Midwest News for August 2024
- Northwestern University Cheerleader Drops Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
- Severe Storms Leave Over 300K Michigan Homes and Businesses Without Power
- Railway Worker’s Death in Ohio Prompts Concerns Over Remote Control Trains
- Woman Shot at Chicago White Sox Game Sues Team and Stadium Authority
- Chicago Manufacturer Faces $1M Fine for Exposing Workers to Silica Dust
- Court Tosses Missouri Law That Banned Police From Enforcing Federal Gun Laws
- AM Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Ohio’s Buckeye State Mutual
- 2 Small Planes Crash in Nebraska Less Than An Hour Apart; At Least 1 Dead
- Michigan Golf Club Pays $440K Settlement for Alleged Fraudulent Pandemic Loan
- Missouri Football Field to Feature Shelter Insurance Logo in New Form of Advertisement
- Kansas Man Sentenced for Securities Fraud
- First MainStreet Insurance Adds Three Agencies
- Chicago Is About to Sizzle Under Hottest Days of the Summer
- People Moves: Christensen Group Insurance Appoints Mazzanti to Spearhead Chicago Expansion
- AM Best Assigns Issue Credit Rating to Church Mutual’s Surplus Notes
- Scientists at Iowa Research Facility Race to Halt Spread of Bird Flu
- Blackouts in Extreme Weather Create Demand for Cleaner Backup Power
- Vibrant Green Fields Signal a Big US Corn Crop and Weak Prices
- AM Best Revises Outlook for Missouri Farm Bureau Group
- East Palestine Residents Seek More Time, Information Before $600M Settlement Deadline
- Collapsed Rail Bridge Gets Controlled Demolition After Severe Flooding
- People Moves: Alliant Insurance Services Adds Heter to Midwest Team
- Boating Accident Claims Lives of 2 Men in Illinois Lake; Girl Survives
- Ohio Nursing and Rehab Facility to Pay $150K Over Discrimination Settlement
- Cops Vow to Avert Risk of Havoc From DNC Protesters Converging in Chicago
- Kansas to Pay $50K Settlement Over a Transgender Highway Patrol Employee’s Firing
- Hidden Report Reveals Worker Illnesses From Ohio Derailment Cleanup
- Michigan DIFS Bulletin Issues Guidance on AI Use in Insurance Industry
- Lawsuit: Student with Down Syndrome Subjected to Abuse in Kansas School
- People Moves: NI Holdings, Inc. Appoints Launer Interim CEO
- 88-Year-Old Missouri Victim in Boar’s Head Deli Meat Outbreak Underscores Risk
- Michigan State Sued Over Adolf Hitler Quiz Question Displayed at Football Game
- $7M Settlement Reached for Family of Man Fatally Shot by Ohio Sheriff’s Deputy
- Chicago Contractor Faces $268K Penalty for Exposing Workers to Deadly Fall Hazards
- People Moves: Powers Insurance & Risk Management Promotes Winkelmann
- FirstEnergy Corp. to Pay $20M to Settle Ohio Bribery Scheme
- North Dakota to Vote on Recreational Marijuana Legalization in November Election
- Tornado Havoc Has Ohio Residents Facing Week-Long Power Cuts
- North Dakota Commissioner Urges Property Damage Assessment After Flash Floods
- People Moves: Aon Names Nudo Senior Managing Director of Reinsurance for Chicago
- FEMA Approves $61M For Iowans Affected by Spring Flooding and Severe Storms
- Illinois Company Fined $138K for Selling Unregistered Pesticide Product
- Kansas Commissioner: Add Insurance to Back-to-School Checklist
- Judge Tosses Suit Alleging Excessive Force During Dakota Access Pipeline Protest
- Rapper Nelly Arrested in Missouri for Lack of Insurance, Possession of Ecstasy
- July North Dakota Derailment the Latest Crash to Involve Weak Tank Cars
- Illinois City Ordered to Pay $22M in Wrongful Conviction Settlement
- EEOC Sues Illinois Contractor for Disability Discrimination
- Former Michigan State Football Coach Sues School Over His Firing
- Ohio Begins Sales of Recreational Marijuana
- City of Columbus, Ohio Says Foreign Cyber Threat Attempted to Disrupt IT System
- CarShield to Pay $10M Settlement Over Deceptive Advertising Charges
- Charter Bus Carrying Baseball Team Catches Fire in Iowa; No One Hurt
- People Moves: Powers Insurance & Risk Management Adds Gaglioti and Hester; GuideOne Insurance Names Sheets SVP and General Counsel
- Marsh McLennan Agency Completes Acquisition of Illinois’ The Horton Group
- Midwestern Farmers Who Say Yes to Solar Power Face Neighbors’ Wrath
- Orion180 Launches Homeowners Insurance in Ohio
- People Moves: JM Wilson Adds and Promotes Transportation Underwriting Team Members
- Missouri Trucking Company Sued for Refusing to Hire a Deaf Job Applicant
- Some Ohio Residents Can Now Get $25,000 for Injuries in 2023 Train Derailment