Midwest News for January 2009
- Nebraska’s Grand Island Insurance, Under Investigation, Loses Licenses
- Iowa Legislature Sends Governor $56 Million Flood Relief Plan
- Order in the Classroom: Indiana Teachers Seek Some Immunity
- Travelers Insurance Gives $1.4 Million to St. Paul Schools
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Liberty Mutual Appeal in Asbestos Case
- North Dakota Moves to Double Auto Insurance Minimum Limits
- Michigan Senate Republicans Could Block Workplace Ergonomics Rule
- Hub’s Forystek Named President of Missouri’s UMB Insurance
- Wisconsin Court Bars Cheerleader’s Injury Suit Against Teammate
- Wisconsin Court Sides with Insurer on Underinsured Motorist Coverage
- Pender Resigns Cleveland’s Oswald Insurance After 50 Years
- Iowa Considers Local Disaster Relief Tax Option
- Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Worker Caught in Time Theft Probe
- Widow Settles Lawsuit with NFL Over Vikings Lineman’s Heatstroke Death
- Mutual of Omaha Claims Processor Sentenced to Prison
- North Dakota Agents Report More Interest in Flood Insurance in Fargo
- Ohio Moves to Limit Swings in Workers’ Compensation Premiums
- Insurers Oppose North Dakota Bill to Ban Use of Credit Scoring
- Iowa Considers Lowering Alcohol Limit for Boaters
- Kansas Insurance Department Recovered $13.8 Million in 2008
- Wisconsin Verdict Against Insurers on Fox River Pollution Upheld
- Nebraska Sets Hearing into Grand Island Insurance, Lost $100 Million
- Ohio’s Kehres Named Division III Liberty Mutual Coach of Year
- Nebraska Insurance Agency Faces Probe for Alleged Ponzi Scheme
- Iowa House Panel Clears $56 Million Flood Relief PLan
- North Dakota Revokes Agent’s License Over False Jewelry Claim
- Cincinnati Archdiocese Says Clergy Abuse Cost $11 Million
- Minnesota Committee Chair Pushes for Primary Seat Belt Law
- Privacy v. Pugnacity: North Dakota Town Fights Over Cameras in Bars
- Fire Deaths Increased in Ohio in 2008
- Iowa Landlord Faked Insurance Claims to Cheat Tenants Out of Deposits
- Colt Park Insurance, Armstrong/Robitaille/Riegle Merge
- North Dakota Yanks Fargo Insurance Agent’s License
- North Dakota Weighs Letting Firms Self-Insure for Workers’ Compensation
- Citing Economy, Nebraska’s Physicians Mutual Lays Off 50 Employees
- Nebraska Disaster Response Volunteers Have Immunity, AG Rules
- Fox Elected President of Professional Insurance Agents of Ohio
- Michigan Advances Ergonomics Rule Over Business Opposition
- Wisconsin Insurance Chief Dilweg Honored by Consumer Advocates
- North Dakota House Backs Limiting Governor on Workers’ Comp Rates
- Group Changes Name to Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois
- Nebraska Could Be Next State for Fire-Safe Cigarette Law
- Hiscox Names Whetstone to Global Markets E&O Operation in Chicago
- Michigan Businesses Oppose Mandatory Workplace Rules
- Iowa Burial, Health Savings Plan Insurers Merge
- North Dakota Republican Seeks Fines to Curb Driving While Texting
- Regents Consider Bonds to Aid University of Iowa Flood Recovery
- Minnesota to Report Monies Paid to Bridge Victims
- Minnesota Family Blames Poor Construction, Not Tornado, for Death
- More Than 2,600 Arrested in DWI Crackdown Across Minnesota
- Labor, Trial Lawyers Criticize Kansas Workers’ Compensation System
- Parents Sue Over Fatal Illinois Medical Helicopter Crash
- Schroeder Heads New Minnesota Surplus Lines Insurance Association
- Missouri Attorney General-elect Adds Former Director Ommen to Staff
- Iowa Judge Certifies Retirees’ Class Action in Deere & Co. Lawsuit
- Michigan Insurance Department Recovers $17 Million in 2008
- Iowa Lawmakers to Focus on Flood Recovery Despite Economic Concerns
- Number of Fatal Minnesota Crashes Lowest in 64 Years
- Hylant Group Names Belden to Lead Cincinnati Office
- Sioux Falls Approves $38 Million for Levee Project
- Victoria Insurance Co. Changes Name to Cranbrook Insurance
- Two South Dakota Fire Departments Receive $240,000 in FEMA Grants
- Illinois Prison Inmate’s Family Wins $13 Million Settlement
- Illinois Attorney General Settles with Hotel Owner in Asbestos Removal Case
- North Dakota Lawmakers Support Tougher Restrictions for Teen Drivers
- Insurance at Issue for Mo. Homeowners Using Wind Turbines, Solar Panels
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