Latest Delaware Headlines
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PCI: Banning Credit Score Use Will Hurt Del. Consumers
Mar 16 2005 // A Delaware bill that would ban insurers from using credit history to underwrite auto and homeowner policies would raise prices for most insurance consumers, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of...
DVUA Announces Management Reassignments
Mar 9 2005 // Edward Levy, president and chief executive officer of Delaware Valley Underwriting Agency Inc. in Hatboro, Pa., announced new management assignments effective immediately. Rita Hanebury assumes responsibility as vice...
Med-Mal Writer ProAssurance to Expand Mid-Atlantic Reach with NCRIC Merger
Feb 28 2005 // Brimingham,Alabanama-based medcial malpractice insurer ProAssurance Corporation (NYSE: PRA) and NCRIC Group, Inc., our of Washington, D.C., (NASDAQ: NCRI) announced an agreement to merge NCRIC into ProAssurance in a $69.6...
Del. Commissioner Denn Seeks to Reshape Insurance Department to Stress Consumer Protection
Feb 9 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn, in his fiscal year 2006 budget presentation to the Joint Finance Committee, outlined plans to reform his office structure in order to focus it on protecting the interests of...
Delaware Gov. Minner Puts Workers’ Comp Reform, Health Purchasing Pools on Her Second Term Agenda
Jan 27 2005 // Delaware Democratic Gov. Ruth Ann Minner outlined her agenda for the coming year in the first state of the state address of her second term. Her agenda includes lowering workers’ compensation costs and improving...
Del. to Require New Disclosures by Home Insurers
Jan 20 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn planned to reveal a new regulation today that will require insurance companies to provide prominent annual disclosures to each homeowner’s policyholder of where there...
Delaware Measure Targets Uninsured Motorists
Jan 17 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn, State Senator David Sokola and State Representative Donna Stone have unveiled bi-partisan legislation which will allow the state to increase enforcement of its uninsured motorist...
New Delaware Insurance Commissioner Denn Supports Bill to Ban Use of Credit Scoring by Insurers
Jan 10 2005 // Wasting little time acting on one of his campaign promises, new Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn announced he will support a bill being introduced that seeks to ban the use of credit scores by insurers in personal...
Delaware Regulators Asking Insurance Agents If They’re Honest
Dec 20 2004 // State regulators are asking Delaware insurance agents to fess up if they’ve been engaging in illegal conduct. In the wake of alleged industry abuses in New York, the Delaware Department of Insurance is asking more...
From Maine to Virginia … What Happened in 2004
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
Denn Defeats Ennis for Delaware Insurance Post
Nov 3 2004 // Democrat Matthew P. Denn, former legal counsel to Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, caught 53 percent of the vote to win the insurance commissioner’s race over Rep. David Ennis, (R-Wilmington), who garnered 47 percent. Denn...
Pa. AG Sues 16 Including Attorneys Over Alleged Widespread ‘Living Trust’ Sales Scam
Oct 29 2004 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert has filed a civil lawsuit in Commonwealth Court accusing 16 defendants of engaging in an elaborate statewide living trust sales scheme, that deceived older Pennsylvanians into...
OSHA Fines Delaware Clam Factory for Explosives
Oct 26 2004 // Sea Watch International Ltd. has been fined $9,000 by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) because of safety violations at its Milford, Del. clam processing plant where unexploded vintage...
Denn Wins Delaware Democratic Insurance Primary
Sep 13 2004 // Matt Denn defeated Karen Weldin Stewart on Sept. 11 in the Democratic primary race for Delaware insurance commissioner. Denn, who resigned as counsel to Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to seek the $93,200-a-year job, Denn won 58...
Delaware’s Race for Insurance Commissioner Pits Advocate Denn Vs. Conciliator Ennis
Sep 7 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...
The Race For Delaware Insurance Commissioner: The Advocate Vs. The Conciliator
Sep 7 2004 // INSURANCE JOURNAL PUTS CANDIDATES DENN AND ENNIS ON THE RECORD, ON THE ISSUES September 7, 2004–Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic...
On the Record: The Race for Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner
Sep 6 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...
NAMIC Launches Web Site for State Election News
Sep 1 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has launched a new Web site, www.stateelections2004.com, to help provide insurance professionals with information about this fall’s state elections. The...
Del. Sessions Ends in Status-Quo for Insurers
Aug 2 2004 // Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has signed a number of bills of interest to the property/casualty industry since the 2003-2004 legislative session ended July 1, most recently the personal injury protection legislation and a...
Del. Lowers Drunk Driving Threshold
Jul 12 2004 // Delaware lawmakers recently agreed to join the rest of the nation by lowering the blood-alcohol threshold for drunken driving. Lawmakers voted to lower the blood-alcohol concentration considered prima facie evidence that a...
