Name Change at Missouri’s Powers Insurance Reflects Risk Management Focus December 19, 2017 What’s in a name? When St. Louis-based Powers Insurance and Benefits changed its name in August to Powers Insurance &...
Wingert Named Acting President at Iowa’s Grinnell Mutual December 18, 2017 Grinnell, Iowa-based property and casualty insurer/reinsurer, Grinnell Mutual, has named Dave Wingert, executive vice president and chief operating officer, to...
Prewitt Joins Chicago’s Highland Risk Services as VP December 18, 2017 Highland Risk Services Inc. has added Matt Prewitt to its wholesale brokerage as vice president. Prewitt is based at Highland’s...
Businesses to Receive Workplace Safety Grants from Missouri Employers Mutual December 18, 2017 Workers’ compensation insurer, Missouri Employers Mutual (MEM), has announced a third round of safety grant recipients after awarding safety grants...
Issuer Credit Rating of Ohio’s Affinity Mutual Insurance Co. Downgraded December 15, 2017 A.M. Best announced it has has downgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb” from “bbb+” and affirmed...
Michigan Insurance Agent Sentenced for Embezzling $800K from Clients December 15, 2017 A suburban Detroit insurance agent has been sentenced to at least six years in prison for embezzling more than $800,000...
PolyMet Secures $544M in Surety Bonds, Funding for Wisconsin Mine Costs December 15, 2017 By Steve Karnowski PolyMet Mining Corp. is offering the state a $544 million package of financial assurances to serve as an insurance policy...
200 Homes Evacuated as South Dakota Wildfire Grows December 14, 2017 Strong winds are fanning the flames of a growing wildfire in South Dakota, pushing the fire beyond the borders of...
WCRI: Michigan Medical Payments per Work Comp Claim Relatively Low December 14, 2017 Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Michigan were among the lowest of 18 state workers’ compensation systems analyzed in...
Illinois’ Olsick & Company Insurance Agency Joins Keystone December 14, 2017 Olsick & Company Insurance, located in Willowbrook, Illinois, has joined Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone), the companies announced. The agency is...