Latest Wisconsin Headlines
All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NAIC Study Finds Wis. Has Lowest Homeowner Rates
Apr 3 2002 // A study by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) found that Wisconsin has the lowest prices for homeowners insurance in the U.S. Wisconsin insurance commissioner Connie O’Connell expects these...
Wis. Assembly Passes Budget Without Credit Prohibition
Mar 20 2002 // The Wisconsin State Assembly passed the Budget Reform Act early March 15, minus a proposed prohibition on insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores. The passage of the budget bill, combined with the demise of a...
Washington State Orders Wisconsin Woman To Pay $52,182
Jan 17 2002 // The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 43-year-old Wisconsin woman to repay the state $52,182 after an investigation showed she continued to collect workers’ compensation widow’s...
Parker Services LLC Announces OSHA and DOT-Related Safety Seminars
Dec 31 2001 // Parker Services L.L.C., Stevens Point, a member of the Sentry Insurance Group, and the Wisconsin Council of Safety, Madison, are offering OSHA and DOT-related safety seminars for businesses in January. “Confined...
Erie Insurance to Expand into Minnesota
Dec 10 2001 // Just months after Erie Insurance began writing insurance in Wisconsin, the property/casualty insurer announced its intention to expand operations even further into Minnesota by September 2004. This is the 12th state that...
Wisconsin Sees 4% Gain in Overall Average of Workers’ Comp Rates
Sep 5 2001 // Following four consecutive years of decreasing overall premium rates, Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Connie L. O’Connell announced the approval by her office of a 4-percent increase of the overall average...
Industry Wants Wisconsin Veto of Telemarketer List
Aug 8 2001 // The insurance industry wants Wisconsin Gov. Scott McCallum to veto a telemarketer “do-not-call” list that would be created by the state budget, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Bob...
Wisconsin-Based Firm to Sell Insurance Division
Jun 27 2001 // The Ziegler Cos., a Wisconsin-based firm, will sell its Ziegler Insurance division to Waukesha-centered R&R Insurance Services Inc., according to a report in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. R&R Insurance offers...
S&P Affirms General Casualty of WI
May 7 2001 // The “Api” FSR on General Casualty of Wisconsin was affirmed by S&P. The rating action also applies to the company’s related pool members: Regent Ins. Co.; General Casualty of Illinois; Hoosier Ins....
Insurers Pay Millions for Wisconsin Ice Damage
Apr 2 2001 // American Family Insurance has paid $21.5 million in ice dam-related homeowner claims this spring, mostly around Milwaukee and Madison, a company official told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. That amount represents 15,500...
Wisconsin Commissioner Issues Order Against Prepaid Traffic Ticket Program
Sep 7 2000 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Connie L. O’Connell has ordered the National Motorists Association (NMA) to stop offering a program to pay traffic tickets. The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) issued a...
Wisconsin Storms Cause $28 Million in Damage
Jun 14 2000 // Wisconsin state officials have estimated damages from a series of storms that ripped through the state nearly two weeks ago at $28.5 million. Gov. Tommy Thompson is considering a request for federal disaster relief in 16...
