Latest Delaware Headlines
All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Delaware River Town Finally Back in Business A Year After Flood
Jul 8 2007 // A year after a flood heavily damaged the borough of Portland, Pa., the last of the downtown businesses reopened. Duane Smith, the owner of the Portland Market, reopened his business last Friday. Smith said it took so long...
White Named Insurer Regulation Director at Delaware Department
Jun 13 2007 // Steve White has been named director of the Bureau of Company Examination, Regulation and Guaranty (BERG) in the Delaware Department of Insurance, Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn announced. A 13-year employee of the...
Delaware Offers Prices from 53 Homeowners Insurers Online
May 29 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has unveiled an online homeowner insurance tool that compares rates from 50 insurers and complements an auto insurance rate comparison that has been available since November. Denn...
Aetna Buys Schaller Anderson Inc. for $535 Million
May 29 2007 // Aetna Inc. in Hartfors, Con. has agreed to buy a Phoenix-based company that manages health care for Medicaid plans and administers employers’ self-funded health plans. The Hartford-based insurer announced Thursday...
Delaware Judges Want Say in Private Equity Liability Cases
May 22 2007 // Judges in Delaware’s famed business court are keeping a close eye on legal issues cropping up amid the recent wave of private equity buyouts of public corporations. In recent rulings, Court of Chancery judges have...
Delaware Senate Bill Permits Restricted Use of Credit Scores
May 11 2007 // The Delaware Senate this week approved legislation that allows insurance companies to continue using credit-based insurance scores while putting in place additional consumer safeguards. Senate Bill 31 as originally...
NEIGHBORS SEEK TO DRAIN N.Y. CITY’S WATER RESEVOIRS TO STEM FUTURE FLOODING
May 7 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities. House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,...
Neighbors seek to drain N.Y. City’s waterreservoirs to stem future flooding
May 7 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities. House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,...
News Currents
Apr 23 2007 // Delaware agent groups on verge of merger The boards of directors for the Insurance Agents & Brokers of Delaware (IA&B of DE) and the Independent Insurance Agents of Delaware Inc. (IIAD) have unanimously voted to...
Neighbors Seek to Drain N.Y. City’s Water Reservoirs to Stem Flooding
Apr 20 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the massive reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities. House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New...
Delaware Senate Votes to Repeal Time Limit on Sex Abuse Suits
Apr 10 2007 // The Delaware Senate this week unanimously approved a bill allowing victims of child sexual abuse more time to file civil lawsuits against their alleged abusers. Senators approved the bill on a 19-0 vote after 31/2 hours of...
Delaware Agent Groups Closer to Merger; Members to Vote April 18
Apr 5 2007 // The boards of directors for the Insurance Agents & Brokers of Delaware (IA&B of DE) and the Independent Insurance Agents of Delaware, Inc. (IIAD) have unanimously voted to approve the plan for merger of their...
Delaware Jury Awards Navy Officer $41 Million in Priest Abuse Case
Apr 3 2007 // A Delaware jury has awarded $41 million to a Navy officer who said a Roman Catholic priest sexually abused him hundreds of times as a teen. Jurors awarded Cmdr. Kenneth Whitwell $6 million in compensatory damages and $35...
Royal & Sun Management Team Completes Buyout of U.S. Businesses
Mar 5 2007 // Arrowpoint Capital Corp. has completed the acquisition of all Royal & SunAlliance USA businesses formerly owned by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc of London. Arrowpoint Capital Corp. was formed in June...
Delaware Lawmakers Unveil New Bill to Ban Credit Scoring
Mar 2 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn and legislators on Friday unveiled legislation to ban all use of credit scores in setting auto and homeowner insurance rates. Denn was joined by the prime sponsors of the bill...
Hughes Joins Ames & Gough to Focus on Pa.-N.J.-Del.
Feb 27 2007 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker specializing in serving architects, engineers and law firms, has hired Robert G. Hughes as a vice president with responsibility for business in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and...
Delaware doctors form insurer
Feb 26 2007 // A group of Kent County, Delaware doctors has decided to form a risk retention group to provide malpractice coverage. According to Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn, the group is tapping the state’s Medical...
Business Moves
Feb 25 2007 // Royal & Sun A state hearing officer recommended Delaware’s insurance commissioner approve the proposed management buyout and eventual dissolution of Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S....
Royal Sun U.S. Buyout Can Proceed Subject to Conditions
Feb 21 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn has conditionally approved a management buyout of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S. operations, even while chastising the company’s British parent for...
Royal & Sun buyout approval expected
Feb 12 2007 // A state hearing officer recommended that Delaware’s insurance commissioner approve the proposed management buyout and eventual dissolution of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S. operations....
