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Then and Now: URM Stores warehouse

United Retail Merchants, now called URM Stores, was founded in 1921 to supply independent grocery stores across the Northwest. After more than a century in business,...

FSB launches free seminar series for small businesses

Farmers State Bank (FSB) is launching a free, four-week program designed to provide entrepreneurs and small business owners with tools and information to build sustainable operations. The program, “From the Ground Up – A Small Business Series,” will be held on Mondays from Sept....

Brown & Brown completes Risk Strategies, One80 buy

Brown & Brown said Friday it has completed its $9.83 billion purchase of Accession Risk Management Group, the parent company of retailer Risk Strategies Co. and wholesaler One80 Intermediaries. The brokerage announced the deal in June. It’s the largest in its long history of...

Current developments in S corporations

Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code governs S corporations and their shareholders.1 Over the 12–month period ending March 2025 covered by this article, several court cases and items of IRS guidance had a bearing on S corporations, with implications for their tax...

Risk Strategies makes purchase – Business Insurance

Broker Risk Strategies said Wednesday it has acquired the assets of Zia Insurance Services, Tyra Enterprises and Capitol Insurance Services. The Santa Fe, New Mexico-based firms will become part of the Risk Strategies West Region and report to Pat Roth, West Region leader. Led by...

Insured windstorm losses increase – Business Insurance

PERILS AG has raised its industry loss estimate for Windstorm Éowyn by 7% to 747 million euros ($864 million), Artemis reported. The January 2025 storm, which struck Ireland, Northern Ireland and central Scotland with gusts up to 115 miles per hour, caused the...