Midwest News for September 2023
- Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Found in Illinois, Threatening Crops and Native Tree
- Ohio Adopts Four International Building Codes
- AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Michigan’s Wolverine
- Illinois Appellate Court Rules Freight Broker Not Liable for $18M Jury Award in Teen’s Brain Injury Case
- RT Specialty Expands RT Connector for Small Commercial Market
- Former Residents Seek Compensation for Secret Government Testing in St. Louis Housing Project
- Indiana Teenager Killed in Tree-Trimming Mishap as Log Shifts and Strikes Him
- People Moves: Roach Joins Alliant’s Employee Benefits Group in Minnesota
- Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin to Celebrate 125 Years at InsurCon2024
- Kansas Woman Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
- People Moves: Bates Joins Western National as SVP, Marketing and Sales
- VIAA Adds Two Missouri Agencies to Commercial Marketing Pod Program
- Director of Minnesota’s New Marijuana Regulatory Agency Resigns Amidst Illegal Cannabis Sales Allegations
- Former Minnesota Insurance Broker Charged with Fraud, Allegedly Earned $650,000 in Improper Commissions
- Indiana Workplace Officials Investigate Death of Man Injured While Working on Machine at Evansville Plant
- Railroads Work to Make Sure First Responders Can Quickly Look Up What is on a Train After a Derailment
- The Hilb Group Expands Into Illinois
- People Moves: Grange Names Murphy Chief Legal Officer as Coleman Retires
- Chicago Files Lawsuit Against Monsanto and Univar for Polluting Water, Air, and Soil with Harmful Chemicals
- Ohio Trucking Company Faces Lawsuit for Harassing and Terminating Gay Mechanics, EEOC Alleges
- People Moves: Hylant Names Reyes Risk Leader and Adds NC Benefits Team Members
- Ohio Roofing Contractor Faces $548K in Fines for Exposing Workers to Deadly Fall Hazards
- Indiana Attorney General Sues State’s Largest Hospital System Over Privacy of Ohio Girl Who Traveled for Abortion
- People Moves: Ohio Mutual CFO Hendrix Announces Retirement; Wallen to Assume Position in January
- WalkerHughes Receives Minority Investment From BW Forsyth Partners
- Origami Risk Acquires Illinois’ Dais Technology
- Drought and Low Mississippi River Levels Pose Challenges for Midwest Farmers’ Crop Transportation
- Kapnick Insurance Acquires Michigan Group Benefits
- Wisconsin Lawmakers Settle Pollution Violations with Factory Farms
- Fire at Northern Michigan Paper Mill Closes Roads, Prompts Warning to Avoid Area
- People Moves: Jacobson Joins Rockford Mutual as COO
- Missouri Jury Awards $745M in Lawsuit Over Fatal Accident Involving Use of Nitrous Oxide
- Iowa Men Face Felony Charges for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
- Driver Killed as Loose Wheel Crashes into Vehicle on Interstate 70 in Indianapolis
- Minnesota Meat Processor Fined $300K for Employing Children in Hazardous Conditions
- Missouri Roofing Contractor Faces $205K Fine After Employee’s Fatal Fall
- Property Owners Win Key Ruling Against State of Michigan Over 2020 Dam Failure
- FirstChoice, a MarshBerry Company, Adds 500th Member to Network
- Illinois Plant Explosion Injures Eight People
- Wisconsin Sawmill to Pay $191,000 and Cease Hiring Children Under 16 Following Teenager’s Death on the Job
- Class Action Claims Mobile Home Park Managers Conspired to Fix and Inflate Lot Rental Prices
- Kansas Insurance Department Returns Funds to Group-Funded Pools After Eliminating Assessment Fees
- People Moves: Encova Names Mabe to Board of Directors; JM Wilson Promotes Bolhuis to Assistant Property & Casualty Manager
- Higginbotham Acquires Ohio’s Community Insurance Group
- People Moves: VIAA Names Thornton to New Development Role
- Owner of Collapsed Iowa Apartment Building Files Lawsuit Blaming Engineering Company for Negligence
- Pier Collapse at University of Wisconsin-Madison Leaves One Hospitalized and 20 Injured
- CCIG Joins Assurex
- Nebraska Jury Awards $36 million in Disability Discrimination Case Against Trucking Carrier
- McGriff Acquires Wisconsin’s Alternate Risk Resources
- People Moves: Kleinhenz Retires, Wells is Promoted at Celina Insurance Group
- Michigan Natural Foods Company to Pay $182K Over Sex Discrimination Suit
- Kansas Police Chief Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Seizure of Reporter’s Cellphone During Newspaper Raid
- No Injuries Reported in Train Derailment, Partial Rail Bridge Collapse in South Dakota
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