Midwest News for August 2020
- Study: Indiana City Has Many More Flood-Prone Properties than FEMA Maps Show
- $1.6M Out-of-Court Settlement Reached in Minnesota Excessive Force Suit
- Drones Help Insurance Companies Check Windstorm Damage in Iowa
- Iowa Coronavirus Cases Reach New Daily High of 1,475
- Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Minnesota Courthouse During Unrest
- North Dakota High Court: Dem Insurance Commissioner Candidate Ineligible
- World Insurance Associates Acquires Kansas’ Peoples Insurance Group
- Ohio High Court: Private Company Workers Can’t Sue Over Urine Tests
- 4 Indicted for Minneapolis Police Station Fire
- Brown & Brown Cancels Deal After Ohio Agency Exec Pleads Guilty in College Scam
- Missouri Bill Would Allow Giving Guns to Minors Without Parents’ Permission
- Risk Strategies Acquires Ohio’s McCamon Hunt Insurance Agency
- Revved by South Dakota’s Sturgis Rally, Virus Infections Move Fast, Far
- NICB: Ongoing Towing Scams Proving Costly for Chicagoans, Insurers
- Michigan Sets New 30-Day Loss Benefit Amount for Personal Protection Policies
- Vehicles Torched in Protest after Wisconsin Police Shoot Man from Behind
- 6-Story Building Collapses in St. Louis; No One Hurt
- Lockton Hires Conway as Chief People Officer
- Earthquake Shakes Southeast Corner of Michigan
- FBI Investigating South Dakota COVID-19 Data Breach Linked to Netsential
- FEMA Aid OK’d for Iowa County Hardest Hit by Storm
- $600M Flint Water Deal a Step Toward Making Amends, Michigan Governor Says
- Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Piccione as Missouri Regional Manager
- Michigan Governor Assessing Risk of Reopening Long-Closed Businesses
- Iowa’s Mandate to Reopen Schools Causing Chaos
- Michigan Farmers to Have Access to State Weather Data Viewer
- Ohio Department of Insurance Adds Barron to Senior Team
- Report: Iowa Will Only Get Part of $4B Disaster Relief Request, for Now
- Michigan City, Business Group Settle Lawsuit Over Boy’s Handcuffing for $40K
- Missouri Independent Insurance Agents Name Corrigan as Person of the Year
- Wisconsin Reinsurance Group’s Credit Rating Outlook Drops From Positive to Stable
- Judge: North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Candidate Not Eligible to Run
- Palmieri Named Chief People Officer at Ohio’s Westfield Insurance
- Old, Underground Coal-Storage Vaults Still a Threat in Indiana City
- Large Apartment Fire in North Dakota Ignited by Smoking Materials
- Trump Approves Federal Emergency Aid for Storm-Damaged Iowa
- Weather Service: Storms Spawn at Least 6 Tornadoes in Minnesota
- Family Sues Illinois Meatpacking Plant After Man’s Death from COVID-19
- Wisconsin Board Delays Rules Setting New Restrictions on PFAS Chemicals
- Derecho Storm Leveled Soybean and Corn Fields, Storage Tanks Across Midwest
- Insurers to Pay Part of $28.1M Award to Those Exonerated in Nebraska Slaying
- Huron Capital’s High Street Acquires Michigan’s Capital Insurance Group
- Damage Mounts from Midwest Derecho Storm
- Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Michigan’s Buiten & Associates
- Michigan’s Accident Fund Insurance Grants $3.5M in Early Workers’ Comp Dividends
- Fire Officials: Blaze That Destroyed St. Paul Hotel Project Was Arson
- Indianapolis: Fines Coming for Businesses that Violate Virus Rules
- Large Fire Causes Heavy Damage at North Dakota Apartment Complex
- Some 10M Acres of Iowa Farmland Impacted by Derecho Storm
- INSURICA Adds Kansas City’s Broker Source to Online Platform
- Viewpoint: Michigan Auto Insurance Reform Is Here. Agents, Are You Ready?
- American Family Succession Plan: Westrate to Succeed Salzwedel as CEO in 2022
- DoubleTree Hotel in Missouri to Pay $45K to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
- Alera Group Acquires Alper Services in Illinois
- Derecho Winds Tear Through U.S. Farmland, Leave 500K-Plus Without Power
- Brown & Brown Acquiring HAUSER in Ohio
- Indiana Utility Facing $1.1M Safety Violations Fine
- Mother of University of Iowa Student Who Died in Freezing Temps Sues
- HUB in Chicago Taps Hatfield and Web to Lead Central Region Consulting and Growth
- CRC Group Names Maucere to Lead New Indianapolis Office
- Indiana Surpasses 68,000 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases
- Beazley Builds in Midwest with 4 Cyber and Executive Risk Underwriters
- Missouri School Worker Fired in Student Attendance Scandal Sues
- Family of Slain Man Sues Illinois Bar Where He Was Stabbed
- Minnesota Governor Makes Another Request for Federal Aid to Rebuild After Unrest
- 2 Utility Workers in Iowa Die After Striking Buried Electrical Line
- Arthur J. Gallagher Reported 2Q Profit of $153.7M
- Large Fire in Downtown St. Paul Engulfs Building, Closed Much of Area
- Lawsuit Seeks $150M in Refunds from ComEd in Chicago
- CNA Financial Reports Second Quarter Profit of $151M
- Nebraska Lawmakers Reject Bid for More Safety Restrictions at Meatpacking Plants
- USI Insurance Services Acquires Colburn Group Insurance in Michigan
- Mitchell|Genex Finalizes Deal for Coventry Workers’ Comp Services
- 2 New Sex Abuse Suits Filed Against Missouri Diocese
- Ohio Auto, Home Insurance Premiums Still Among Lowest in U.S.
- Court: Lawsuit Against Michigan Officials over Lead in Water Can Proceed
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