Latest Wisconsin Headlines
All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wis. Heller Ehrman Adds Timothy W. Burns
May 30 2007 // Heller Ehrman recently announced that Timothy W. Burns has joined its Insurance Recovery practice in the firm’s Madison, Wis. office. A former American Bar Assn. Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee co-chair,...
2007 Property/Casualty State Specialist Insurers
May 21 2007 // 1 Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. WV 765,963 2 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 743,095 3 Old American Cty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 491,641 4 SAIF Corp. OR 449,794 5 Universal Property & Casualty...
Wis. hockey player loses 5-year battle with insurance company
May 21 2007 // An adult hockey player who punched an opponent in the face during a heated game in Appleton,Wis., nearly five years ago lost a legal battle to have his insurance company pay the injured player. The 3rd District Court of...
Wis. hockey player loses 5-year battle with insurance company
May 21 2007 // An adult hockey player who punched an opponent in the face during a heated game in Appleton, Wis., nearly five years ago lost a legal battle to have his insurance company pay the injured player. The 3rd District Court of...
Indictment Alleges Wis. Arson Scheme to Collect Insurance Money
May 21 2007 // A grocery store owner, her son and his girlfriend face federal charges in the fire that gutted the business last year, allegedly as part of a scheme to collect just over $794,000 in insurance money. Mayneng Xiong, 51,...
Wis. R&R Insurance Names Harrison Executive Vice President
May 21 2007 // Wisconsin-based Insurance Services, Inc., recently named Mike Harrison as executive vice president. Based at R&R Insurance Services’ headquarters location in Waukesha, Harrison will be directly involved with the...
Wis. Hockey Player Loses 5-Year Battle with Insurance Company
May 10 2007 // An adult hockey player who punched an opponent in the face during a heated game in Appleton nearly five years ago lost a legal battle this week to have his insurance company pay the injured player. The 3rd District Court...
Wis. Appeals Court Upholds Arsonist’s Convictions
Apr 26 2007 // A man sent to prison for igniting a string of garage fires that terrorized Wausau, Wis. nearly four years ago received a fair trial, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Police did not violate Kevin Zarm’s...
Wis. Files Lawsuit Against Health Card Issuer MedLife
Apr 24 2007 // Dawn Domain signed up as a member of MedLife Plus to receive its card that promised discounts on medical services of up to 80 percent from local providers in Burlington. But all of the doctors MedLife said would take the...
Wis. Markel American Announces Launch of Market Boat Program
Apr 24 2007 // Markel American Insurance Co. recently announced the launch of their new Markel Boat program for insuring boats up to 26 feet in length. MAIC’s new Markel Boat program is intended to offer a wider breadth of options...
Wis. Trucker Wins Great American’s ‘Big Rig Giveaway’
Apr 10 2007 // A long-haul trucker from Janesville, Wis., won Great American Insurance Group’s BIG RIG GIVEAWAY at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) on March 24 in Louisville, Ky., the company announced. Bruce Doering’s...
Wis. Moore Recipient of National Young Insurance Professional Award
Apr 2 2007 // Michael J. Moore has been named the 2007 PIA National Young Insurance Professional of the Year. The award was presented March 31, 2007 by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA). Moore is executive...
Wis. Bill Would Provide Coverage for Uninsured Veterans
Mar 29 2007 // Wisconsin legislative Democrats unveiled plans this week to make health insurance coverage available for most uninsured veterans in the state. The Assembly Speaker said he would keep Rep. Terry Musser as chair of a...
Former Wis. Governor Appointed Board Chair of HealthShares Exchange
Mar 21 2007 // HealthShares, a family of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) created by XShares Advisors LLC, a financial services company based in N.Y. , has announced that Tommy G. Thompson, former U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services...
Wis. American Family Pays Record $1.1 Billion in Storm Claims
Mar 8 2007 // A string of spring storms across the Midwest caused American Family Insurance Co. to pay a record $1.1 billion in storm losses last year. Other insurers, including the nation’s largest insurer, State Farm Insurance,...
Wis. Acuity Insurance Announces Record Results for 2006
Feb 23 2007 // Sheboygen, Wis.-based Acuity announced record-setting results for the company in 2006. “Acuity’s results in 2006 can be summarized by just three words: strength, stability, and success,” says Ben...
Wis. Court Says Insurance Company Should Pay for Mistreating Trucker
Feb 22 2007 // A jury properly awarded a northeast Wisconsin trucker $115,000 to punish his insurance company for how it handled his claim after his semi-truck hit a deer, a state appeals court ruled this week. The insurance company...
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Wis. Appeals Court Revives Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Feb 8 2007 // A Wisconsin state appeals court has revived a wrongful death lawsuit in a dispute over whether a family and its insurance company could be liable because a teenager who drove through a stop sign and caused a fatal crash...
Wis. Convicted Arsonist Found Guilty of Murder
Feb 5 2007 // A Wisconsin jury found a man guilty of murdering a Wausau woman during one of a series of arsons for which he already is serving a 38-year prison sentence. Kevin Zarm, 41, faces a mandatory life term after being convicted...
