Latest Delaware Headlines
All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Congress Raises Penalties for Oil Spills on Waterways
Jun 30 2006 // The Delaware River and other waterways around the nation will be better protected from oil spills under legislation approved Tuesday by Congress, according to one of the measure’s co-sponsors. The Coast Guard and...
Del. Supreme Court upholds decision in Disney shareholder lawsuit
Jun 19 2006 // The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that directors of the Walt Disney Co. did not violate their fiduciary duties in the hiring and firing of former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz. In affirming a...
Del. Supreme Court Upholds Decision in Disney Shareholder Lawsuit
Jun 12 2006 // The Delaware Supreme Court last week upheld a lower court ruling that directors of the Walt Disney Co. did not violate their fiduciary duties in the hiring and firing of former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz. In...
Delmarva poultry industry criticizes federal avian flu planning
May 8 2006 // The federal government could learn a thing or two from the Delaware- Maryland-Virginia area poultry industry about how to prepare for an outbreak of avian flu, according to the Delmarva industry officials. In a meeting...
Delmarva poultry industry criticizes federal avian flu planning
May 8 2006 // News Currents The federal government could learn a thing or two from the Delaware- Maryland-Virginia area poultry industry about how to prepare for an outbreak of avian flu, according to the Delmarva industry officials. In...
Arm-Twisting Revives Delaware Medical Malpractice Affidavit Bill
Apr 17 2006 // A bill raising the legal hurdle for medical malpractice plaintiffs was clinically dead after a House committee vote last Wednesday, but was quickly revived with some arm-twisting by the House majority leader. After a...
Delaware Senate Reaches Credit Scoring Compromise
Apr 5 2006 // The Delaware Senate has voted for compromise legislation that will allow insurers to continue to consider credit history information in the underwriting process. Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn’s original bill...
Del. Nixes Medical Malpractice Subsidies for High Risk Doctors
Mar 17 2006 // A Delaware House committee has tabled a bill that would allow the state to use a portion of the Delaware Blue Cross system’s excess reserves to subsidize malpractice insurance premiums for doctors in high-risk...
HRH Purchasing Del. Agency
Feb 23 2006 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company reported the signing of a definitive agreement under which HRH will buy the stock of Zutz Associates Inc., Delaware’s largest independently-owned insurance agency. Terms of the...
Del. Regulator Plans Online Shopping Service, More Consumer Help
Feb 15 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn asked for additional staff to investigate complaints against insurance companies and agents as well as fund an Internet insurance rate comparison service that would be the only one...
Driving Instructor, Delaware Officials at Odds Over Credentialing Panel
Feb 8 2006 // A lawsuit accusing Delaware Department of Insurance officials of violating the Freedom of Information Act has devolved into a war of words between the owner of a defensive driving school and the judge hearing the...
Delaware seeks new workers’ comp classes
Feb 5 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has asked Delaware businesses to submit requests for classification changes for workers’ compensation. According to Denn, some business owners have said they have been...
PCI Hosts Del. Legislative Conference to Showcase Industry Issues
Jan 31 2006 // Three dozen insurance industry representatives walked Delaware’s Legislative Hall of the state capitol last week to meet with state legislators and discuss pending bills on the use of credit history, workers’...
Anchor, Not Ship Owner, Found At Fault in Delaware River Spill
Jan 23 2006 // The Coast Guard has concluded that a lost anchor in the Delaware River was the main cause of a November 2004 oil spill now ranked among the worst in the mid-Atlantic region. Investigators have cleared the shipper and...
As Rates Rise, Delaware Solicits Changes to Workers’ Comp Classes
Jan 20 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has asked Delaware businesses to submit requests for classification changes under the workers’ compensation insurance system if they believe that changes would make more...
Full Plate of Insurance Issues Awaits Del. Legislative Agenda
Jan 9 2006 // The Delaware General Assembly will have a full plate of insurance issues on its agenda when it reconvenes on Jan. 10, according to Richard Stokes, regional manager for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
People & Places
Dec 5 2005 // Edward Troy GAB Robins, the international claims services firm, announced that Edward G. Troy has been named president and chief executive officer of the GAB Robins Group of Companies. Brandon Hickey Before joining GAB...
People
Dec 4 2005 // GAB Robins, the international claims services firm, announced that Edward G. Troy has been named president and chief executive officer of the GAB Robins Group of Companies. Before joining GAB Robins, Troy served as...
Delaware Rejects 10% Workers’ Comp Hike; Signals 8% Would Be Approved
Nov 8 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn said today he would not approve a proposed 10 percent increase in the workers’ compensation insurance rates, telling insurance companies that he would however approve a lower...
Insurers Challenge Delaware Curb on Use of Claims History in Renewals
Nov 1 2005 // Insurers are challenging a Delaware regulation that limits their ability to base homeowners insurance underwriting decisions on insureds’ past claims history. The American Insurance Association and the Property...
