Accidents Shine Spotlight on Grain Elevators February 9, 2011 By Mikkel Pates Recent high-profile accident cases have put a regulatory spotlight on grain elevators. Speakers at the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association...
Wisconsin Senate to Take up Car Insurance Legislation February 8, 2011 By Scott Bauer Minimum levels of car insurance that were increased two years ago would drop back down again under a bill up...
Report: Workers’ Comp in Illinois Often Just Needs Doctor’s Note February 8, 2011 A newspaper has found that state, municipal or private workers in Illinois have gotten thousands of tax-free dollars in workers’...
North Dakota Workers’ Comp Coverage Refused for Mental Stress February 8, 2011 A proposal to give workers’ compensation insurance coverage to emergency workers for mental stress has been defeated in the North...
Ohio’s The McGowan Cos. Rebrand Core Insurance Operations February 8, 2011 The McGowan Companies Inc. in Fairview Park, Ohio, announced that it has rebranded its core insurance operations. McGowan and Company...
Iowa Supreme Court: Agent not Required to Suggest Unrequested Coverage February 8, 2011 The Iowa Supreme Court has sided with an insurance agent in a case involving whether or not the agent had...
Brown Joins Lockton in St. Louis February 8, 2011 Kansas City-basedinsurance broker Lockton Companies has expanded its St. Louis, Mo., office with the addition of Ryan W. Brown as...
Illinois Distributes $18M from Settlement with Insurance Agency February 7, 2011 The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) is distributing $18 million from a settlement reached with an insurance agency to Illinois...
Buckeye State Mutual Partners With Middle Georgia Mutual February 7, 2011 Buckeye State Mutual Insurance Co. (BSMIC), a property and casualty insurer based in Piqua, Ohio, has agreed to affiliate with...
Missouri AG Settles with TPAs Over Workers’ Comp Violations February 4, 2011 Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has reached agreements with two companies who the attorney general’s office says violated Missouri’s workers’...