Zuraitis Named President, CEO of Horace Mann September 23, 2013 Springfield, Ill.-based Horace Mann Educators Corp. announced that Marita Zuraitis has been named president and chief executive officer and elected...
Nebraska Company Fined $194K for Trench Collapses, Worker Injuries September 23, 2013 Taylor’s Drain and Sewer Service in Nebraska has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
New Rules for Civil Settlement in Illinois: What Defendants and Insurers Need to Know September 20, 2013 By James Craney and Michael Haggerty On August 26, 2013, Gov. Quinn signed into law Public Act 098-0548, which amends the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure,...
Worker Finger Amputation Leads to $137K in Fines for Missouri Glass Plant September 20, 2013 Piramal Glass USA Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 21...
Miller Joins Hylant as Energy & Polymers Practice Leader September 20, 2013 Privately owned insurance brokerage Hylant, headquartered in Ohio, announced that industry veteran Jeff Miller has joined the company as the...
Ohio Insurance Marketing Firm Fined, Told to Stop Operating in Kansas September 19, 2013 Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Sandy Praeger announced fines totaling $9,000 and a cease and desist order against an Ohio-licensed insurance...
Doe Run Settles Lead Liability Cases in Missouri September 19, 2013 By David A. Lieb Just days after it won a stronger legal shield from Missouri lawmakers, The Doe Run Lead Co. has settled several...
Michigan Secretary of State Launches Anti-Fraud Task Force September 19, 2013 With the aim of battling auto insurance fraud, Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has launched an anti-fraud task force...
Michigan’s Doeren Mayhew, Wolf-Hulbert Form New Insurance Group September 18, 2013 Accounting and advisory firm Doeren Mayhew announced it has merged with the Michigan-based insurance agency, Wolf-Hulbert Co. LLC, to form...
U.S. Crop-Insurance Claims Jump Amid Planting Delays, USDA Says September 18, 2013 U.S. farmers who were prevented from planting by rain this year filed crop-insurance claims on six times more land than...