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Brotherhood Mutual’s Landrigan to Direct MinistryWorks Payroll Services

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. promoted Mark Landrigan to the position of director – MinistryWorks. Landrigan will oversee all payroll service operations, including compensation and tax reporting. Landrigan, a certified public accountant (CPA), joined Brotherhood Mutual in 2012 …

North Dakota Tries to Stem Oil Region Traffic Deaths

Despite efforts to improve roads and safety enforcement, traffic fatalities in North Dakota’s drilling regions keep climbing while the rest of the state’s roads are getting safer. Traffic deaths in six western counties rose last year to 63, from 54 …

Rockhill Insurance Opens Environmental Office in Chicago

Rockhill Insurance Group, a member of the State Auto Insurance Group, has opened a new Chicago office located at 150 S. Wacker, Suite 2400. Christine Triche and Michael Klima join the office as AVP-underwriting director and underwriting director, respectively, to …

Binau Named Assistant VP, Personal Lines at Motorists Mutual

Ryan Binau was selected as assistant vice president, personal lines underwriting at Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. His new position will be effective May 27. Binau began his career with Motorists Mutual as a personal lines underwriter in 2005 and recently …

The Starr Group Hires Nyarangi as Benefits Consultant

The Starr Group, based in Greenfield, Wis., added Taylor Nyarangi as benefits consultant. Nyarangi has more than five years of professional experience in employee benefits. She will advise both large and small employers on fully-insured and self-funded benefits offerings. The …

Harsh Weather Slowed Growth in North Dakota Economy in 2013

Severe winter weather during the last three months of the year affected key industries tied to oil extraction, slowing North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases in 2013, the state tax commissioner said. North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases – a …

North Dakota Permanently Bars Agent from Selling Insurance in State

An administrative law judge in North Dakota has made permanent a cease and desist order issued by Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm against insurance producer Frederick Paul Skoda, formerly of Fargo, N.D., now of Detroit Lakes, Minn. The Dec. 26, 2013, …

Terre Haute, Indiana Sees Rise in Mo-Ped Thefts

With gas prices close to $4 per gallon, Terre Haute resident Russell Moffatt had been happy to park his gas-guzzling pickup truck in favor of a fuel efficient mo-ped that he could ride to work. That is, until someone stole …

Wisconsin’s HNI Announces Personnel Changes

New Berlin, Wis.-based risk management, insurance and business advisory firm, HNI, reported a number of personnel changes. Teresa Bundy, Pat Madden and Brittany Swinton have been hired as account managers, and Dominique Beaudin has been added as director of information …

Nebraska Supreme Court: Farmers not Negligent in Fatal Crash

A lower court was right to find that farming brothers were not negligent in a 2007 fatal crash where tall corn created a blind intersection, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled on May 2. The crash occurred on Oct. 6, 2007, …

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