Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Buck Against Fire-Safety Discounts in Montana
Jan 16 2009 // Spending to stomp out wildfires could be reduced by training and rewarding homeowners to practice fire-safety defense, Montana lawmakers said as they presented several bills intended to cut costs. The bills could force...
Montana State Auditor Releases Office Staff Salaries
Jan 12 2009 // Montana State Auditor Monica Lindeen has released the salaries of her top staffers. Lindeen was recently sworn in as the state auditor. Her salary is $79,137. Deputy auditor Walter Schweitzer, who managed Lindeen’s...
Montana Hail Board Approves Insurance Premium Refunds
Dec 10 2008 // Montana farmers who bought state hail insurance in 2008 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...
Hobson Insurance’s Longfellow Retires
Dec 10 2008 // Dale Longfellow of Hobson Insurance has announced his retirement, to take effect at the end of the year. Longfellow has been in the insurance industry for more than 40 years. He developed Hobson Insurance based in Hobson,...
Montana Auditor Offers Education Program for Sandwich Generation
Dec 2 2008 // The Montana State Auditor’s Office has launched a new investor education program to provide members of the “Sandwich Generation” — adults who are raising children while taking care of aging parents...
Montana Captive Insurance Association Says New Auditor Signals Positive Future
Nov 14 2008 // The Montana Captive Insurance Association Inc. is applauding the election of Monica Lindeen as the new state auditor. The state auditor also serves as insurance commissioner and regulates captive insurance...
Montana Fines Mid-America Energy
Nov 12 2008 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison has issued a final agency decision in favor of Montana’s Securities Department in its case against Mid-America Energy Inc. and its officers Gary Milby, Clinton Goff and Sy...
Voters Shuffle Deck of State Legislatures; Both Parties Claim Gains
Nov 5 2008 // Voters on Tuesday left their mark on the state political landscape, shifting the partisan control of state government in a dozen states. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Democrats gained control...
Montana, Washington To Decide on Insurance Regulators
Nov 4 2008 // Voters in Montana and Washington will decide who will regulate the insurance marketplace in their states. In Montana, the current Insurance Auditor John Morrison is not seeking re-election. Republican state Sen. Duane...
Montana State Fund Down About $26 Million in Market Tumble
Nov 2 2008 // The Montana State Fund lost about $26 million in late September when the stock market plummeted, a fund spokesman said. At about the same time, Montana voters received a pamphlet describing Constitutional Amendment 44....
Montana Sheriff Candidate Faces Fraud Charge
Oct 28 2008 // Criminal charges have been filed in the Second Judicial District Court in Butte, Mont., alleging Ben Thielen committed theft by insurance fraud. The charges were filed by Special Deputy County Attorney for Butte-Silver...
Wyoming and Montana Say Fire Season Below Normal
Oct 27 2008 // Favorable weather conditions help put a damper on the wildfire seasons in Wyoming and Montana this past summer. Fire officials in both states report that while the number of fire starts was about normal, the fires were...
Montana Fire Suppression Efforts Expected to Grow
Sep 1 2008 // Residential development is adding to the costs of fighting wildfires in Montana, with a recent study showing that most years federal, state, tribal and county governments spend millions of dollars suppressing wildfires and...
Montana Launches Driver’s Ed/Insurance Classroom Training
Sep 1 2008 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison’s office has launched a new auto insurance training program for teen drivers. The program, called “The Road to Understanding Auto Insurance,” is free to high school...
Montana Recorded 54 Work-Related Fatalities in 2007
Aug 28 2008 // Montana had 54 work-related fatalities in 2007, according to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) study report released by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s Research and Analysis Bureau. That...
Cherry Creek Insurance Agency Acquires Montana’s Hanes Hathaway
Aug 25 2008 // Denver-based Cherry Creek Insurance has acquired Montana-based Hanes Hathaway Inc., a specialty agency that focuses on coverage and risk exposures for technology related firms.As part of the acquisition, Cherry Creek will...
Montana Fire Suppression Efforts Expected to Grow
Aug 22 2008 // Residential development is adding to the costs of fighting wildfires in Montana, with a recent study showing that most years federal, state, tribal and county governments spend millions of dollars suppressing wildfires and...
Montana Supreme Court: Claims for Bodily Injury Can Cover Injured Plus Observer
Aug 4 2008 // The Supreme Court of Montana ruled that even a bystander’s claim for bodily injuries can be covered in an insurance policy. According to court documents in Allstate Insurance Co. v. Terry Wagner-Ellsworth and Tiffany...
Montana Hail Insurance Deadline is August 15
Jul 16 2008 // Montana is reminding farmers and ranchers that the deadline to purchase state hail insurance is Aug. 15, 2008. Montana is the only state to offer state-administered hail insurance, which for many farmers supplements crop...
Montana Supreme Court: Claims for Bodily Injury Can Cover Injured Plus Observer
Jul 15 2008 // The Supreme Court of Montana has ruled that even a bystander’s claim for bodily injuries can be covered in an insurance policy. According to court documents in Allstate Insurance Co. v. Terry Wagner-Ellsworth and...
