Midwest News for May 2017
- Ohio AG DeWine Sues 5 Drug Companies Over Opioid Crisis
- For 10th Year, Ohio’s Central Insurance Receives IIABA’s Best Practices Award
- Wisconsin’s AVID Risk Solutions, Family Insurance Acquiring ISC
- Damage in Nebraska Food Plant Fire Estimated at $100K
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Williams-Manny Insurance in Illinois
- Little Caesars Sued over Michigan Pizza Labeled ‘Halal’
- Illinois Senate Passes Bills Requiring Work Comp Pre-Approval, Creating Nonprofit Insurer
- Storms Bring Tornadoes, Flash Floods, Evacuations in Midwest
- A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Wisconsin’s Integrity Select Insurance
- Report: St. Louis Tank in Deadly Explosion Needed Emergency Repairs
- Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III Named Chairman of Armed Forces Insurance
- Wisconsin County’s Initial Tornado Damage Estimate: $10M
- New Flood Plain Maps Bring Good, Bad News for South Dakota Towns
- Iowa Agency, Two Rivers Insurance, to Repay Cities, Counties
- Leaks Discovered in Dakota Access Pipeline System
- ISMIE Mutual Insurance Leader, Harold Jensen, Passes
- Indiana Couple Awarded $744K for Son’s Unnecessary Shoulder Surgery
- State Auto’s Clark Named CEO of GuideOne Insurance
- Vanessa Kinney, Hylant VP in Columbus, Ohio, Among ’40 Under 40′
- Top Iowa Court Upholds $85K Award in Workplace Discrimination Case
- O’Brien Promoted to Controller at Wisconsin’s SECURA Insurance
- University of Iowa to Settle Sports Bias Lawsuits for $6.5M
- Ohio Bill Would Limit Access to Workers’ Comp for Workers Here Illegally
- Ohio Steel Plant Faces $280K Fine for Safety Violations
- Cyberattack Cost Michigan Utility $2M, 14 Employees
- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Wants to Abolish Labor Review Board
- Michigan High Court Rejects Appeal Over Auto Insurance Fund Records
- Minnesota Independent Agents Honor SFM’s Happe with Company Rep Award
- Michigan Orders Man to Stop Selling Insurance Without a License
- Political Commentators File Suit over Ohio’s Online Harassment Ban
- Tornadoes Leave at Least 2 Dead as Storms Pummel Central U.S.
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Nebraska’s Strong Financial Resources
- J.M. Wilson Promotes Russon, Hires Lankerd in Michigan
- More than 100 Fatalities on Minnesota Highways This Year
- Eastern Wisconsin Farmers Experience Significant Alfalfa Losses
- Nebraska Renewable Energy Company Hit with More Safety Citations
- SIU Taps Kroman to Lead New Chicago Office
- Bill Limiting Medical Costs in Injury Lawsuits Sent to Missouri Governor
- Iowa School District Pays $160K in Bus Crash Lawsuit
- Huffman Insurance Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
- Chicago’s Promont Advisors, ProPoint Claims Join Doxa Insurance Holdings
- Illinois’ Árachas Group Joins Keystone Insurers Group
- Wisconsin Under State of Emergency for Wildfire Danger
- Chicago Transit Authority Settles with Bus Accident Victim for $6M
- Lockton Hires Wells Fargo’s Galioto as Senior VP in Minneapolis
- Ohio Governor: Too Many Die in Manufactured Homes, Regulation Needed
- Missouri Workers’ Comp Lawsuit Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk
- Ohio Fines Pipeline Builder $430K for Water, Air Violations
- Police: Vehicle Thefts in Bismarck, North Dakota, Doubled Last Year
- Woman Hurt in O’Hare Train Accident Awarded $6.6M
- Iowa Woman Awarded Nearly $750K in Whistleblower Case
- Lockton Adds Petrovich as VP in Omaha, Nebraska
- Illinois Distracted Driving Campaign Results in 1K Citations
- Imprise Financial Hires Thomas as Captive Insurance Account Exec
- Indiana Injured Worker Benefits Rise, but Per Claim Cost Still Low
- Ohio Plant Fined $570K after Worker Loses Hand, Part of Arm
- Zacharopoulos to Lead Willis Towers Watson’s Midwest Financial Institutions Unit
- Missouri Jury Orders J&J to Pay $110M in Talc-Powder Trial
- Midwest Flood Crisis Remains as Officials Warn of Floodwater Risks
- Hylant Promotes Lumpp to President in Michigan Office
- Cost of Workers’ Comp Claim Down in Illinois but Still High: WCRI
- Michigan’s Frankenmuth Insurance Adds Drone Services
- Canadian Claims Management Firm, SCM, Acquires Nixon & Co. in Missouri
- Officials: Michigan Traffic Deaths Rose Again in 2016
- Farmer: 32 Cows Killed in Missouri Lightning Strike a $60K Loss
- OSHA: South Dakota Firm Ignored Safety Rules Before Deadly Building Collapse
- Continental Heritage Insurance Launches Ohio Medical Marijuana Bond Program
- Cunningham Joins American Risk Management Resources in Wisconsin
- Ohio’s Motorists Insurance Launches Commercial Insurance Company
- 3 Dead in Missouri Storms; Flooding Forces Hundreds of Rescues
- Ohio Prosecutor: Building Owner Set Fire That Killed 2 Firefighters
- Puetz to Lead Willis Towers Watson’s Corporate Risk Business in Missouri, Kansas
- Michigan Workplace Fatalities in 2016 Highest in a Decade
- Dole Settles Suits Over Salad-Related Listeria Outbreak
- Insurer Group: Illinois Workers’ Comp Bills Would Disrupt Private Market
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