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Delaware Regulators Recover $1.4M for Consumers in 1st Half of 2014
Jul 28 2014 // The Delaware Department of Insurance reported that regulators recovered more than $1.4 million for consumers in the first six months of 2014. This amount represents an increase of 49.57 percent in funds recovered for...
Wal-Mart Must Share Documents on Mexico Bribery Probe: Court
Jul 28 2014 // The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed last Wednesday a lower court ruling that ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to provide a shareholder with documents related to the company’s internal probe of allegations the retailer...
Delaware OKs Bill Aimed at Lowering Workers’ Comp Costs
Jul 21 2014 // Delaware lawmakers last month approved legislation aimed at lowering the state’s workers’ compensation insurance costs. Delaware House Bill 373 (“An Act to Amend Titles 18 and 19 of the Delaware Code...
6.5 Million Homes from Maine to Texas at Risk for Storm Surge: CoreLogic
Jul 10 2014 // More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs. More than $986 billion of that risk is...
Insurers Suspect Fraud, Sue Phillips Asbestos Trust
Jul 6 2014 // Six insurance companies are suing an asbestos personal injury trust set up by a U.S. unit of Philips that the insurers suspect has been making millions of dollars in fraudulent payments to parties that cannot prove they...
Delaware Launching Annual Sobriety Checkpoint Campaign This Weekend
Jul 2 2014 // Delaware authorities are holding the state’s first sobriety checkpoint for drivers this weekend. The first checkpoint for the 14th annual checkpoint campaign is scheduled for Friday, the Fourth of July, in...
Del. Lawmakers Approve Bill Aimed at Lowering Workers’ Comp Medical Costs
Jun 27 2014 // Delaware lawmakers have given final approval to legislation aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates in Delaware. The bill approved unanimously by the Senate on Wednesday calls for a 33 percent...
Electronic Proof of Auto Insurance Now Accepted in Delaware
Jun 26 2014 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart is alerting drivers in Delaware that as of June 25, 2014, state law enforcement officials can accept proof of auto insurance (insurance ID card) in either physical or...
Delaware House Approves Higher Fine for Phone Use While Driving
Jun 16 2014 // A proposed increase in the first-time penalty for using a handheld cell phone or other electronic device while driving is making progress in the Delaware General Assembly. The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, reports...
Businesses Lobby Delaware to Keep ‘Loser Pays’ Option in Shareholder Suits
Jun 11 2014 // Big business is lobbying Delaware lawmakers for corporate bylaws to shift legal fees to shareholders who sue and lose, which legal experts say could curtail a booming type of investor class actions. An affiliate of the...
Delaware Lawmakers Eye Workers’ Comp Rates
Jun 2 2014 // Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates. The task force presented lawmakers a report on May 15 proposing that...
Delaware Troopers Issue Over 1K Traffic Citations in I-95 Crackdown
May 21 2014 // Delaware troopers were busy this past weekend cracking down on traffic violations during a multistate enforcement safety initiative along Interstate 95. The Drive to Save Lives initiative was a one-day effort involving...
Delaware Lawmakers Eye Proposals to Lower Workers’ Comp Medical Costs
May 19 2014 // Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates. The task force presented lawmakers a report on May 15 proposing that...
Delaware Senate Bill Would Fund Volunteer Ambulance Services
May 16 2014 // The state Senate is set to vote on one of a series of bills aimed at providing more money to politically powerful volunteer fire companies who say their ambulance services are losing money. The bill to be voted on Thursday...
Delaware Reports Continuing Growth in Captive Program
May 12 2014 // Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced Monday the state grew its number of captive insurers in 2013. The regulator said year-end 2013 numbers are 298 licensed captives (with 266 being...
Delaware Task Force Eyes Lower Workers’ Compensation Costs
May 12 2014 // Delaware’s state panel established to address recent rate increases for workers’ compensation insurance in the state is recommending that medical costs be trimmed by 33 percent over the next three years. The...
Delaware Court Backs Fee-Shifting in Shareholder Class Actions
May 12 2014 // Delaware’s Supreme Court has ruled that corporations can adopt bylaws requiring an investor who sues and loses to pay the company’s legal costs, potentially upending the economics of a booming type of...
NCCI Reports on Workers’ Comp Legislative Outlook
May 5 2014 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) published on April 8 its annual workers’ compensation issues report. Included in the report is a legislative and regulatory outlook across the country. The...
Delaware Bill Adds Teeth to Certificate of Insurance Rules
Apr 7 2014 // Delaware legislature on March 25 passed HB 104 (“An Act to Amend Title 18 of the Delaware Code Relating to Certificates of Insurance”) that aims to curtail the improper use of certificates of...
In Delaware, Over 3,600 Policyholders Face Flood Rate Hikes
Apr 1 2014 // Premiums for thousands of Delaware property owners may increase significantly because of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, but it seems many residents may not know about impending rate hikes of up to 25...
