Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin to Celebrate 125 Years at InsurCon2024
Sep 27 2023 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (IIAW) announced they will celebrate 125 years in the insurance industry in 2024. To celebrate this significant milestone, the IIAW is opening registration for its grand...
On Tolstoy and Insurance Troubles in the Heartland
Sep 27 2023 // Property & casualty insurers are remarkably durable. Many of the country’s 2,422 insurers have been in business for over a century. Two – the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia...
Wisconsin Lawmakers Settle Pollution Violations with Factory Farms
Sep 15 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin lawmakers agreed Wednesday to settle allegations that two factory farms violated their pollution permits for more than a quarter of a million dollars. The Legislature`s Joint Finance...
Wisconsin Sawmill to Pay $191,000 and Cease Hiring Children Under 16 Following Teenager’s Death on the Job
Sep 11 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A northern Wisconsin sawmill has agreed to pay nearly $191, 000 and stop hiring children under 16 to settle a federal lawsuit labor regulators filed after a teenager was killed on the job this summer...
Pier Collapse at University of Wisconsin-Madison Leaves One Hospitalized and 20 Injured
Sep 6 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A pier filled with people celebrating Labor Day on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus partially collapsed into a lake, leaving one person hospitalized and slightly injuring about 20 others,...
McGriff Acquires Wisconsin’s Alternate Risk Resources
Sep 5 2023 // McGriff announced that it has acquired Alternative Risk Resources (ARR), a Wisconsin-based commercial brokerage firm that specializes in captive insurance. The transaction expands McGriff’s presence in the captive...
Wisconsin Launches Task Force to Study Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Workforce
Aug 24 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin became the latest state Wednesday to launch a task force to study the effects of artificial intelligence on the workforce, a growing area of concern among state leaders nationwide. Gov....
World Acquires Wisconsin’s R&S
Aug 17 2023 // World Insurance Associates LLC announced that R&S Insurance Agency, Inc. (“R&S”) of Stoughton, Wisconsin has joined World as of August 1, 2023. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. R&S has...
Wisconsin Corn Mill to Pay $940K Settlement Over Fatal Explosion
Aug 15 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A milling company has agreed to pay $940,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging multiple violations at a plant that was the scene of a fatal explosion in 2017, state Justice Department officials announced...
Wisconsin Teenager Charged After Throwing Gas on a Bonfire, Triggering Explosion
Aug 7 2023 // SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) __ A Wisconsin teenager has been charged with triggering a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people. Prosecutors in northeastern Wisconsin`s Shawano County charged Sam Armstrong, 18, on...
People & Places
Aug 7 2023 // National Frank Romeo joined Axis Capital Holdings Limited to lead the company’s entry into the U.S. marine cargo insurance market. Based in New York, Romeo is responsible for building the program and identifying...
Wisconsin Aircraft Crashes Kill 4
Aug 2 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Devyn Reiley, the daughter of two-time Super Bowl winner Bruce Collie, was one of four people who died in two separate crashes at a Wisconsin aircraft convention over the weekend, event...
Wisconsin Woman Dies After Police Car Accidentally Runs Over Her, Authorities Say
Jul 31 2023 // GREENFIELD, Wis. (AP) – A woman died after a patrol car accidentally ran over her while she lay in a roadway, suburban Milwaukee police said Friday. Officers were called Thursday for a welfare check on the 42-year-old...
Minivan Crash in Wisconsin Causes Building Facade Collapse and Roof Damage
Jul 27 2023 // GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) __ A minivan crashed into a building in Wisconsin, toppling much of its brick facade and leaving much of its roof sagging precariously, police said Monday. Officers called to an area near downtown...
Groups Argue Wisconsin Regulators Can’t Make Factory Farms Obtain Preemptive Pollution Permits
Jul 18 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) __ Wisconsin regulators can`t legally impose environmental regulations on factory farms before they become operational, two farm advocacy groups allege in a lawsuit that could dramatically loosen...
Residents of PFAS-Polluted Island File $42M in Claims Against Wisconsin City
Jul 17 2023 // A CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – Residents of an island polluted with PFAS chemicals have filed claims demanding more than $40 million from a western Wisconsin city they say is responsible for the contamination. As of June 2021,...
Wisconsin School District to Pay $450K to Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit
Jul 17 2023 // Verona Area School District in Madison, Wisconsin will pay $450,000, raise salaries, and furnish other relief to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...
Wisconsin Teenager Killed in Sawmill Accident was Doing Work Allowed by State Law, Records Suggest
Jul 14 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A 16-year-old boy killed in an accident at a Wisconsin sawmill appears to have been doing work allowed by state child labor laws when he was injured, police records obtained Tuesday show. Michael...
Wisconsin Wildfire Consumes Nearly 1,000 Acres, Forces Evacuations
Jul 12 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A wildfire in central Wisconsin has consumed almost 1000 acres (405 hectares) and forced evacuations of scores of properties. State Department of Natural Resources officials said at a news...
Wisconsin Officials Probe How Roller-Coaster Riders Became Trapped Upside For Hours
Jul 7 2023 // CRANDON, Wis. (AP) – State officials are investigating how eight people became trapped upside down on a roller coaster – some of them for more than three hours – at a festival in Wisconsin. The roller coaster`s cars...
