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Brawner Acquires Missouri’s Armstrong

Brawner Insurance Agency recently acquired Armstrong Insurance, a four-year-old agency serving Northeast Missouri. Brawner Insurance owner Jared Brawner will continue to serve as president and hired Jake Bunker as Sales Advisor to assist with day-to-day operations. Bunker brings 12 years …

Iowa Woman Charged With Insurance Fraud

An Iowa woman was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) and one count of Theft in the 2nd Degree (Class D Felony) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. …

People Moves: Reed to Lead Acrisure’s New Great Lakes Region

Acrisure, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has established a Great Lakes region, encompassing its businesses in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. The Great Lakes region is led by long-time partner Kelly Reed. Reed has over 15 years of experience in healthcare, …

Kansas Man Sentenced to 12 Months Probation For Insurance Fraud

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced last week that an Overland Park man has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for insurance fraud. Matthew Finholm, age 43, pleaded guilty in the District Court of Johnson County to one misdemeanor …

Nine Killed in Wisconsin Highway Crash Involving Semitrailer and Van

DEWHURST, Wis. (AP) — Nine people were killed Friday in a crash involving a semitrailer and a van at a western Wisconsin highway intersection. Preliminary reports about the early morning crash indicated the semitrailer traveling on State Highway 95 collided …

Pie’s Financial Strength Rating of A- Under Review by AM Best

Insurance industry rating agency AM Best on Friday put the financial strength rating of Pie Insurance Group under review with negative implications. Pie Insurance Company of Columbus and Pie Casualty Insurance Company of Chicago currently have a financial strength rating …

Kansas Truck Washing Company Cited After Worker Dies From Harmful Gases

Federal investigators determined a Liberal, Kansas truck washing company failed to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide gas as they entered over-the-road tanker trailers to clean them out, causing one worker’s fatal injuries and hospitalizing two co-workers. The U.S. Department of …

Norfolk Southern Ordered to Solely Pay for Ohio Train Derailment Cleanup

Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge ruled. The decision issued Wednesday threw out the railroad’s claim that the companies that made chemicals that …

Wisconsin Court Limits Regulators’ Authority to Mandate PFAS Cleanup

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Environmental regulators can’t unilaterally force polluters to clean up contamination from so-called forever chemicals without going through the Legislature to establish specific limits on the compounds, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday. The 2nd District Court …

Missouri Man, Woman Sentenced in $1.1M Insurance Fraud Scheme

Two Columbia, Missouri residents were sentenced in federal court on March 6 for their roles in a $1.1 million insurance fraud scheme that involved false claims of injuries suffered in faked car accidents. Michael Lee Gene Stapleton, 37, and Latoya …

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