Insurance Journal’s Top 10 Midwest Region Stories of 2019 January 2, 2020 By Stephanie K. Jones The expanding legalization of marijuana in Midwest states captured the attention of Insurance Journal readers last year. Illinois became the...
Michigan City Ramping Up Enforcement of Ban on Using Handheld Phone While Driving December 31, 2019 Police in Battle Creek, Michigan are enforcing a local ban on the use of a handheld phone while driving. The...
POWERS Insurance & Risk Management Adds Pallarito as Personal Lines Manager December 31, 2019 St. Louis, Missouri-based POWERS Insurance & Risk Management has hired Kathy Pallarito as a personal lines manager. Pallarito has over...
In Midwest, Legal Marijuana Sales May Spark Interstate Tension December 31, 2019 By David Eggert and Kathleen Foody Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where...
Ohio Doctor Charged in 25 Patient Deaths Sues Hospital for Defamation December 30, 2019 An Ohio doctor accused of ordering drug overdoses in the deaths of 25 hospital patients has sued his former employer...
Blast at Beechcraft Plant in Kansas Injures More Than a Dozen People December 30, 2019 More than a dozen people were injured on Dec. 27 when a nitrogen line ruptured at the Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing...
Document: Iowa School District Settled Discrimination Suit for More Than $170K December 30, 2019 Newly released documents show that Mason City Schools in Iowa settled a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a former official...
Iowa’s Collins Community Credit Union, Coverage Direct Partnering on Launch of Collins Insurance December 27, 2019 Collins Community Credit Union is launching Collins Insurance, a partnership with West Des Moines, Iowa-based, independent insurance agency, Coverage Direct....
Agriculture, Aviation Woes Cited for Lag in Personal Income Growth in Kansas December 27, 2019 Personal income growth in Kansas is below the national average largely because of troubles in agriculture. Kansas farmers face an...
Vetter Named VP, Branch Manager for Erie Insurance in Indiana December 27, 2019 Bob Vetter has been appointed vice president and branch manager in the Indiana branch of property/casualty insurer Erie Insurance. Vetter...