Purdue Univ.: U.S. Grain Bin Entrapments Fall to Lowest Level in Decade February 25, 2016 Grain bin entrapments and other confined space accidents on the nation’s farms fell to their lowest level in a decade...
Michigan Says Potholes Make State a Great Place to Test Robot Cars February 25, 2016 By Keith Naughton Michigan and California, vying for control of our driverless future, are each proposing crumbling World War II military sites as...
Huczek Joins Compass Specialty Risk Assistant VP, Broker February 25, 2016 Middleton, Wis.-based wholesale broker and managing general agent, Compass Specialty Risk LLC, has added Matt Huczek as assistant vice president...
Missouri Insurance Director: State Sees Strong Growth in Industry Jobs February 25, 2016 The total number of insurance producers operating in Missouri has grown nearly 25 percent since 2009, from 119,064 to 147,688...
Minnesota AG Says Missouri Auto Company Deceives Customers about Repair Coverage February 24, 2016 Minnesota’s attorney general is suing a Missouri company, accusing it of misleading consumers into unnecessarily buying coverage for auto repairs....
Turner Tapped as Chairman and CEO; McCormack, President at RT Specialty February 24, 2016 The board of directors of Chicago, Ill.-based Ryan Specialty Group has approved the following executive leadership changes at its wholesale...
State Auto Names Gritton Commercial Lines Regional Director in Midwest February 24, 2016 Rob Gritton will move from a product manager role in homeowners to become the commercial lines regional director in State...
McMahon Brings Life Sciences Industry Expertise to Assurance February 23, 2016 Schaumburg, Ill.-based insurance brokerage Assurance, has added Scott McMahon to serve as vice president in the firm’s healthcare and life...
Attacks by Michigan Uber Driver Renew Questions About Vetting Processes February 23, 2016 By Alexandria Sage and Mary Wisniewski The deaths of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan, who authorities say were shot by a driver for Uber Technologies Inc.,...
J&J Must Pay $72M Over Powder Tied to Woman’s Cancer February 23, 2016 By Jef Feeley and Tim Bross Johnson & Johnson must pay $72 million to the family of a woman who blamed her fatal ovarian cancer on...