Schlitterbahn Water Park Where Kansas Boy Died Appears Unlikely to Open May 9, 2019 By Heather Hollingsworth A Kansas water park where a 10-year-old boy was decapitated isn’t hiring lifeguards, advertising or selling tickets with less than...
Ohio’s International Excess Taps Brown-Hurtado to Lead Cannabis Division May 9, 2019 Beachwood, Ohio-based insurance program manager, International Excess, has appointed Kathleen Brown-Hurtado vice president of Specialty Programs. She will be spearheading...
Michigan Senate Passes Plan to Cut Car Insurance Rates May 8, 2019 By David Eggert Michigan’s Senate has passed legislation aimed at cutting the country’s highest average auto insurance premiums by eliminating a requirement that...
Bailey Named Surety Underwriting Manager at Iowa’s UFG Insurance May 8, 2019 Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based UFG Insurance has hired Scott Bailey as surety underwriting manager. He will succeed current surety underwriting manager,...
Iowa Court: No Claim for Workers’ Comp Insurer’s Failure to Inspect Workplace May 8, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones Iowa’s high court has ruled in favor of a workers’ compensation insurer in a case in which a group of...
Minnesotan Pleads Guilty to Faking Death in $2M Insurance Scam May 7, 2019 A Minnesota man accused of faking his own death eight years ago in Eastern Europe to collect a $2 million...
Iowa Egg Farm Sues Contractor Over Bird Flu Disinfection Damage May 7, 2019 By David Pitt An Iowa egg farm that killed millions of chickens because of a 2015 bird flu outbreak is suing companies hired...
Ihling Promoted to Executive Brokerage Underwriter at J.M. Wilson May 7, 2019 Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Sherry Ihling to executive brokerage underwriter in its Portage,...
4 Die in Midwest Flooding; Roads Closed, Levees Strained May 6, 2019 By Jim Salter and Heather Hollingsworth The latest round of Midwestern flooding claimed at least four lives, closed hundreds of roads and forced residents of river...
St. Louis County Exec’s Corruption Conviction Linked to Insurance Firm Owner May 6, 2019 By Jim Salter In less than a week, Steve Stenger went from being the top elected official in Missouri’s largest county to a...