Latest Delaware Headlines
All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Anthem Not Giving Up on Merger with Cigna Even If Cigna Is
Feb 15 2017 // Anthem Inc. on Wednesday won a temporary restraining order that blocks smaller rival Cigna Corp. from officially terminating their proposed $54 billion merger, a transaction already rejected by U.S. antitrust...
Delaware DOI Investigating Data Breach Affecting 19,000 Consumers
Feb 6 2017 // The Delaware Department of Insurance is investigating a security breach involving Summit Reinsurance Services Inc. (SummitRe) and BCS Financial Corp., both subcontractors of Highmark BlueCross BlueShield of Delaware. The...
Delaware City to Pay at Least $9M to Cover Injured Firefighters’ Care
Jan 17 2017 // Wilmington officials say they’ll have to pay $9 million or more to cover the health care costs for four firefighters injured in a blaze that killed three of their colleagues last year. Mayor Mike Purzycki tells The...
Delaware DOI Investigating Data Breach Affecting 19,000 Consumers
Jan 13 2017 // The Delaware Department of Insurance is investigating a security breach involving Summit Reinsurance Services Inc. (SummitRe) and BCS Financial Corporation, both subcontractors of Highmark BlueCross BlueShield of...
Judge Upholds Ban on Guns in Delaware State Parks, Forests
Dec 28 2016 // A Delaware judge has sided with state environmental officials in a lawsuit challenging a ban on non-hunting firearms in state parks and forests. Members of the Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club and the Delaware State...
East Regulation Report Card: Vermont Ranks Best for 3rd Straight Year
Dec 22 2016 // The R Street Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has found that Vermont has the best insurance regulatory environment in the U.S. for the third straight year in its...
Delaware Court Delays Patriot National Dividend, Stock Repurchase Plans
Dec 18 2016 // Shares of Patriot National Inc fell 4.6 percent on Friday after it announced late Thursday that it could not pay a special dividend pending a court hearing that would happen late March at the earliest. Patriot, which had...
Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Patent Litigants’ ‘Friendly Court’ Shopping
Dec 15 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether to limit where patent lawsuits may be filed, potentially threatening a years-long trend that critics say allows frequent and often-baseless litigants to sue in...
Delaware Elects Navarro as Insurance Commissioner
Nov 21 2016 // Delaware has elected New Castle County Sheriff, Trinidad Navarro, as its next insurance commissioner. Navarro won the race against Republican Jeff Cragg and is set to succeed Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart. “For...
Delaware Elects Navarro as Insurance Commissioner
Nov 9 2016 // Delaware has elected New Castle County Sheriff, Trinidad Navarro, as its next insurance commissioner. Navarro won the race against Republican Jeff Cragg and is set to succeed Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart. “For...
Explosion Critically Injures 1 at Delaware Pumpkin Flinging Contest
Nov 8 2016 // Delaware State Police say one person has been critically injured after an apparatus used to launch pumpkins into the air exploded. The incident occurred Sunday at the Punkin Chunkin Contest in Bridgeville. The town is...
Delaware Approves Amended Workers’ Compensation Rate Filing
Oct 13 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart approved the Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau (DCRB)’s workers’ compensation amended rate filing, which recommends no changes in the overall levels of...
Delaware Man Receives Life in Prison for Double Homicide
Oct 10 2016 // A Wilmington man convicted of the murder-for-hire killings of his business partner and the partner’s wife will spend the rest of his life in prison. Thirty-four-year-old Christopher Rivers received two life sentences...
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Advises Residents in Case of Hurricane Matthew
Oct 6 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart is encouraging Delaware residents to take action now to prepare for potential damages and interruptions from Hurricane Matthew. Although it is too early to predict the...
Insurance Company Wants Out of Delaware Child Porn Defamation Suit
Sep 29 2016 // A federal judge has ruled that an insurance company is obligated to defend the ex-wife of serial political candidate Richard Korn in a defamation lawsuit he filed against her. Liberty Mutual argued that a homeowner’s...
More Than $500K Donated to Delaware Officials to Address Rising Opioid Deaths
Sep 20 2016 // As the number of overdose deaths from prescription painkillers has soared in recent years, pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioid painkillers, and allied advocacy groups, have donated more than $500,000 to state...
Woman Dies After Falling 35 Feet From Zip Line at a Delaware State Park
Sep 19 2016 // Delaware State Police say a woman who died after tumbling from a zip line ride fell from a platform about 35 feet off the ground. Authorities say 59-year-old Tina Werner of Felton was waiting to descend on the zip line at...
Court Allows Banana Farmers’ Toxic Pesticide Claims Against Fruit, Chemical Firms
Sep 7 2016 // Hundreds of banana farmers from Central America and South America will again have their day in court, after a U.S. appeals court on Friday revived six lawsuits accusing several big fruit and chemical companies of sickening...
Fire Causes $100K in Damage to Delaware Home
Sep 6 2016 // Delaware officials said an accidental fire caused $100,000 in damage to a home in Wilmington. The Delaware Office of the State Fire Marshal said in a statement that the Cranston Heights Fire Company responded to a fire in...
Woman Dies After Falling 35 Feet From Zip Line Ride at a Delaware State Park
Aug 29 2016 // Delaware State Police say a woman who died after tumbling from a zip line ride fell from a platform about 35 feet off the ground. Authorities say 59-year-old Tina Werner of Felton was waiting to descend on the zip line...
