Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Insurer Pays $11 Million in Wisc. Tornado Claims
Aug 31 2005 // American Family Insurance of Madison has paid out $11 million in damage claims so far as a result of the Aug. 18 tornadoes that hit central Wisconsin. The insurer provided an update Wednesday on damage claims stemming from...
Wis. Health Premiums Up 7 Percent
Aug 30 2005 // Average premiums for health care plans rose 7.2 percent in southeastern Wisconsin compared with a 9.6 percent increase nationally, according to a survey released by United Benefit Advisors, an employee benefits advisory...
News Briefs
Aug 22 2005 // ILLINOIS CCC Settles Class Action Suit: Chicago-based claims software-maker CCCInformation Services Inc. and 15 of its customers signed a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in various class-action suits pending in...
Wisc. Gov. Doyle Signs Health Insurance Bill
Aug 16 2005 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle yesterday signed a bill designed to allow farmers and others who lack health insurance to join a cooperative that will negotiate health insurance plans on their behalf. A.B. 5 expands access to...
Wis. Supreme Court Rules Med-Mal Award Cap Unconstitutional
Jul 15 2005 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down a law capping noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases at $350,000. The court voted 4-3, saying the cap was “unreasonable and arbitrary” and no...
OSHA and Wis. Agencies Launch Job Safety Alliance
Jul 14 2005 // The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Wisconsin state agencies have launched an alliance aimed at preventing workplace hazards statewide, according to a statement from the...
Minnesota’s No-Fault Law to Blame for High Auto Rates
Jul 4 2005 // If our product must be purchased, it should be affordable or bad things can happen in the public affairs arena. We’re finding that to be the case in Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the few remaining states that has...
Minnesota’s No-Fault Law to Blame for High Auto Rates
Jul 4 2005 // If our product must be purchased, it should be affordable or bad things can happen in the public affairs arena. We’re finding that to be the case in Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the few remaining states that has...
Wis. Assembly Passes Bill to Pin Insurers With $500 Million Fox River Cleanup Tab
Jun 29 2005 // A coalition of carriers that insured Wisconsin’s paper manufacturers thought they had successfully defeated a legislative effort to force them to pick up the estimated $500 million tab to clean up the polluted Fox...
ACUITY Names Gluch Wisconsin Sales Territory Manager
Jun 24 2005 // Sheboygan, Wis.-based ACUITY welcomes Dan Gluch as its newest sales territory manager. Gluch will handle the insurer’s northwestern Wisconsin territory. A native of Loyal, Wis., Gluch began his insurance career as a...
Insurers Dodge $500 Million Fox River Cleanup Tab-For Now
Jun 20 2005 // A coalition of carriers that insured Wisconsin’s paper manufacturers have, for now, successfully defeated a legislative effort that would have forced them to pick up the estimated $500 million tab to clean up the...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Purchases Wisconsin’s Chris Schroeder Insurance Inc.
Apr 29 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Chris Schroeder Insurance Inc. of Milwaukee. Founded in 1888, Chris Schroeder Insurance Inc. is a property/casualty retail insurance broker offering risk...
\Asked & Answered: Wisconsin Commissioner Jose Gomez
Apr 18 2005 // John Fogerty once sang, “I ain’t no fortunate son.” As the son of an independent insurance agent who forced me to work in the office while I was growing up, I can relate to the sentiment. Wisconsin...
‘No-Cost’ Insurance Incentive Said to Boost Car Sales
Apr 18 2005 // The first test of an incentive in which an automaker paid the insurance on every new car concluded March 31 with a 23 percent rise in year-to-year sales, according to sponsors of the promotion. Two-thirds of buyers said...
‘No-Cost’ Insurance Incentive Said to Boost Car Sales
Apr 12 2005 // The first test of an incentive in which an automaker paid the insurance on every new car concluded March 31 with a 23 percent rise in year-to-year sales, according to sponsors of the promotion. Two-thirds of buyers said...
Insuring the Young and the Carless
Feb 7 2005 // VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to...
No-Charge Auto Insurance Pioneer Out to Sell More VWs, Convince Skeptics Rating Model Works
Feb 1 2005 // Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer car buyers, regardless of their risk profile, auto insurance at...
Insuring the Young and the Carless
Jan 24 2005 // VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to...
VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers
Jan 24 2005 // VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to...
VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car Buyers
Jan 24 2005 // Insuring the Young and the Carless Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer car buyers, regardless of...
