Midwest News for November 2023
- Missouri Employers Will See Reduced Workers’ Compensation Rates in 2024
- Former Owner of Collapsed Michigan Dam Faces $120 Million Judgment for Environmental Damage
- Wisconsin Roofing Contractor Faces $180K in Fines For Repeated Safety Violations
- Michigan Joins Four Other States in Requiring 100% Carbon-Free Energy by 2040
- People Moves: Alliant Hires Jensen in St. Louis
- Five Killed in Ohio Mobile Home Fire on Thanksgiving
- Shipping Container Explosion in Nebraska Railyard Raises Questions About Loading Procedures for Hazardous Materials
- Explosions at Michigan Petroleum Refinery Cause Fire and Evacuation of Nearby Residents
- Former St. Louis Alderman Indicted in Insurance Fraud Case Charged With Lying to Police About Carjacking Incident
- Best Agency to Work For – Midwest Bronze Winner: Greater Insurance Service
- Kansas Refinery to Pay $23 Million for Clean Air Act Violations and Previous Pollution Problems
- NTSB Focuses on Design Issue in Braking System as Cause of Chicago Train Crash
- Missouri’s Cameron Mutual Placed Into Liquidation
- Best Agency to Work For – Silver Midwest: Powers Insurance & Risk Management
- People Moves: Unison Risk Advisors Names Maisano SVP; Central Insurance Makes Changes to Leadership Team
- NTSB Begins Probe Into Chicago Commuter Train Crash That Injured 40
- Best Agency to Work For – Gold Midwest: The Bulow Group
- Toxic Chemicals Found in Wells Near Michigan Shoe Manufacturer’s Headquarters
- Magnitude 3.6 Earthquake Rattles Parts of Northern Illinois, Parts of 3 Other States
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Michigan’s Coverys Insurance Services
- People Moves: Suda Joins RT Binding Authority’s Leadership Team
- NTSB Begins Investigation of Deadly Ohio Bus Crash Involving High School Students
- Ohio Business Owner Sues Norfolk Southern for $500 Million
- Charter Bus Collision With Semi-Truck Leaves 3 Dead, 15 Injured in Ohio
- EWG Report Finds Rapidly Rising Crop Payouts As Climate Change Hits U.S. Agriculture
- Ohio Court Revives Dog Bite Injury Claim Against Insurer Due to Ambiguous Policy Exclusion
- 1.2 Million Chickens Will be Slaughter At Iowa Egg Farm Where Bird Flu Was Found
- Specialty Program Group Acquires Illinois’ Insurance Allies
- Kansas Judicial Branch Slowly Restoring Court Information Amid Ongoing Ransomware Investigation
- Nearly 1M Chickens Will be Killed on a Minnesota Farm Due to Bird Flu
- Peace Corps to Pay $750,000 to Family of Illinois Woman Who Died After Misdiagnosis
- Ohio Votes to Legalize Marijuana For Adult Recreational Use
- People Moves: DiPasquale Joins Alliant Insurance Services in Kansas City
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management Acquires Indiana-Based MGA DOXA Insurance Holdings
- Indiana Woman Arrested After Driving Car Into Building She Thought Was `Israel School`
- Iowa to Pay $10 Million Settlement to Siblings of Starved Teenager
- Warner Pacific Acquires Minnesota’s BeneUSA
- People Moves: Spears Joins Alliant Insurance Services in Kansas City
- Former Chicago Blackhawks Player Alleges Sexual Assault by Video Coach During 2009-10 Season
- Ohio Voters to Decide on Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
- People Moves: Rockford Mutual Names Jacobson CEO; H.W. Kaufman Group Promotes 11 Associates
- Minnesota Mosque Fire Causes Over $100,000 in Damage; Authorities Working to Determine Cause
- US Cities Consider Banning Right Turn On Red Amid Rising Pedestrian Deaths
- Illinois Jury Awards $7.1M to Cooking Spray Burn Victim
- Ohio Law Applies in Insurance Dispute over Superfund Remediation Costs, Court Rules
- People Moves: Worden Joins Leif Assurance; Kahle Joins Alliant in Kansas City
- Hub Acquires Ohio’s Overmyer Hall Associates
- Four Minnesota Men Indicted in Multi-Million-Dollar Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters
- Patriot Growth Acquires Ohio’s Douce James Agency
- Missouri Manufacturer Agrees to Settle Discrimination Suit