Midwest News for October 2026
- Opterrix Launches AI-Powered Portfolio Management Workflow
- AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Kansas’ Upland Mutual
- EPA Response to 2023 Ohio Train Derailment Will be Investigated
- Midwest Gasoline Supplies Hit Lowest On Record As Election Nears
- DOJ Recovers $604K in Back Wages from Indiana Auto Parts Manufacturer
- People Moves: Big I of Illinois Names Leming as President
- Explosion and Fire Erupt at Quaker Oats Plant in Iowa
- People Moves: CM Vantage Appoints Finnegan as Managing Director, Casualty; Alliant Adds Sprangler to Midwest Benefits Team
- Ohio Judge Blocks Lawmakers From Killing Clean Air Law
- Michigan, Ohio Gas Prices Spike Further Amid Refinery Breakdown
- AM Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Ohio Mutual Insurance Group’s Members
- Delivery Robots Accused of Sharing Biometric Data Without Consent
- Illinois Company Faces $380K Fine for Exposing Employees to Unprotected Trench
- Truck Overturns in Kansas City, Spilling Cattle Onto Streets
- Iowa Man Indicted in Ponzi Scheme
- Home Insurance Tops Property Taxes in Squeeze for US Households
- People Moves: Ohio Mutual Names Kratzer as AVP, Internal Audit
- BNSF Railway Sued for Firing Employee Because of Their Disability
- Amazon and AEP Explore 960-Megawatt Nuclear Project in Indiana
- NTSB Investigating Plane Crash in Wisconsin That Killed 6
- Ohio AG Sues Home-Improvement Companies for Allegedly Scamming Customers
- Missouri DCI Urges Residents to Consider Earthquake Insurance
- People Moves: Opterrix Promotes Krupar to Chief Commercial Officer
- Illinois Launches Cover Crop Insurance Savings Program for 2027
- Kroger Plans to Slash 37% of Corporate Jobs in Next Three Years
- Missouri Sues E-Commerce Giant Temu Over Aggressive Data Collection Practices
- Etude Launches E&S Carrier with $100M Surplus
- RT FLEX Expands Across Property, Casualty, Construction, and Executive and Professional Liability Lines
- Trump’s Executive Order on Dyed Diesel Provides Little Relief for Farmers and Truckers
- Ohio Contractor Sued for for Alleged Incomplete Home Improvements
- Michigan Attorney General Sues State’s Blue Cross Health Insurer
- People Moves: Severino Joins Alliant’s Midwest Benefits Team; Doubtless Names Wiley as Regional President for North America
- AM Best Withdraws Credit Ratings of Hartland Mutual
- Missouri AG Secures $42K Judgment Against Contractor Accused of Fraud
- AM Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Ohio’s Buckeye State Mutual
- AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Minnesota’s RAM Mutual Insurance
- Marsh Completes Acquisition of Iowa’s Accel Holdings
- Ohio Mutual Completes Merger of Idaho-Based Gem State
- Wisconsin Workers’ Comp Rates Decrease for 11th Straight Year
- Wisconsin Manufacturer Settles Religious Accommodation Request
- Illinois Governor Creates Cabinet to Explore AI Regulation