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Wisconsin business owners, homeowners and drivers can expect to see either modest increases or reductions in their property and casualty insurance premiums in 2007. P&C insurance in Wisconsin and its surrounding states, including Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Iowa, had premium decreases of 1 percent in the past nine months and a decrease of 0.2 percent in 2005, said Genio Staranczak, chief economist for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, based in Des Plaines, Ill.

Some small- and medium-sized business owners are combating rising health insurance benefit costs with the help of an online tool launched by Humana Inc.
The Louisville, Ky.-based insurance company has created the Broker Benefit Utilization Director, or Broker BUD.

Health insurance costs are expected to increase again in 2007, although not by as much as in some recent years, local health insurance brokers say. Still, as health care costs continue to escalate, more businesses are asking their employees to shoulder a greater share of their health insurance costs. Many firms are creating health benefits packages with high deductibles, often combined with a health savings account (HSA) or a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA). That trend is also expected to continue in 2007, health insurance brokers say.

SIOR Wisconsin Chapter annual awards, installation of officers and scholarship banquet, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 17; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee...

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on Thursday, Jan. 18, at 1 p.m. to celebrate the start of construction...

Milwaukee-based Dave Schmidt Realty recently purchased the 104-unit Quail Hollow Apartments at 8118 W. Forest Garden Ct., Greenfield, from...

Building Owners and Managers Association Certified Commercial Investment Members ...

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senior director, Opus North Corp.

According to statistical data from Metro MLS Inc., 20,071 homes were sold in the Milwaukee area during 2006, a 7.3 percent decrease from the 21,642 homes sold in 2005.