Midwest News for October 2024
- Former Principal of Missouri Boarding School Charged with Sex Crimes Involving Student
- Missouri Jury Asked to Award More Than $6B in Preterm Formula Case
- Missouri Farm Cooperative Fined $241K for Lacking Proper Equipment
- Farm Bill Becomes Lightning Rod in Wisconsin Senate Race
- AM Best Removes Under Review Status of Iowa’s Pharmacists Mutual
- Minnesota Aquarium Manufacturer Fined $226K for Alleged Pesticide Violations
- Michigan Culver’s Restaurants Sued for Discriminating Against Transgender Employee
- People Moves: Novatae Risk Group Hires Catrabone as Carrier Relations VP
- NTSB: Chicago Train Operator Had Alcohol in His System During 2023 Crash
- Big I Illinois Announces Annual Awards
- Mississippi River Dries Up Again at Worst Time for US Farmers
- People Moves: Grant Joins Alliant Midwest Team as SVP
- AM Best Revises Outlook to Stable for American Family Mutual and Core Affiliates
- Akron to Pay $4.8M to Family of Black Man Killed by Police
- AM Best Assigns Superior Credit Rating to Iowa-Based Berkley Luxury
- People Moves: HDI Global US Appoints Long as US Casualty Lead; Jenkins Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Senior Vice President
- Michigan Construction Company to Pay $180K Fine for Lead Paint Violations
- Former Iowa Insurance Producer Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
- Midwest Chicken Farmers Struggle to Feed Flocks After Closure of Producer
- Farm Labor Contractor to Pay Damages Over Pregnancy Discrimination Charge
- Family of Black Man Killed by Ohio Police Agree to Settlement
- Insurtech on the Silicon Prairie to be Held in Omaha
- Michigan to Pay $13M After Shooter Drill Terrified Psychiatric Hospital for Kids
- Fitch Revises Cincinnati Financial’s Outlook to Positive From Stable
- Department of Labor Expands Grain Handling Safety Program in Midwest
- Wisconsin Officials Requiring Burning Permits Amid Dry Conditions
- AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Kansas’ Upland Mutual
- Nebraska Grain Cooperative Faces $500K Fine for Exposing Workers to Hazards
- Wisconsin Recycling Company Fined $202K for Exposing Workers to Lead, Cadmium
- People Moves: Alliant Adds Moseley to Midwest Office
- East Palestine Residents Should Receive Payments During Class Action Appeal
- First MainStreet Adds Two Agencies
- Two Iowa Men Charged With Insurance Fraud
- North Dakota Officials Offer Guidance Following Wildfires
- NFP Acquires Indiana’s Miller Insurance Group
- Pilot Dies as Small Plane Crashes Near Nebraska Airport
- Hub Acquires Missouri’s AIG Agency
- Illinois Manufacturer to Pay $1.3M After Plant Explosion
- Five Dead, One Critically Injured in Tragic Ohio Car Crash
- AM Best Downgrades Credit Rating of Shelter Mutual
- Teen Concedes Cutting Off Tanker in Crash That Killed 5 in Illinois
- AM Best Withdraws Credit Rating of Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. of Michigan
- People Moves: Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Appoints Leadership Team Members
- Live Nation Found Not Liable for Death of 3 Campers at Michigan Music Fest
- Iowa Woman Charged With Insurance Fraud
- Appeal Delays $600M Class Action Settlement in Fiery Ohio Derailment
- Brown & Brown Acquires Minnesota’s The Canopy Group
- Black Man Sues Iowa Trucking Company for Alleged Hair Discrimination
- Ryan Specialty Acquires Certain Assets of Indiana’s EverSports
- Federal Agency Resumes Sending Hazardous Waste to Michigan From Ohio
- Michigan Boy Dies on Field Trip After Tree Falls on Him at Nature Center