Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Wis. Comp Costs Rose 11%, Still Low in Comparison
Sep 20 2004 // Midwest • Aug. 12, 2004 “Medical costs rise 11 percent or more for five consecutive years in Wisconsin, and more in other nearby states, and we wonder why? Perhaps the Journal should do a study on how much of the...
Va.’s Hilb Rogal Acquires Wisconsin Broker
Sep 17 2004 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company (NYSE:HRH), a worldwide insurance and risk management intermediary based in Richmond, Va., has agreed to acquire the operating assets of Insurance Services, Inc., (Insurance Services), a...
Wis. Comp Costs Rose 11%, Still Low in Comparison
Sep 6 2004 // Midwest • Aug. 12, 2004 “Medical costs rise 11 percent or more for five consecutive years in Wisconsin, and more in other nearby states, and we wonder why? Perhaps the Journal should do a study on how much of the...
WIS. COMP COSTS RISE 11%:
Aug 23 2004 // The average medical payment per claim to injured workers in Wisconsin continued to grow at a double-digit rate, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study of 12 states...
Wis. Comp Costs Rose 11%, Still Low in Comparison
Aug 12 2004 // The average medical payment per claim to injured workers in Wisconsin continued to grow at a double-digit rate, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study of 12 states...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne Sahakian Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and...
MI-Assistant: On the Brink
Jul 20 2004 // From the brink of the dustbin to the brink of a bright future, it’s been a bumpy ride recently for MI-Assistant, the Eleva, Wis.-based agency solutions provider. In the cutthroat world of competitive rating and...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
AIA Applauds Wis. Supreme Court’s Med-Mal Ruling
Jul 6 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today applauded the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s unanimous decision affirming the constitutionality of non-economic damage caps in wrongful death medical malpractice...
Wisconsin Big I Gets Visit From New Insurance Commissioner Gomez
Jun 21 2004 // The high point of Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s (IIAW) annual convention in May was a lengthy speech from Jorge Gomez, the state’s new insurance commissioner. A February 2003 appointee of...
‘Mutual’ Respect: SECURA Says Agent Loyalty Can Survive Softer Market
Jun 21 2004 // West Bend is far from the only Wisconsin-based regional mutual insurer making a mark. The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent...
People and Places
Jun 21 2004 // Ron Harder, president and CEO of Neenah, Wis.-based Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co., announced a management restructuring, effective June 1. Harder explained that he has been evaluating the company’s management...
SECURA: Looking to Sustain Hard-Market Success
Jun 18 2004 // The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s annual convention. SECURA has total assets of $406...
Wis. Gov. Requests Federal Damage Assessment for Eight Counties
Jun 9 2004 // Governor Jim Doyle has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct a preliminary damage assessment in cooperation with Wisconsin Emergency Management and local officials as a first step to determine if...
REGS THE FOCUS OF WIS. COMPLIANCE PRO MEETING:
Apr 19 2004 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Jorge Gomez and other state insurance regulators will be the featured attractions at a May 13 meeting of the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals’ Great Lakes chapter....
PIC Wisconsin Med-Mal Rates to Increase in Nevada
Mar 18 2004 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman has approved the request of Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin Inc. (PIC) for a 15 percent increase for medical malpractice insurance. In addition to the 15 percent...
New Workers’ Comp Tool Compares States
Mar 11 2004 // Policymakers and others interested in comparing workers compensation systems among states have a new tool from the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, based in Cambridge, Mass. CompScope is a new tool that...
Wisconsin: More Than Cheese and Harley Davidsons
Mar 8 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated the Wisconsin’s population at 5,363,675. About 85 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 22 percent had earned a bachelor’s...
Midwest Comp Market: Proceed With Caution
Jan 12 2004 // The workers’ compensation segment in Midwestern states is not immune to the broad trends in the line nationally — including poor combined ratios, escalating medical costs and severe underreserving — but no...
Pair of State Staffers Earn NAIC’s Highest Individual Award
Dec 9 2003 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has presented its most prestigious individual award to Rosanne Mead, Assistant Iowa Insurance Commissioner, and Fred Nepple, General Counsel in the Wisconsin...
