Midwest News for February 2024
- People Moves: Braverman and Bill join Lockton Lawyers Professional Liability Practice
- RT Specialty Adds Cyber Liability to its Proprietary Digital Platform
- St. Louis Suburb to Pay $4.5M Settlement Over ‘Debtors Prison’ Suit
- Ohio on Tornado Watch After Storms Sweep Midwest: Weather Watch
- Ohio Pizza Hut to Pay $13K in Damages for Discrimination Lawsuit
- Voyant Beauty Agrees to $75K Settlement Over Disability Discrimination Suit
- Iowa Meat Processing Plant Accused of Illegally Hiring Children
- Illinois Insurance Agent Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Swindling Premiums
- State Farm Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment Damages
- Agency Aggregator Union Bay Acquires Michigan’s Skar Insurance
- Iowa Enters Settlement With Cryptocurrency Firm Abra
- Wisconsin Governor Signals He Won’t Sign Bill to Fight PFAS
- Iowa School District to Pay $20K to Settle Gender Policy Lawsuit
- People Moves: VIAA Names Drda Alliance Coordinator; Alliant Names Cohan Employee Benefits Group VP in Kansas City
- City of Chicago Sues Oil and Gas Corporations for Climate Change Deception
- Biden Approves Disaster Declaration for North Dakota December Ice Storm
- Michigan Department of Insurance Recovers $19.5M for Consumers in 2023
- Lawsuit Accuses U. of Nebraska of Failing to Address Coach-Student Relationship
- President Biden Visits East Palestine, Ohio to Assess Cleanup After Train Derailment
- Insurtech Cake Completes $1.3M in Pre-Seed Funding
- People Moves: Leif Assurance Hires Gulli and Kay as Marketing Specialists
- February Tornadoes in Wisconsin Caused $2.4M in Damage
- Wisconsin Assembly Passes Amendment Limiting DEI Efforts
- Illinois Construction Contractor Fined $264K for Safety Violations
- Missouri DCI Highlights Cost, Lack of Earthquake Coverage in High-Risk Areas
- Minneapolis Settles Suit Alleging Journalists Were Harassed, Hurt Covering Floyd Protests
- Summer-Like Conditions Lead to First Wisconsin Tornadoes in February
- Ryze Claim Solutions to Be Majority-Owned by Bain Capital
- Ohio City Settles with Former Officer and Truck Driver Involved in K-9 Attack
- NTSB to Release Cause of East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment in June Hearing
- Minnesota Officials: Lodge That Burned Had Unresolved Inspection Violations
- Chicken Processing Plant Fined $393K for Endangering Ohio Employees
- Daughter of Wisconsin Inmate Who Died in Solitary Sues Prison Officials
- Chicago Children’s Hospital Forced to Take Networks Offline After Cyberattack
- People Moves: Grange Insurance Names Welch VP, Commercial Lines Underwriting
- Kansas Banker Charged With Embezzling $47M to Buy Crypto
- Wisconsin Governor Declares Flood Insurance Awareness Week
- People Moves McCarthy Joins Alliant Insurance Services in Chicago; Rockford Mutual Promotes Team Members
- Railroads Say They’re Making Safety Changes to Reduce Derailments After Ohio Crash
- People Moves: Burns & Wilcox Names Wood Head of Professional Liability Practice; Ryan Specialty Promotes Jankovic to Chief Audit and SOX Officer
- Power Restored to BP Oil Refinery in Indiana After Temporary Shut Down
- Contractor Reaches $25M Settlement in Flint, Michigan Water Crisis Suit
- Fast Trains, Toxic Chemicals: Why Rail Safety Is Still a Problem
- AM Best Downgrades Wisconsin’s Acuity
- Illinois Court Fines Telemarketing Company $28M for Unsolicited Calls
- Illinois Security Company Fined $70K for Telling Muslim Employee to Shave Beard
- Risk Strategies Acquires Michigan’s Ralph C. Wilson Agency