Midwest News for June 2017
- Injuries, Property Damage Reported from Tornadoes in Iowa, Wisconsin
- Alleged Safety Violations Bring Proposed $610K in Fines for Ohio Company
- Officials: New Minot Flood Plain Map Could Hike Insurance Premiums
- Proposed Ohio Legislation Adds Opportunities for Self-Insurance
- Appeals Spent, Iowa Egg Executives in Salmonella Case Ordered to Prison
- State Sues Flint, Michigan, over Water Deal Refusal
- One Call to Open Office in Springfield, Missouri
- Missouri Plumbing Contractor Hit with $714K in Fines Over Trench Collapse
- After Children Suffer Burns, Indiana Water Park Owners Apologize
- Nance Named EVP, E&S Property Business, at AXIS Insurance
- $950K in Upgrades Planned for Minot, North Dakota, Levees
- Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust to Pay $3M in Philando Castile Settlement
- Southeast Michigan a Leader in Smart Road Technology
- Missouri Judge OKs $1.5M Settlement in Brown Family Wrongful Death Suit
- Jury Says Syngenta Must Pay Kansas Farmers $217.7M in GMO Corn Case
- Halter Named Director of AF Specialty
- Wine Named Securities Head, Shultz Asst. Commissioner at Kansas Insurance Dept.
- Partners Specialty Group Adds Swett & Crawford’s Coelho in Kansas City
- Missouri Becomes 3rd State to Sue Opioid Manufacturers
- Protecting Unions Is a Labor of Love for Union Insurance Group
- Ex-Missouri Insurance Director Joins Dentons Law Firm in Kansas City
- Governor Declares State of Emergency for Nebraska Storm-Damaged Areas
- Green Bay Fan Sues Chicago Bears over Sideline Packers Gear Ban
- Confie Adds Missouri Retail Insurance Locations
- Iowa’s ManchesterStory Group Welcomes Aon Benfield’s O’Halleran
- Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds McGee in Missouri
- Michigan Court Rules for Westfield Insurance in ‘Employee v. Contractor’ Case
- Fire Damage at North Dakota Business Expected to Be in Millions
- Ratings of Indiana’s American Agricultural Insurance Co. Upgraded
- Danielsen Joins TrueNorth as Producer in Iowa
- Michigan Truck Driver Wins Appeal in ‘Transportational Use’ Insurance Case
- Michigan’s Amerisure Insurance Names Spaude as VP, Finance
- South Dakota Workers’ Comp Lawyers Say Insurers’ Plan Would Limit Worker Rights
- City Colleges of Chicago to Settle Age Discrimination Lawsuit for $60K
- Nebraska Bank Sued for Paying Women Less Than Men
- Billings Named VP, Predictive Analytics at Midwest Employers Casualty
- Kansas Traffic Deaths Averaging More than 1 Per Day
- Iowa May Be First State with No Health Insurers on Exchange
- JLT Re Appoints Guy Carpenter’s Paulsen as Senior VP in Chicago
- Michigan Health Chief, Others Face Criminal Charges over Flint Water
- Wisconsin Norovirus Outbreak Caused by Contaminated Food
- Loppnow Joins Lockton as Property/Casualty Unit Manager in Milwaukee
- New Chicago Program Aims to Reduce Car Crashes by 2026
- Traffic Signal Upgrades in South Dakota May Increase Crashes
- Minnesota Residents Use Snow Blowers to Remove Hail
- Suspected Tornado Damages Nebraska Panhandle Town
- Bates Named Vice Chair of Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance
- Issuer Credit Rating Outlook for Wisconsin County Mutual Group Downgraded
- Summers Joins Missouri’s Huffman Insurance Group
- Third Person Pleads Guilty in Kansas City Arson, Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Seeman Holtz Acquires Wisconsin’s Vincent, Urban, Walker & Assoc.
- J.M. Wilson Acquires Assets from Klinger Associates in Indianapolis
- Illinois Jury: AbbVie Must Pay $15M in Depakote Birth-Defect Case
- $11M Verdict Against Toyota Over Fatal Crash Upheld
- The Horton Group Adds Hub’s Pucek as CFO
- Goldberg Joins Ryan Specialty Group’s Sapphire Blue in Chicago
- Ohio Village: No Space Left for Medical Marijuana Growers
- New Trial Ordered in Iowa High School Baseball Injury Case
- Everest Insurance Adds Benzin, Romano to Midwest Team
- Keystone Insurers Group Names Maurer as VP in Michigan
- Judge in Chicago Tosses Ex-NHL Player’s Parents’ Wrongful Death Lawsuit
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires 2 Michigan Insurance Agencies
- Ohio Man Must Repay $35K in Ohio Workers’ Comp Benefits
- Ammonia Leak at Chicago-Area Food Processing Plant Sends 7 to Hospitals
- MJ Insurance Adds Neal, Gloyeske, Jones in Indianapolis
- H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Acquires Michigan’s Chlystek & White Services
- Missouri Lawmakers Eliminate Funding for Sobriety Checkpoints
- 1st Farmer Lawsuit Against Syngenta over China Trade Begins in Kansas
- Missouri Floods Bring Federal Disaster Declaration
- Detroit Fire Code Bans Grilling Under Covered Porch
- Illinois Court Upholds $1.5M Judgment for Six Flags Waterslide Injury
- Midwest Farmers Decry Trump Plans to Cut Ag Subsidies
- Chicago’s Rosebud Restaurants Settles Discrimination Lawsuit for $1.9M
- Patrol: 14 Traffic Deaths in Ohio over Memorial Day Weekend
- Ohio Company Enters No Contest Plea in Employee’s Death
- At Least 2 Dead in Blast at Wisconsin Mill
- Stengle Named Sr. VP, Employee Benefits, at Ohio Brokerage, Hylant
- Autopsy: Kansas Toddler Electrocuted at Carnival by Fencing
- No Damages Awarded to Indiana Worker Burned Inside Heated Tank
- At Least 60 Chipotles in Minnesota Hit by Malware
- Illinois’ Palestine Insurance Agency Adds Erton
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