At Least 26 Tornadoes Rip Through Midwest As More Severe Storms Loom
Severe storms spawned at least 26 tornadoes across the Midwest Wednesday. The strong wind ripped roofs off homes and knocked down trees. Two people were hurt.
June 29, 2017
Auto
Property
Iowa
Wisconsin
Up To 18% Of Injured Workers Not Returning To Work After One Year
Between 11% and 18% of injured workers in 15 states do not return to work within a year of their accident, a range that is in line with previous studies, according to reports released Tuesday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
June 23, 2017
Workers' Compensation
Indiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
North Carolina
Virginia
Blimp Catches Fire And Crashes At U.S. Open
Videos posted to social media captured the moment a commercial blimp flying over the U.S. Open golf tournament in Wisconsin crashed Thursday morning into an open field.
June 16, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Wisconsin
National Weather Service Teams To Survey Wisconsin Tornado Damage
The National Weather Service says at least three tornadoes touched down in Northeast Wisconsin Wednesday, but the agency has reports of as many of six twisters.
June 15, 2017
Auto
Property
Wisconsin
One Dead, Two Missing After Milling Plant Explosion In Wisconsin
An explosion and subsequent fire at a corn milling plant in Wisconsin early Thursday morning evening left one person dead and several injured, local authorities said.
June 1, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Workers' Compensation
Wisconsin
Severe Weather, Tornadoes Rake Midwestern States
At least two people were killed and dozens of others injured Tuesday after suspected tornadoes tore through a mobile home park in Wisconsin and a subdivision in Oklahoma. None of the tornado reports have yet been confirmed by the National Weather Service.
May 17, 2017
Auto
Property
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Wisconsin
Fire Wipes Out Tractor-Trailer, Cargo Of Cheese
A truck filled with cheese caught fire in West Allis Tuesday. Nobody was hurt, but 20,000 pounds of cheese is gone. According to the fire department, the truck driver was on the highway when he realized his brakes were on fire.
April 20, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Wisconsin
New WCRI Studies Examine Trends In Claim Costs And Impact Of Reforms In 18 State Workers Compensation Systems
The claim costs and other metrics of 18 state workers compensation systems are analyzed in depth in a new series of studies, CompScope™ Benchmarks, 17th Edition, released by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).
April 19, 2017
Legislation & Regulation
Workers' Compensation
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Seven State P&C Guaranty Associations Adopt Innovative Claims Management System
Insurity, a leading provider of core insurance processing and data integration and analytics solutions, announced that seven state property and casualty insurance guaranty associations (IGAs) have all successfully completed implementation of SIMS Claims™ to manage claims for various lines of property and casualty insurance.
February 22, 2017
Risk Management
Arkansas
Georgia
Indiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Marijuana Insurance Industry Is Taking Off Like Wildfire
This emerging market is rapidly growing strength throughout the United States with legalized cannabis. The marijuana insurance industry has exploded since certain forms and uses of medicinal cannabis received approval.
January 26, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Explosion And Fire Level Wisconsin Apartment Building
A man called 911 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, late Sunday night and told the dispatcher he had a bomb. A short time later, an explosion and fire destroyed his apartment building.
January 18, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Wisconsin
GPS Data Links Commercial Property Fire To Owner
A federal jury has found a Winnebago County man guilty on six charges related to a fire that destroyed a commercial building in Oshkosh.
January 18, 2017
Fraud
Property
Wisconsin
U.S. Roads Keep Getting More Dangerous
New government estimates project that for the second straight year, the United States will see the largest leap in motor vehicle fatalities in 50 years. In the first nine months of 2016, the Department of Transportation estimates that 27,875 people died in motor vehicle crashes.
January 18, 2017
Auto
Liability
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
U.S. Postal Contractors Semitrailer Catches Fire On Highway
A semitrailer truck carrying mail caught fire Tuesday morning on Interstate 94 near Hudson, forcing eastbound traffic to be re-routed off the highway for four and a half hours.
December 15, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Wisconsin
Wisconsin County, Insurer Settle For $1M In Embezzlement Case
Eau Claire County agreed to a $1 million settlement with its insurance company Tuesday to recoup most of the money embezzled by two former employees.
December 14, 2016
Excess & Surplus Lines
Risk Management
Wisconsin



