Latest Delaware Headlines
All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Delaware Administrative Officer’s Defamation Suit To Move Forward
Aug 22 2016 // A judge says New Castle County, Delaware’s former chief administrative officer can proceed with a defamation suit over his firing last year by County Executive Tom Gordon. While dismissing David Grimaldi’s...
Delaware Passes Ridesharing Regulations
Aug 22 2016 // Delaware Governor Jack Markell has signed legislation that establishes insurance requirements for transportation network companies and their drivers, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Fire Destroys Delaware Diner, Pharmacy
Aug 12 2016 // Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a diner and a pharmacy in Milton, Dela. Milton police said officers responded to the fire after observing heavy smoke coming from the structure that...
Delaware Passes Ridesharing Regulations
Aug 12 2016 // Delaware Governor Jack Markell has signed legislation that establishes insurance requirements for transportation network companies and their drivers, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Court Rejects Wal-Mart Shareholders’ Claim of Directors’ Liability for Mexican Bribes
Jul 25 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executives and directors persuaded a federal appeals court on Friday to reject shareholder claims that they permitted and then covered up pervasive bribery by officials at the world’s largest...
Insurance Office of America Acquires Hornung Agency in Delaware
Jun 30 2016 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) of Longwood, Florida, has acquired Thomas J. Hornung & Associates, an independent insurance agency in the Wilmington, Delaware area. Thomas J. Hornung, who founded the agency in 1997,...
Judge: Delaware’s Aggressive Abandoned Property Practices Violate Due Process
Jun 30 2016 // A federal judge this week blasted Delaware’s practice of collecting abandoned property, issuing a ruling that could have dire budget consequences for the state. U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Sleet said...
Delaware Judge Says State Farm Off the Hook in Paintball Injury Suit
Jun 10 2016 // Be careful with that thing. It could put someone’s eye out. That’s the upshot from a Sussex County, Delaware, judge’s ruling that State Farm doesn’t have to indemnify a policyholder in a paintball...
Highmark, Aetna Request Substantial Rate Hikes in Delaware
Jun 3 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced Thursday that she has received rate request filings from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, Aetna Inc. and Aetna Life for individual and small group...
Delaware Fines Insurers for Market Misconduct
May 23 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has fined insurance companies a total of $83,300 during the first quarter of 2016 for violating state insurance regulations. Fines generally result from a market conduct...
Delaware Gov. Supports Tougher Penalties for Texting While Driving
May 6 2016 // Delaware Gov. Jack Markell is pledging his support for a bill to toughen penalties for texting or otherwise using a handheld phone while driving. After experiencing a virtual reality demonstration May 3 of the potentially...
Delaware Fines Insurers $83K for Market Misconduct
Apr 29 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has fined insurance companies a total of $83,300 during the first quarter of 2016 for violating state insurance regulations. Fines generally result from a market conduct...
Delaware: Former Coventry Policyholders Entitled to Unclaimed Funds
Apr 8 2016 // The Delaware Department of Insurance said several consumers have recently contacted the department’s Consumer Services Division regarding a letter they received in the mail from “Aetna, Treasury Services –...
Former Iowa Firefighter Again Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Mar 29 2016 // A former Iowa firefighter pleaded guilty to insurance fraud related to a string of cases spanning Buchanan, Clayton and Delaware counties, the Iowa Department of Insurance reported. Terry Russell Groth, a former Strawberry...
Delaware Prohibits Limiting Transgender Health Care Coverage
Mar 28 2016 // Insurance companies in Delaware will be prohibited from limiting health care coverage for transgender individuals. The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, reports that Delaware has become the 15th state in the country to...
Delaware Warns of Unscrupulous Tax Preparers
Mar 21 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart is advising consumers to beware of unscrupulous tax preparers this tax-filing season. Stewart said that the Department of Insurance has received reports of tax preparers...
With Insurance in Place, Punkin Chunkin Returns to Delaware
Mar 14 2016 // Organizers have announced that Punkin Chunkin, a popular festival in which teams compete to fling pumpkins, will return to Sussex County in Delaware after a two-year absence. News outlets report that the event will be held...
Delaware Commissioner: Beware of Unscrupulous Tax Preparers
Mar 11 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart is advising consumers to beware of unscrupulous tax preparers this tax-filing season. Stewart said Thursday that the Department of Insurance has received reports of tax...
Delaware Regulators Recovered $1.9M for Policyholders in 2015
Mar 1 2016 // The Delaware Department of Insurance said the department last year recovered more than $1.9 million for policyholders, and helped business owners save nearly $9.3 million in workers’ compensation insurance costs. The...
21st Century Insurance Cutting 50 Jobs in Delaware
Feb 22 2016 // Farmers Insurance Group said it recently notified some 50 21st Century Insurance employees in Wilmington, Delaware, that their positions would be eliminated. The move comes as Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance continues...
