Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Montana 100-Year Flood Plain Expanded
Feb 23 2010 // The mayor of Miles City, Mont., said a new federal map nearly doubles the size of the city’s 100-year flood plain and could result in hundreds of residents paying for increased flood insurance. Joe R. Whalen said the...
Montana Deputy Auditor’s Accuser Returns to Work
Jan 28 2010 // The Montana state auditor’s office has reached a settlement with an employee who left the office last year after accusing Deputy Auditor Walt Schweitzer of illegally soliciting political contributions from...
Montana Court Upholds Notice Rule in Lawsuits Against Bars
Jan 7 2010 // A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court has upheld a state law that requires someone planning to sue a bar over liability in a drunken driving crash to notify the bar within 180 days of the crash. The Supreme Court issued...
Montana Makes Morgan Stanley Pay Back $42 Million
Dec 16 2009 // Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, Monica Lindeen, finalized a settlement with Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. regarding allegations the company misled investors. In the agreement, Morgan Stanley has agreed...
Montana Hail Board Approves Refunds
Dec 10 2009 // Montana farmers who bought state hail insurance this year will receive a refund of 40 percent of the premiums they paid. The state Board of Hail Insurance approved the refunds after reviewing an actuarial report at its...
Flagstone Re Buys Retrocessional Coverage from Montana Re Cat Bond
Dec 2 2009 // Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited announced that Flagstone Réassurance Suisse SA, has purchased three years of fully collateralized retrocessional coverage from Montana Re Ltd. a special purpose reinsurer...
Foremost Insurance Expands Dwelling Fire Program in 3 States
Dec 1 2009 // Foremost Insurance Group announced it is expanding its dwelling fire program in Montana, Nebraska and Tennessee, effective Dec. 1, 2009. Typically known as the solution for hard-to-place landlord and owner-occupied...
Montana Councilman Wants $2 Million Related to Asbestos Site
Nov 16 2009 // A city councilman in Libby, Mont., said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency owes the asbestos-plagued Superfund community $2 million for the demolition of several contaminated buildings. The city-owned...
Montana Courts Uphold Workers’ Compensation Cutoff Age
Nov 15 2009 // The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a state law that allows insurance companies to cut off workers’ compensation payments for those suffering permanent total disability when the disabled party is of retirement...
Montana Courts Uphold Workers’ Comp Cutoff Age
Nov 5 2009 // The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a state law that allows insurance companies to cut off worker’s compensation payments for those suffering permanent total disability when the disabled party is of retirement...
Montana Commissioner Named to Federal Committee
Nov 2 2009 // Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica J. Lindeen has been appointed to the North American Securities Administrators Association’s (NASAA) Federal Legislation Committee, a key committee as Congress...
Montana Among States to Accuse FedEx of Misclassifying Drivers
Nov 1 2009 // Three states said they plan to sue FedEx Corp., accusing the second-largest U.S. package delivery company of violating labor laws by illegally classifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees to save...
Montana Insurance Commissioner Announces Fraud Settlement
Oct 30 2009 // LPL Financial Corporation (LPL) will pay nearly $1.3 million in restitution to Montana investors and a fine of $150,000 to the State of Montana under a settlement announced today by Monica Lindeen, Montana Commissioner of...
Montana Man Charged with Arson Pleads
Oct 15 2009 // A Montana man charged with starting a string of fires that damaged a home and several vehicles in Billings has pleaded guilty to felony criminal endangerment. Sergio Nino, 22, entered the plea Tuesday as part of a deal...
Montana Ponzi Scheme Investigation Continues
Oct 6 2009 // The state and a court-appointed receiver continue to inventory the assets of two Polson men and their companies as they seek to recover money for those who invested in what the state calls a $14 million Ponzi scheme. Keith...
Montana Commissioner Stumps Against Fraud
Sep 25 2009 // Promises of high profits, low risks, and guaranteed returns may sound too good to resist to cash-strapped investors in a recovering economy, but Montanans struggling to avoid getting scammed don’t have to go it...
Montana Surplus Lines Group Protests Stamping Office Takeover
Sep 7 2009 // The surplus lines industry is taking issue with the Montana insurance department’s takeover of the surplus lines industry’s stamping and fee collection functions. The stamping office had been run by the Montana...
Surplus Lines Group Contests Montana’s Right to Stamping Fees
Aug 21 2009 // The surplus lines industry is taking issue with the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance over its decision to take over the collection of stamping fees from the Surplus Lines Stamping Office, previously part of...
Lawmakers Told Montana’s Workers’ Comp Costs Too High
Jul 10 2009 // A new study given to lawmakers shows that Montana’s workers’ compensation costs are among the most expensive in the country. The National Council on Compensation Insurance report says that Montana ranked near...
Montana Town Stops Asking Job Seekers for Internet Passwords
Jun 23 2009 // The City of Bozeman, Mont., decided to abruptly suspend its practice of asking job seekers for the user names and passwords to their Internet social networking and Web groups such as YouTube and Facebook. The city said the...
