Midwest News for December 2023
- Minnesota Woman Files Appeal Claiming Gender Discrimination in Denied Emergency Contraception Case
- Top Midwest Insurance Journal Stories of 2023
- Ice Storms and Blizzards Pummel the Central US
- Ohio Manufacturer Assessed $389K in Penalties for Safety Violations
- One Resident Still Missing as St. Louis Nursing Home Abruptly Closes
- Wisconsin Republicans to Introduce Proposal for Limited Medical Marijuana Legalization
- People Moves: Leif Assurance Hires Smith as Construction Insurance Specialist
- Missouri Urgent Care Chain Settles for $9.1M Over False Claims for COVID-19 Testing
- Mentally Disabled Indiana Man Wrongfully Convicted in Slaying Agrees to $11.7 Million Settlement
- Michigan State Approves Settlements With Families of Students Slain in Mass Shooting
- Wisconsin Halts Development of Groundwater Standards for PFAS Chemicals Due to Excessive Compliance Costs
- People Moves: Truenorth Names Rogers VP of HR; Leif Assurance Names Davis Creative Marketing Director
- Indiana-Based Health Network Settles Medicare Fraud Case, Agrees to Pay $345 Million
- HDI Global Acquires Indiana Lubermens Insurance Company
- Illinois Appeals Court Rules Exclusion Bars BIPA Claims
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Launches Grant Program to Combat PFAS
- People Moves: Tate Appointed Aspen’s Inland Marine – Head of Product & Underwriting
- Biden Administration Launches Formal Evaluation of Vinyl Chloride Risks After Ohio Train Derailment
- Kansas Courts’ Computer Systems Coming Back Online Following Cyberattack
- Wisconsin Corn Mill Agrees to Pay $1.8M After Fatal Explosion
- Missouri County Agrees to $1.2 Million Settlement Over Inmate Restraint Chair Death
- Minnesota Construction Contractor Faces $1.8 Million in OSHA Penalties
- Illinois Roofing Contractor Fined $275K for Failing to Provide Fall Protection
- Relation Insurance Acquires Kansas-Based Kane Insurance Agency
- Family of Chicago Woman Who Died in Hotel Freezer Accepts $10 Million Settlement
- People Moves: XPT Specialty Adds Swift to Brokerage Team; Alliant Names Davis Employee Benefits VP in Kansas City
- NTSB Finds Chicago Train Operator Was Not at Fault for November Crash
- Missouri’s Denali Specialty Expands Investor Property Program to Include Student Housing
- OneDigital Acquires Ohio’s RiskSOURCE
- People Moves: Society Insurance Promotes Haase and Saldana on Executive Team
- Iowa Bail Bondsman Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Illinois’ Hunt Insurance Agency
- Ohio Meat Processing Plant Faces $277,000 in Proposed Penalties for Safety Violations
- Adults in Ohio Can Legally Possess and Grow Marijuana – But There’s Nowhere to Buy It
- Son of North Dakota Senator Crashes During Police Chase, Killing Sheriff’s Deputy
- Kansas Insurance Companies to See Reduced Surplus Lines Tax Rate in 2024
- WCRI: Wisconsin’s Medical Payments per Claim Remain Stable but Highest Among 17 States
- Higginbotham Acquires Ohio’s Botson’s Insurance Group
- People Moves: Atain Hires Delestienne as VP and Head of Binding Authority
- Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois to Rebrand as Big I Illinois in 2024
- Auto Safety Regulators To Watch Unrecalled Takata Inflators After One Blows Apart, Injuring a Driver in Chicago
- World Acquires South Dakota’s American Trust Insurance
- Family of Kansas Woman Killed in Apartment Fire Blames 911 Dispatch Center for ‘Systemic Issues’
- Father of Palestinian American Boy Slain in Chicago Suburb Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
- Iowa Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
- Illinois High Court: UM Insurance Can’t Be Restricted to Occupants of Covered Vehicles
- Ohio Settles Lawsuit With Chemical Companies For $110 Million Over PFAS Contamination
- Black Employees File Federal Lawsuit Against Chicago Utility, Alleging Discrimination and Unsafe Working Conditions
- Minneapolis Stores Sue City Over Neglect and Decreased Business in George Floyd Square