Latest Delaware Headlines
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First State Delaware Last on .08 Blood-Alcohol Drunken Driving Law
Jul 5 2004 // Lighting up a cigarette in a bar in Georgetown, Delaware is unlawful, but you can get more drunk in Delaware than anywhere in the nation and still be allowed to get behind the wheel. “Delaware’s got so many...
Candidates for Delaware Insurance Commissioner and Governor Kick-Off Campaigns
May 12 2004 // A Republican long-shot for governor and a Democratic favorite for insurance commissioner kicked off their campaigns this week with traditional stops in all three counties in Delaware. Gov. Ruth Ann Minner and U.S. Sen....
Del. Commissioner Notes 2003 Financial Support for State Fire, Rescue and Ambulance Organizations
Apr 2 2004 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Donna Lee Williams announced the totals of this year’s State financial support of Delaware fire companies. The State’s disbursements come from taxes paid by insurers based on...
Delaware Mulls Dissolving CareFirst Affiliation with Blue Cross
Mar 12 2004 // Delaware’s insurance commissioner moved a step closer to dissolving the existing affiliation between CareFirst and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware. Commissioner Donna Lee Williams presided over a hearing to...
DEL. COMM. WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION:
Feb 9 2004 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Donna Lee Williams has announced that she will not seek re-election to a fourth term. Williams has decided to devote more time to her family. A Republican first elected in 1992, Williams is...
Michael L. Browne New Harleysville CEO; William W. Scranton III Named Chairman
Feb 6 2004 // The boards of directors of Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company and Harleysville Group Inc. announced that Michael L. Browne has been elected chief executive officer and president of Harleysville Mutual and chief...
Peter M. Ross Joins Penn Treaty Board
Dec 24 2003 // Penn Treaty American Corporation announced the addition of Peter M. Ross to its Board of Directors. “Mr. Ross, 63, will fill the remaining term of Michael F. Grill, the Company’s treasurer, and will be...
Del. Defeats Ban on Scores; Takes First Step Toward Medical Liability Reform
Jul 28 2003 // In a legislative session reportedly dominated by budget issues, Delaware lawmakers rejected a ban on the use of credit-based insurance scores and took a compromise approach toward medical liability reform. The Legislature...
Del. Becomes First State to Implement InsureNet’s Vehicle Insurance Verification System
Jun 11 2003 // Technology provider InsureNet USA Inc. announced that Delaware has become the first state in the U.S. to adopt the company’s InsureNet System, an accurate vehicle insurance status system. The system, which operates...
Alliance Calls New DE Credit Scoring Regulation a ‘Fair Compromise’
Jun 2 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers has issued an announcement indicating that a final Delaware Department of Insurance regulation governing property/casualty insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores that will go...
NAII Seeks Changes to Proposed Insurance Scoring Regulations in Delaware
Apr 24 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers announced that representatives had appeared at a public hearing held yesterday in Delaware to ensure that the effectiveness of credit-based insurance scoring was not...
Alliance Calls for Changes in DE Credit Scoring Regulation
Jan 14 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers characterized the Delaware Department of Insurance current regulatory proposals on Credit scoring as “a good starting point for addressing the issue,” but indicated that they...
Pa. Independent Agent Associations Merge
Dec 5 2002 // Members of two Pennsylvania independent agent associations, The Independent Insurance Agents of Pennsylvania (IIAP) and the Pennsylvania members of Professional Insurance Agents Association (PIA) of Pennsylvania, Maryland...
Delaware Test Validates Auto Insurance Verification System
Jun 5 2002 // A recent test in Delaware has confirmed the viability of a new automobile insurance verification system invented by InsureNet USA Inc. “The InsureNet® system enables authorities to ascertain the actual real-time...
CalFarm to Pay $2.6M for Allegedly Deceiving Former Employee
Mar 28 2002 // CalFarm Nationwide Insurance has been ordered to pay $2.6 million to a former Sacramento resident after a jury found the company guilty of allegedly deceiving the man into relocating to California to take on a position,...
AIIC NJ, Regulators Reach Compromise, Withdrawal Plan Suspended
Dec 20 2001 // American International Insurance Company of New Jersey (AIIC NJ), a subsidiary of American International Group, announced that it has reached an agreement with the State of New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance...
PIAA of Penn., Md., Del. Urges Rules on ‘Credit Scoring’
Dec 14 2001 // The members of a task force from the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware recently met with representatives from all three state insurance departments, and urged that rules be...
AIG Delays Construction of Delaware Complex
Jul 10 2001 // American International Group has decided to delay a major building project in Wilmington following its acquisition of American General. Company spokesmen said that the original plan to build twin office towers for up to...
AIA Praises Work of Delaware Legislature
Jul 3 2001 // Taylor Cosby, American Insurance Ass’n., VP – mid Atlantic region, praised the work of Delaware’s General Assembly as it wound up the first part of its two year session. Cosby noted that financial service...
Agent-Broker Malpractice
Feb 19 2001 // In specifying, arranging for and renewing insurance policies, it is customary in the industry for agents to use a kind of shorthand. It is also customary for agents to rely upon manuals provided to them by insurers. A case...
