Midwest News for June 2020
- Missouri Contractor Fined $224K after Trench Collapse, Employee Injuries
- Chicago Staffing Companies to Pay $568.5K in Race, Sex Discrimination Suit
- Phone Use While Driving a 1st Offence in South Dakota on July 1
- Indiana Woman Gets 3-Year Sentence for $540K Theft from Employer
- Families of 3 Deceased Workers Sue Tyson Over Iowa Virus Outbreak
- Starting July 2, Michigan Drivers Will Have New Insurance Choices
- Abusive Ohio State Doc Placed Above Accountability, Lawsuit Says
- Week Before Trump’s Visit, Wildfire Burns Near Mount Rushmore
- Missouri Appeals Court Upholds Owned-Vehicle Uninsured Motorist Exclusion
- 7 States Now Report Illness Linked to Bagged Grocery Store Salad
- Iowa Lawmakers Dispute Finding of No Violations at Tyson Plant Despite Deaths
- Bill Sent to Michigan Governor Requires Reports on Firefighting Foam
- Minnesota AG Sues Exxon, Koch and API over Climate Change ‘Deceptions’
- 100s of Virus Deaths Draw Focus on Missouri Nursing Home Industry
- Michigan Requests Closure of Enbridge Pipeline; EPA Fines Company $6.7M
- Ratings of Missouri’s Cameron Mutual Insurance Downgraded
- Court Rejects J&J Bid to Toss Baby Powder Verdict But Cuts Damages to $2.1B
- Pan Named Managing Director at Lockton Capital Markets
- Bagged Salads Linked to Illness in 13 Minnesotans
- Guardrail Company Accused of Negligence, Fraud in Missouri Lawsuit
- New Trial Ordered in Suit Against Contractor Over Nebraska Library Sprinkler Damage
- 10 Rescued After Boat Sinks In Michigan Bay
- No Aid for South Dakota Residents After Sinkhole Collapse, FEMA Says
- Allstate: May 2020 Catastrophe Losses Mostly in Midwest, Texas
- Wisconsin to Insurers: Give Restaurants 10-Day Notice on Expiring Delivery Coverage
- Haley Appointed Chief Risk Officer at Educators Insurer Horace Mann in Illinois
- Ohio May Force GM to Repay $60M in Incentives after Plant Shut Down
- Bold Penguin Partners with Ohio’s State Auto on Commercial Insurance
- Insurer Counters Income Loss Claims by Arguing Restaurants Operated Takeout Service
- Branch Launches Personal Lines Insurance Discount Program in Missouri
- COVID-19 Keeps 100s Off the Job at South Dakota Smithfield Plant
- South Dakota Motorcycle Rally Still On After Sturgis Council Vote
- Minnesota Lawmakers Push $300M Plan to Rebuild from Unrest
- ATF Offers $70K in Reward Money for 14 Suspected in Minneapolis Fires
- Insurtech Buckle Acquires Atlas Financial’s Commercial Auto Subsidiary, Gateway
- OSHA Investigating Fatal Wisconsin Construction Accident
- Taylor Joins POWERS Insurance and Risk Management in St. Louis
- Reassuring Customers Part of Job for Minnesota Agent in Aftermath of Riots
- Aon Spearheads Economic Recovery Coalition in Chicago with Hopes of Taking It Global
- Fire Expert: Dry Conditions Make Mount Rushmore Fireworks ‘Ill Advised’
- Michigan’s No-Penalty Amnesty Period for Uninsured Drivers Starts July 2
- Study: Sick Workers Are a Top Workplace Safety Concern in Wisconsin
- Nebraska Farm Bureau: Potential Ag Losses from Pandemic – $3.7B
- Consolino Resigns as Executive VP, CFO at American Financial Group
- Michigan Sues Owner of Failed Dams, Seeks Compensation for Destruction
- Remnants of Cristobal Bring Thunderstorms, Flooding to Midwest
- Fusner Named Chief Underwriting Officer at AF Group in Michigan
- Worldwide Facilities Acquires Wisconsin’s Strategic Underwriting Solutions
- Iowa Republicans Push to Limit Coronavirus Liability
- Great American Group Promotes Smith to Trucking Division President
- Man Charged in Minneapolis Police Station Blaze
- Reform Plan Would Require Minneapolis Officers to Buy Liability Insurance
- Dam Failures Cause $200M in Damage; Michigan Seeks Disaster Declaration
- Travelers Pledges $1M to Support Racial Justice Efforts, Minnesota Communities
- Looting Not Included in Grand Rapids’ Estimated $448K in Protest Damage
- Most in Sturgis Want Delayed Rally Due to COVID-19, Survey Finds
- Union Pacific to Pay $260K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
- Iowa Chemical Plant to Pay $80K for 2019 Spill that Hurt Worker
- Court Allows Lawsuit over Iowa Amusement Park Death to Proceed
- West-Central, Southern Minnesota Hit with Tornado, Large Hail
- Property Damage from Unrest in Minneapolis: $55M and Rising
- Union: 44 COVID-19 Deaths Among Meatpacking Workers
- Wisconsin Wages, Income Should Rebound in 2021, Revenue Report Says
- Michigan’s AmeriTrust Group Extends Policyholder Relief Programs to Sept. 1
- Midwest Business Leaders Optimistic Despite Coronavirus: Survey
- Ohio’s Root Insurance Now Offering Homeowners Coverage
- Congress Demands Answers on Failure of Michigan’s Edenville Dam
- Woosley Named Sr. VP, Broker Management & Sales Operations at QBE NA
- Insurance Survey: How Is Pandemic Affecting Your Life, Your Work, Your Industry?
- Family of Man Killed in Kansas Police Beanbag Shooting to Get $3.5M
- BRP Group’s BKS-Partners Acquires Assets of Chicago Agency, Rosenthal Bros.
- Michigan Orders Auto Insurers to Issue COVID-19 Refunds or Waivers
- Great American Insurance Launches Comprehensive Builders’ Risk Product
- Minnesota Worker Sues Iowa City after Electrocution
- Mayor Takes Heat for Response as Minneapolis Burns
- After Being Exonerated in 2003 Murder, Men Sue Chicago Police
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