Liberty Mutual Group is expanding its program offerings for Wisconsin schools available through its partnership with the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) Insurance Plan. Effective immediately, the WASB Insurance Plan will offer insurance coverage through Pewaukee-based Indiana Insurance, a …
State investigators are trying to determine the scope of a check fraud scheme that they say could count hundreds of Minnesota businesses among its victims. The woman at the center of the investigation is a former employee of the Minnesota …
Missouri’s top judges questioned Jan. 14 whether a 2005 law limiting medical malpractice lawsuits is being wrongly applied to people retroactively and is discriminating against the spouses of those injured. Attorneys for patients argued to the state Supreme Court that …
U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota is not seeking the presidency of a Washington lobbying group for life insurers, a spokeswoman said, although an industry representative called the North Dakota Democrat a “natural” candidate for the job. The American …
West Virginia-based BrickStreet Mutual Insurance said it has been approved to begin writing workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois. The move continues an expansion drive for the company, which was approved to write workers’ compensation coverage in Kentucky last year. BrickStreet …
The Missouri Department of Insurance reports that in 2009 it returned $14.4 million to consumers who filed complaints. The money was recovered from insurance companies and represents a $2 million increase over the amount recovered in 2008. It was returned …
Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether to overturn limits on how much money people can be awarded in medical malpractice cases. The case challenges a 2005 law that set a flat $350,000 cap for non-economic damages, such as for pain …
Steve Crawford has been named president and chief executive officer at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company located in Grinnell, Iowa. For the past two years, Crawford has served as the company’s chief operating officer. During Crawford’s 34-year career at Grinnell Mutual …
Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Glenn Wilson has appointed Kenneth Morris of Woodbury, and Edward Priester of Burnsville, to the Minnesota Joint Underwriting Association. The two new appointees will begin their term on Jan. 19, 2010, and serve until Aug. 15, 2013. …
A committee has partially upheld the state’s decision that a former top aide to fallen Attorney General Marc Dann improperly classified workers at his private construction company when determining his workers’ compensation obligations. Anthony Gutierrez had appealed the decision by …
