Midwest News for February 2020
- Missouri Senate Backs New Limits on Punitive Damages
- Illinois Limousine Service to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit
- Georgia Charcoal Company Cited, Fined $339.7K for Safety Hazards at Missouri Plants
- Cause of Fire that Destroyed Businesses in Minnesota Town Still Unknown
- Broker Investor Group Selects 12 Insurtechs for First Cohort
- J.M. Wilson Hires Pov as Assistant P/C Underwriter in Michigan
- Self-Driving EasyMile Shuttles Suspended After Passenger Injury in Ohio
- Ohio Bill Would Lift Pain-and-Suffering Caps in Rape Cases
- Grange Insurance’s Hammonds Adds Community Relations to AVP Role
- 2 Workers Dead in Ohio After Being Overcome by Tanker Fumes
- Websites of Many Kansas Counties May Lack Security Against Hackers: Report
- Missouri’s POWERS Insurance & Risk Management Launches Surety Bonds Division
- Missouri Woman Wins Jury Award in Police Stun Gun Lawsuit
- Parents in South Dakota Plead for Tougher Texting While Driving Penalties
- Deer Sent Flying by Car Crashed into 2nd Car, Killing Driver
- Illinois Parents Allege Daughter, 6, Was Sexually Assaulted At Recess
- Minnesota Governor Wants $30M to Replenish State Disaster Aid Fund
- State Auto Financial in Ohio Reports 4Q Net Income of $32.7M
- Ohio Megachurch Ex-Pastor Settles Lawsuit Alleging Sex Abuse
- Missouri School District Sued for $2.4M Over Girl’s Arrest
- Nebraska Theater Bar Could Lose License for Serving Tainted Drinks
- Employee Accused of Stealing from Nebraska Insurance Agency Fined $400
- Viewpoint: 4 Things Insurance Firms Can Do to Improve Efficiency, Data Use
- United Fire in Iowa Reports 4Q Earnings Loss
- Fire Destroys 4 Businesses in Busy South Dakota Town
- Suit: Iowa’s Drake U., Fraternity Negligent in Dangerous Hazing Event
- Viewpoint: 3 Ways Technology Makes Insurance Broker RFP Responses Easier
- Ohio Bill Would Make Using Hand-Held Device While Driving a Primary Offense
- Iowa District to Pay $4.8M to Settle Suit Over Deadly School Bus Fire
- Two Employees Injured in Fire that Destroyed Iowa Towing, Auto Shop
- Gun-Selling Website Sued by Widow of Slain Chicago Police Commander
- Missouri Man Sentenced for Stealing Almost $4M from Former Employer
- Ohio House Approves PTSD Coverage for Emergency Responders, Again
- Missouri’s Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Promotes Qaoud
- Wisconsin’s Understory Launches Hail Insurance for Auto Dealers in 5 New States
- Wisconsin Governor Seeking Federal Disaster Declaration for 3 Counties
- Ohio’s McGowan, Allied Specialty Partner on Amusement/Entertainment Insurance
- Wisconsin’s Integrity Names Messerschmidt as Commercial Lines Underwriting Manager
- Missouri Officer Told to ‘Tone Down’ Gayness Settles Lawsuit for $10.25M
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Illinois’ Affiliated Benefit Consultants
- Sentenced for Crop Insurance Fraud, Kansas Farmer Must Repay $604K
- H.W. Kaufman Adds Lefchik to Expand Node International in North America
- Ohio’s Oswald Companies Appoints Klonk as Chairman, CEO
- North Dakota Insurance Commissioner: Air Ambulance Company Is Breaking Law
- Iowa Senate Passes Bill with $20M for Flood Projects
- Wisconsin Governor Signs Bill Creating New Restrictions on Firefighting Foam
- Issuer Credit Ratings of Michigan’s Atain Insurance Companies Downgraded
- Iowa’s LMC Insurance & Risk Management Teams Up with AssuredPartners
- Kansas AG: Insurance Agent Sentenced to 30 Months Probation for Fraud
- Illinois’ Alera Group Names Santelli VP, Carrier Partner Management
- Michigan Launching Program to Educate Drivers About Auto Insurance Changes
- Daughter of Duck Boat Victim Slams Missouri Tort Reform Bill
- Johnson Tapped as Regional VP, Sales at Wisconsin’s Integrity Insurance
- Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Commercial Package Coverage Into Michigan
- North Dakota Official: Work Injury Claims Could Rise with Recreational Pot
- Burns & Wilcox, Pro Golfers Simpson and Walker Donate $50K to 2 Charities
- Wisconsin Governor Declares State of Emergency After Flooding, Storms
- Minnesota Attorney Pleads Guilty in Insurance Fraud Scheme
- J.M. Wilson Adds Knibloe as Assistant Transportation Underwriter in Michigan
- Outlooks Revised to Negative for Amerisure Mutual Insurance, Affiliates
- Kansas Offering Public Access to Earthquake Investigation Information
- Driver Dies, Passengers Injured in Ohio Church Bus Crash
- AM Best Upgrades Ratings of The Cincinnati Insurance Co.
- Csik to Take Over as COO of Safety National Casualty as Luebbert Retires
- Sipe Promoted to Property/Casualty Sr. VP at Ohio’s Great American Insurance
- Kansas Company to Pay $1M Fine After Pleading Guilty in Chemical Cloud Case
- Nebraska to Get $109M in Federal Flood Relief Funds
- Michigan School District to Reinstate Employee, Pay $102.9K in Whistleblower Case
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