota homes that were badly damaged by summer flooding and that won’t be covered by federal assistance. Dayton on Wednesday...
Main Street America, Austin Mutual Insurance Affiliation Finalized
Jul 16 2012 // The Main Street America Group, based in Florida, has completed the process of bringing Minnesota-domiciled insurance carrier, Austin Mutual Insurance Co., into the group as an affiliate. The transaction has been approved...
Minnesota’s Gov. Dayton Affirms Plans for Health Insurance Exchange
Jul 11 2012 // Gov. Mark Dayton has reiterated his intention to continue developing a health insurance exchange for Minnesota. The Democratic governor wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius confirming his...
StoneHill Reinsurance Partners Formed in Minnesota
Jun 18 2012 // Dan Koshiol, a 15-year veteran of major reinsurance brokerage firms, announced the formation of StoneHill Reinsurance Partners LLC. The company is based in Bloomington, Minn. Koshiol serves as president and chief executive...
Minnesota Traffic Deaths in 2011 Lowest Since 1944
Jun 15 2012 // Safety officials say Minnesota’s traffic deaths in 2011 were the state’s lowest annual death count since 1944. Officials on June 13 released Minnesota’s final traffic crash report for 2011. It shows 368...
Minnesota Offering 3rd Round of Auto Theft Prevention Grants
May 30 2012 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce is encouraging local law enforcement, county prosecutors, and community organizations to apply for a third round of auto theft prevention grants. The Minnesota Auto Theft Prevention...
$650K Settlement Reached Over 2009 Minnesota Train Crash
May 25 2012 // Union Pacific Railroad and the family of a man killed in a Blue Earth County train crash have reached a legal settlement. Attorneys say Union Pacific has agreed to pay $650,000 to the family of Todd Ziegler. He and another...
Minnesota Agents Group to Administer Risk Management Program
May 7 2012 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers announced that the agents association will assume administrative leadership of the Certified Risk...
Business Moves – Midwest
Apr 16 2012 // Great American Insurance Group Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s environmental division opened a regional office in New York City. The expansion complements the environmental division’s...
Minnesota Legislature Taps Insurance Agent for University Board
Apr 6 2012 // The Minnesota Legislature has selected an insurance agency owner to serve on the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents. Thomas Devine was elected a regent during a recent joint House-Senate convention. He...
Minnesota Court: Insurer Must Provide Benefits After Gender Change
Apr 6 2012 // A federal judge in Minneapolis, Minn., has ruled a health insurer improperly denied benefits to a spouse who had undergone a sex change operation. U.S. District Judge Michael Davis said the health plan administrator for a...
Minnesota’s PCG Agencies Adds Sibell as VP of Finance
Apr 4 2012 // Jeff Sibell has joined PCG Agencies Inc. in St. Paul, Minn., as vice president of finance. Sibell has many years of experience in the insurance, financial services and legal industries, and bring extensive IT skills, as...
Austin Mutual Insurance to Become Affiliate of Main Street America Group
Apr 4 2012 // Super-regional property/casualty insurance carrier The Main Street America Group announced that Minnesota-based Austin Mutual Insurance Co. will affiliate with Main Street America. The affiliation agreement, which has been...
Minnesota DOT Announces Flood Mitigation Projects
Apr 2 2012 // Minnesota transportation officials have announced eight flood mitigation projects to be built over the next five years. The Minnesota Department of Transportation said the projects total $30 million and are part of a $50...
Ratings of Minnesota’s Austin Mutual Insurance Downgraded
Mar 28 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B (Fair) from B++ (Good) and issuer credit rating to “bb” from “bbb” of Austin Mutual Insurance Co. (Austin Mutual) of Maple Grove,...
Commerce Department: 23 Cars Stolen Every Day in Minnesota
Mar 16 2012 // On average, 23 cars are stolen — or almost one car per hour — every day in Minnesota, state officials say. Nearly 8,400 vehicles were stolen in Minnesota in 2010 alone, totaling more than $21.3 million in stolen value,...
