Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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$5M Wisconsin Resort Fire Was Intentional, Investigators Say
Feb 5 2018 // Investigators say a fire that destroyed a dormitory at a popular Wisconsin resort and caused $5 million in damage was intentionally set. The Capital Times reports that the Jan. 25 fire destroyed the Wilderness Resort...
Western Wisconsin Had the Most Farm Bankruptcies in U.S. in 2017
Feb 5 2018 // Federal court data show that a Wisconsin district had the highest number of farm bankruptcies in the country last year. The Western District of Wisconsin had 28 farm bankruptcy cases in 2017, Wisconsin Public Radio...
Wisconsin Residential Care Provider to Pay $80K to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
Feb 1 2018 // Silverado, a network of memory care, at-home care, and hospice care centers, will pay $80,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency has...
Western Wisconsin Had the Most Farm Bankruptcies in U.S. in 2017
Jan 31 2018 // Federal court data show that a Wisconsin district had the highest number of farm bankruptcies in the country last year. The Western District of Wisconsin had 28 farm bankruptcy cases in 2017, Wisconsin Public Radio...
In Turnabout, Wisconsin Governor Moves to Stabilize Insurance Market
Jan 23 2018 // In a tack to the left in an election year, Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker announced Sunday that he wants a state law that would bar insurers from denying a person health coverage due to a pre-existing condition. He...
Corporation Pays Maximum Fine in Wisconsin Asbestos Exposure Case
Jan 16 2018 // Authorities say the corporate owner of a former Wisconsin factory accused of ordering workers to remove insulation that contained asbestos has paid the maximum fine under terms of a plea agreement. The incident happened...
Court Sides with Wisconsin Building Supply Store Founder in Compensation Lawsuit
Jan 2 2018 // The founder of the Menards building supply stores doesn’t owe his former fiancée compensation for professional work she said she performed for his multibillion-dollar company and other business ventures during their...
Fired Wisconsin Food Worker Charged in Car Rampage at Lambeau Field
Dec 28 2017 // A fired food service worker is charged with ramming other vehicles at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., last week. Forty-year-old Chay Vang was charged with two felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety...
Speaker Vos: Passage of Wisconsin Workers’ Comp Bill Doubtful
Dec 22 2017 // A bill that would add a fee schedule for medical care to Wisconsin’s workers compensation law appears to be dead on arrival in the state Assembly. Speaker Robin Vos said there is no consensus among Republicans about...
PolyMet Secures $544M in Surety Bonds, Funding for Wisconsin Mine Costs
Dec 15 2017 // PolyMet Mining Corp. is offering the state a $544 million package of financial assurances to serve as an insurance policy to protect taxpayers from potentially having to cover the costs of closing and cleaning up a...
Wisconsin Attorney General: Apartment Building Sprinkler Rule Not Enforceable
Dec 11 2017 // Wisconsin regulators can’t enforce a rule requiring sprinklers in large apartment buildings, Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel said on Dec. 8 in a victory for builders looking to save on costs. The state...
Tennessee’s McPeak to Succeed Wisconsin’s Nickel as NAIC President in 2018
Dec 6 2017 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected the following officers for 2018 during the organization’s Fall 2017 national meeting. The newly-elected officers who will assume their...
CUNA Mutual Launches Renter SafetyNet in Wisconsin
Dec 5 2017 // Renter SafetyNet, the newest insurance program to spin out of CUNA Mutual Group’s innovation lab, has launched in Wisconsin. Renter SafetyNet gives landlords a lump-sum payment to cover a tenant’s rent after a...
Wisconsin Corn Milling Plant Fined over $1.8M After Fatal Grain Dust Explosion
Nov 22 2017 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $1,837,861 in fines against Didion Milling Inc. in Cambria, Wisconsin, following a May 31, 2017, explosion that killed...
Wisconsin Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim Trending Higher
Nov 20 2017 // A new study by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that Wisconsin’s medical payments per workers’ compensation claim were higher than typical for 2015 injuries...
Local Governments in Wisconsin Sue Opioid Drug Makers
Nov 8 2017 // Nearly two dozen Wisconsin counties say in a federal lawsuit that “nefarious and deceptive” marketing campaigns from pharmaceutical companies are responsible for the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic. The...
ISMIE Expanding Medical Professional Liability Insurance Offerings in Wisconsin
Nov 8 2017 // ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. and ISMIE Indemnity plan to expand their medical professional liability coverage for health professionals, groups and health care facilities in Wisconsin. With a recently updated state rate...
Opioid Overdose Deaths Rise in Wisconsin Despite Fewer Prescriptions
Nov 7 2017 // State records show that opioid overdose deaths continue to rise in Wisconsin despite fewer opioids being prescribed. Wisconsin’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program says the state saw 17 million fewer opioid...
WCRI: Wisconsin Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim Higher than Typical
Nov 2 2017 // A new study by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that Wisconsin’s medical payments per workers’ compensation claim were higher than typical for 2015 injuries...
Willis Towers Watson Adds Wallace as Market Leader in Wisconsin
Oct 26 2017 // Global insurance advisor, Willis Towers Watson, has appointed Scott Wallace market leader for Wisconsin for its Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) segment. Willis Towers Watson has offices in Brookfield and Appleton,...
