Midwest News for April 2020
- Michigan Governor: Savings on Car Insurance to Be Higher than Law Requires
- Wisconsin High Court Won’t Let Unions Join Suit Against Stay-at-Home Order
- NTSB: Failure to Heed Warnings Led to Missouri Duck Boat Sinking
- Caffeine Bought Online Killed Ohio Teen. Is Amazon at Fault?
- 2 Injured in Explosion at Western Iowa Gas Station, Auto Shop
- Chicago-Area Nursing Home Workers Threaten Strike in Midst of Pandemic
- Missouri’s Blunt Named 2020 Outstanding Safety Educator by ASSP
- NAMIC Applauds Repeal of Illinois Workers’ Comp Expansion Rules
- Berkley Program Specialists Partners with Ohio’s IEPM
- Smithfield South Dakota Plant Eyes Reopening as U.S. Issues Meatpacking Guidance
- Suit Filed Against Smithfield Over Working Conditions at Missouri Plant
- FBI Investigates Missouri Islamic Center Fire; Offers $5K Reward
- Chicago Transit to Pay $3M to Man Who Lost Leg After Being Hit by Bus
- Illinois Business Groups Sue Over Expanded Workers’ Comp Eligibility Rules
- Illinois Manufacturer to Pay $275K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
- 5,000 Meat, Food Plant Workers Exposed to Coronavirus, Union Says
- Firm ‘Devastated’ by Fire at Large Ohio Egg Farm, Official Says
- Missouri Sues China Over Coronavirus Pandemic
- State Auto, Rural Mutual Unveil Auto Insurance Policyholder Relief Plans
- Tyson Foods Halts Work at Large Iowa Pork Plant to Curb Coronavirus Spread
- Wisconsin Governor Issues Emergency Order Due to Wildfires
- Despite Virus Outbreak, Midwest States Work to Keep Meat Plants Open
- Wisconsin Real Estate Company to Pay $75K Fine in Iowa Asbestos Case
- Missouri’s Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Creates Scholarship for Rural Communities
- Iowa Beef Plant Reopens After 177 Workers Test Positive for Virus
- North Dakota Insurance Commissioner: Online Producer License Testing Now Available
- More Midwest Insurers Offering Auto Premium Relief to Insureds
- Positive Tests Mount After Virus Outbreak at North Dakota Wind Turbine Plant
- Missouri Lawsuit: Christian Ministries Aliera, Trinity Healthshare Pushed Deceptive Plans
- South Dakota COVID-19 Cases at Meat Plant Top 1,000; One Worker Dies
- Company Sued Over Massive Dust Cloud From Chicago-Area Demolition
- Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Stallard as Agency Development Specialist
- Tyson Foods: 2 Iowa Pork Plant Employees Dead After Virus Outbreak
- Wisconsin’s Church Mutual Promotes 6 in Leadership Positions
- Officials: Harmful Firefighting Foam Chemicals Found in More Wisconsin Wells
- Damage to Iowa Ag Industry from Virus Will Be Huge, Economists Say
- Regulator: Thousands of Oil Wells Idled in North Dakota
- Massive Iowa Construction Site Fire Fueled by High Winds
- Ohio’s Encova Insurance Issuing 15% Personal Auto Policy Credit
- Iowa Beef Plant Suspends Operations Due to Worker Virus Infections
- Missouri’s Shelter Insurance Offering 30% Discount to Personal Auto Customers
- One80 Intermediaries Acquires Ohio’s International Excess Program Managers
- Distinguished Programs Taps Chisenhall to Lead Midwest Sales Team
- Smithfield’s South Dakota Pork Plant Closed After 100s Test Positive for Virus
- Cincinnati Insurance Companies Offering 15% Discount to Personal Auto Policyholders
- Fortier Named Vice President at Hylant in Michigan
- DOXA Acquires Specialty Insurance Agencies in Florida, Missouri
- Hentschke, Mudd Promoted at Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
- NTSB: Indiana School District Shares Blame for Crash That Killed 3 Children
- Parent Company of Kansas City Radio Station Sued for Gender Discrimination
- South Dakota’s Noem Allows Businesses to Stay Open but Backs Limit on Group Size
- Bearley Promoted at Great American Insurance Group in Ohio
- 3 Employers Cited for Safety Hazards After Worker Injured in Illinois
- Matt Hylant Named President of Hylant Ann Arbor
- Minnesota Lawmakers to Ensure Workers’ Comp Coverage to Responders with COVID-19
- Venture Underwriters Hires Barrow in Chicago, Expanding Underwriting Team
- Marsh Names Rahr in Chicago as Global Leader of Multinational Client Service
- Michigan’s AmeriTrust Auto-Renewing General Business Policies During Pandemic
- Wisconsin’s American Family to Return $200M to Auto Insurance Customers
- Federal Judge Permanently Bans Enforcement of Kansas ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
- SelectQuote to Hire 150-Plus in West Des Moines, Iowa
- Illinois Lawsuits Challenge Society Insurance’s Coronavirus Claim Denials
- Third Coast Underwriters Promotes Altman and Vaughn in Chicago
- Indiana Nursing Home Operator Sued for Disability Discrimination
- Horace Mann Taps Desrochers to Lead Property/Casualty Business
- Corps Says Some Midwest Levees Damaged in 2019 Still Vulnerable
- EEOC Sues Blue Sky Vision for Disability Discrimination at Michigan Facility
- Marsh & McLennan Acquires Illinois Independent Agency, Assurance
- Twister that Damaged Iowa Apartment Building Was EF1
- Virus Safety at Forefront in Indiana Tornado Cleanup
- Missouri Sheriff’s Dept. Settles with Wrongfully Imprisoned Man for $2M
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