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U.S. Railroad Workers Charged in $1 Billion Fraud

U.S. prosecutors charged 11 people Thursday in connection with an alleged $1 billion fraud involving hundreds of railroad workers filing false disability claims. In some cases, workers claimed they were unable to work even while they played golf, shoveled snow …

American Family Pays $1 Billion in Storm Payments

A Madison-based insurance company’s catastrophe related losses have hit the $1 billion mark for a single year. It’s only the third time that American Family Insurance’s storm and catastrophe-related losses in the Midwest have hit that mark. More than $100 …