Midwest News for March 2019
- Missouri Bill Could Exempt 1M Vehicles from Safety Inspections
- Rare Manuscript Museum in St. Louis Badly Damaged by Fire
- Michigan’s Unique Auto Fee Will Rise to $220 per Vehicle in July
- Nebraska Alcohol Retailers Told to Destroy Inventory Touched by Flood
- Minnesota Truck Repair Shop Contests OSHA Fines Tied to Explosion Injuries
- Wisconsin Manufacturer Again Cited for Workplace Hazards; Faces $188K in Fines
- Seeman Holtz P&C Acquires Assets of Wisconsin’s Prey Insurance Services
- Report: Farm Income Continues to Drop in Minnesota
- 14 Troopers Hit This Year in Illinois Despite ‘Move Over Law’
- Credit Ratings Assigned to Midwest Insurance Group by AM Best
- Ohio Company Faces $1.3M in OSHA Penalties for Workplace Hazards
- In ‘Trump Country’ Farm Belt, Flooding Woes Add to Trade War Stress
- Universal Insurance Holdings Enters Illinois’ Homeowners Market
- Illinois’ SBJW Insurance Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
- Governor Signs South Dakota Law That Targets Labeling of ‘Fake Meat’
- U. of Minnesota Worker Charged with Stealing $134K in Computers from School
- Midwest Flood Risk Might Last for Months, Experts Say
- Escalating War Over Ads, MillerCoors Sues Anheuser-Busch in Wisconsin
- Company in Fatal Missouri Sinking Stops 2019 Duck Boat Operations
- Missouri, Kansas Residents Rush to Fill Sandbags as Floodwaters Move Downstream
- Bitter Debate Over Health Reinsurance Plan Erupts in Minnesota House
- PURE’s Johanson Joins Executive Team at H.W. Kaufman Group
- Indiana’s Give Away Goal:10,000 Smoke Alarms Within 2 Years
- Ohio Judge Sides with Dum-Dum Makers in Lollipop Lawsuit
- QBE NA Appoints Zimmerman Health Care Risk Lead in Nebraska
- Hands-Free Phone Use While Driving Bill Passes Minnesota House
- ‘Devastation Is Everywhere’ in Flooded Communities Along Missouri River
- FMH Insurance Collaborates With Start-Up FindBob to Offer Agents Perpetuation Tool
- Farm Bureau: Flooding-Related Ag Losses in Nebraska Nearing $1B
- Ohio Sues Pharmacy Benefit Manager over $16M in Alleged Drug Overcharges
- Insurance Industry Has Major Impact on Illinois’ Economy, Study Shows
- Wisconsin Salmonella Cases Prompt Recall of Butterball Ground Turkey
- More Rain Forecast as Midwest, Great Plains Continue to Deal With River Flooding
- State Farm: Illinois and Missouri Ranked 3rd and 5th for Hail Damage in 2018
- Confirmed Tornado Damaged Homes, Businesses in Mid-Michigan
- Midwest Flooding Prompts Evacuations, Rescues
- Monfre Joins Wisconsin’s Integrity Insurance as Business Development Manager
- Critics Say North Dakota Dioceses Too Slow in Naming Problem Priests
- Ohio Hospital Reports 48 Nurses, Pharmacists Over Dosages, Deaths
- Workers Sue UPS, Alleging Racism, Discrimination at Ohio Hub
- Heavy Snow Collapses Barn Roof at Minnesota State Fairgrounds
- Plane Crashes into Ohio Home, Killing Pilot, Fire Chief Says
- Kronland Promoted to Director, Insurance Lending at Oak Street Funding
- Report: Ohio Sees Drop in Opioid Prescribing
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires First Iowa Insurance Agency
- First Case Settled in Fatal Missouri Duck Boat Sinking
- Luketic Named Director of Government Relations at Root Insurance
- Minnesota Governor: Collapsing Dairy Barns Threaten State’s Economy
- Company Faulted in Iowa Worker’s Fatal Accident
- Missouri’s POWERS Insurance & Risk Management Launches Emerging Risks Unit
- Liberty Mutual Names Hovenagle Wholesale Distribution Executive West
- Amid Shortage, Kansas Considering Relaxing Rules on Rural Ambulance Drivers
- Landslides in Cincinnati Area Likely to Become More Common
- Iowa Trucking Firms to Pay $47.5K to Settle Disability Discrimination, Retaliation Lawsuit
- Work Stopped at Michigan Plant Amid Air Pollution Concerns
- 2 Kansas Firms Indicted Over Noxious Chemical Release at Distilling Plant
- Beyond Nassar: Michigan State University Assessing Insurance Options
- Northwestern University’s Figora Named RIMS Risk Manager of the Year
- Update: At Least 20 Injured in Indiana School Bus Crash
- Fire Captain Dead, 3 Hurt in Collapse of Burning Illinois Home
- Muriel Appointed Director of Illinois Insurance Department
- Jacobsen Joins Alliant’s Employee Benefits Group in Nebraska
- Ohio Insurance Commissioner: Crop Insurance Deadline Is March 15
- Illinois’ Rush Health System Says Data Breach May Affect 45,000 Patients
- Thomas Named Manager of Michigan Insurance Department’s Fraud Unit
- McGowan Acquires Assets of Edgewater Holdings in Chicago
- Missouri’s Stafford & Stafford Insurance Joins Leavitt Group Network
- Ohio Gas Company Fined $400K for Gas Line Rupture That Caused Home Fire
- Minnesota Company to Pay $7M in Environmental Pollution Settlement
- Report: 11 Minnesotans Died From Medical Mistakes in 2018
- Hub International Acquires Assets of Wisconsin’s Integrated Risk Solutions
- CFM Insurance Acquires Missouri’s Cornerstone National Insurance
- Ohio Insurance Department Recovered $42M for Consumers in 2018
- Wisconsin’s Integrity Insurance Names Sharp to Leadership Team
- Worker at Michigan Car Wash Dies After Pickup Pins Him Against Wall
- $89K in Penalties Proposed Over Man’s Death at Nebraska Asphalt Plant
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