Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Wis. General Casualty, Unigard Acquired by Australia-based QBE
Jan 5 2007 // Sun Prairie,Wis.-based insurer General Casualty, its U.S. holding company and sister company Unigard Insurance Group in Bellevue, Wash., are being acquired by Australia-based QBE Insurance Group in an agreement with...
Donegal Mutual of Pa., Sheboygan Falls Mutual of Wis. Affiliate
Jan 4 2007 // Sheboygan Falls Mutual Insurance Co. and Donegal Mutual Insurance Co. a have signed an agreement whereby Donegal Mutual will make an investment of $3,500,000 in Sheboygan Falls Mutual and Donegal Mutual will enter into a...
Wis. Governor Appoints New Insurance Commissioner, Fills Other Posts
Jan 2 2007 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced the appointment of Sean Dilweg as insurance commissioner as of Jan. 1. Dilweg replaces Jorge Gomez, who announced his resignation last month. Dilweg is currently the executive assistant...
Wis. Insurer Confirms Payout of $67,500 in Confrontation Case
Dec 18 2006 // The insurance company for the North Lake Fire Department says it paid $67,500 to settle a federal lawsuit over a confrontation by two firefighters with a fisherman last year. The amount was disclosed by Continental Western...
Wis. Insurance Commissioner Gomez resigns
Dec 11 2006 // Jorge Gomez, the Wisconsin state insurance commissioner since 2003, will be leaving the position to return to the private sector, Gov. Jim Doyle recently announced . Doyle said a successor would be named soon. Doyle...
Wis. Insurance Commissioner Resigns
Nov 29 2006 // Jorge Gomez, the Wisconsin state insurance commissioner since 2003, will be leaving the position next month to return to the private sector, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday. Doyle said a successor would be named...
Declarations
Nov 5 2006 // Ku Klux Klan “The ability of the State Patrol to effectively protect its citizens requires the public’s trust. Allowing a Klan member in the ranks destroys that trust.” Comments made by the Nebraska...
People
Oct 23 2006 // The Allstate Corporation announced a leadership transition, which will occur over the next 18 months. Edward M. Liddy, currently chairman and chief executive officer, plans to step down as CEO at the end of 2006. Thomas J....
Wis. Company Uncovers Health Insurance Scam Involving Military
Oct 20 2006 // A Philippines-based company and its president allegedly scammed a Department of Defense health insurance program out of more than $900,000, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Thomas Arthur Lutz and the company...
Wis. Appeals Court Overturns Judge’s Decision in Demo Derby Injury
Oct 19 2006 // A western Wisconsin judge erred in ordering a car insurance company to pay benefits to a demolition derby flagman who was seriously injured when a car slammed into him as he tried to help the driver of a disabled vehicle,...
Wis. Phoenix Group Adds Union Bank Insurance Group of Ill.
Sep 29 2006 // The Phoenix Group, an independent insurance agency and employee benefits company based in Ripon, Wis., recently purchased Union Bank Insurance Group, based in Peru, Ill., marking the agency’s fifth acquisition in...
Wis. Markel American Adds Business Director, Marketing Associate
Sep 28 2006 // Markel Amerincan Insurnace Company (MAIC) iannouned recently that Nancy Kane has been named to the newly-created position of business development director and Kevin Behringer is a new marketing associate. Kane comes to...
Milwaukee Archdiocese to Pay $16.65 Million in Sex Abuse Cases
Sep 5 2006 // The Archdiocese of Milwaukee said Friday it has agreed to pay more than $16 million to settle sexual abuse claims involving 10 victims in California and two priests, one transferred there by the archdiocese. Half the...
Wis. Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against Archdiocese
Aug 31 2006 // Four people who accused two Roman Catholic priests of abusing them in the 1970s and 1980s cannot sue the Archdiocese of Milwaukee because the statute of limitations has expired, a state appeals court ruled this week. The...
Milwaukee Man Says He’d Still be Hooked on Drugs if Not for Hurricane
Aug 29 2006 // If Hurricane Katrina had not devastated New Orleans, James DeAngelis says he would still be there hooked on crack, cocaine, marijuana and alcohol _ his life for the past decade. After the hurricane, the 39-year-old ended...
Wis. Governor Unveils Plan to Make Health Premiums Tax-deductible
Aug 18 2006 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle unveiled a plan this week to exempt all health insurance premiums from state taxes, a break that he said would save families who qualify hundreds of dollars per year. The governor said the plan...
Wis. Candidate Must Take Leave from State Insurance Department Job
Aug 14 2006 // A Wisconsin state worker running for the Legislature took an unpaid leave from his job Friday afternoon after learning he should have done so when he first declared his candidacy. Walter Fellows, 32, of Oregon, Wis., works...
Minn. State Fund Mutual Changes Name to Reflect Multi-state Growth
Aug 10 2006 // State Fund Mutual Companies, a workers’ compensation iinsurer in the Minnesota-Wisconsin market and the largest in Minnesota, has changed its name to SFM, the Minneapolis-based company announced today. “We are...
ProAssurance Closes on PIC Wisconsin; Premiums Grow 4% in 2Q
Aug 8 2006 // ProAssurance Corporation in Birmingham, Ala. reported net income for the second quarter of 2006 of $30.0 million, or $0.90 per diluted share. For the six months ended June 30, 2006 net income was $167.3 million, or $4.95...
Wis. Insurer Says Customer Data Stolen, Some of it Sold on Internet
Jul 31 2006 // Personal information on 72 worker’s compensation claimants was stolen from Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance and later sold over the Internet, the company said. The data sold included names and Social Security numbers...
