Latest Wisconsin Headlines
All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
