Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Montana High Court Rules in Favor of Employees in Workers’ Comp Cases
Jan 13 2008 // The Montana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of two employees in recent workers’ compensation decisions, saying they are due insurance for injuries received while on break and at a company party. In one case, a woman...
Montana Directs Auto Insurers to Avoid Steering
Jan 13 2008 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison is reminding property and casualty insurers doing business in the state that a new law recently went into effect to protect Montanans’ right to choose an auto body repair shop...
Hub International Acquires Montana Agency
Jan 8 2008 // Hub International Ltd. announced that Hub International Transportation Insurance Services Inc. (HUB Transportation) has acquired all of the assets of Billings, Mont.-based Lenhardt Insurance Agency Inc., an insurance...
Montana Directs Auto Insurers to Follow Anti-Steering Law
Jan 4 2008 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison is reminding all licensed property and casualty insurers doing business in the state that a new law recently went into effect to protect Montanans’ right to choose an auto body...
Montana Auditor Reminds Consumers to Shop for Insurance
Dec 21 2007 // The Montana state auditor is reminding auto insurance companies that consumers can choose any shop they want for repair estimates. John Morrison says a law that took effect earlier this year bans a practice known as...
Montana Hail Board Approves Insurance Premium Refunds
Dec 11 2007 // Montana farmers who bought state hail insurance this year will receive a refund of 10 percent of the premiums they paid. The state Board of Hail Insurance approved the refunds after reviewing an actuarial report at its...
State of Emergency Declared in Anaconda, Mont.
Dec 2 2007 // Anaconda Police Chief John Sullivan, left, points out damage to the Washington School to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, in Anaconda, Mont. (AP Photo/The Montana Standard, Lisa...
Montana Insurance Company to Appeal in Retaliation Case
Nov 27 2007 // An insurance provider for the city of Billings, Mont., will appeal a verdict that awarded $1.3 million to a police officer who said he suffered retaliation for reporting the mishandling of illegal drugs within the...
$800,000 Settlement Approved in Mont. Psychologist Malpractice Case
Nov 19 2007 // A district judge has approved an $800,000 settlement in a malpractice and fraud lawsuit filed by a Billings, Mont., woman against her deceased daughter’s psychologist. Judge Susan Watters said the settlement amount...
State of Emergency Declared in Anaconda, Mont.
Nov 19 2007 // Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer toured the damage caused in Anaconda last week by strong winds that uprooted trees, downed power lines and blew the roof off an old school building. “When you have a community that pulls...
Insure Montana May Cut Benefits to Reduce Premium Increase
Oct 24 2007 // The board that oversees a subsidized health-insurance plan for nearly 800 small businesses in Montana indicated it will try to hold down premium increases by cutting plan benefits. Jim Edwards, a member of the Insure...
Insure Montana Premiums Could Go Up 32%
Oct 22 2007 // Small businesses with state-subsidized health insurance through the Insure Montana program face double-digit race increases next year, officials said. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, the company that sells and...
Mont. Jury Awards Former BNSF Employee $1 Million in Injury Damages
Sep 28 2007 // A Montana District Court jury has awarded a former BNSF Railway employee more than $1 million for a neck injury he suffered while working. Paul Roney, 61, of Shelby, said he sustained a severe neck injury on April 25,...
Montana’s wildfire suppression funding process convoluted, analysts say
Sep 24 2007 // Montana legislative analysts agreed that more money is needed to fight fires in Montana but called the state’s current system for funding wildfire suppression “convoluted” and raised concerns about some...
Montana’s wildfire suppression funding process convoluted, analysts say
Sep 24 2007 // Montana legislative analysts agreed that more money is needed to fight fires in Montana but called the state’s current system for funding wildfire suppression “convoluted” and raised concerns about some...
N.D. Family Sues Child Safety Seat Manufacturer over Infant’s Death
Sep 19 2007 // The North Dakota family of a 7-month-old boy killed in a rollover two years ago says a defective child safety seat caused the child to be ejected from the vehicle. Relatives of Isaac Eslinger are suing Ohio-based infant...
Costs of Wildfires go to Montana Lawmakers
Sep 5 2007 // The speaker of the Montana House says he has no quarrel with Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s request for $55 million to pay for fighting wildfires as lawmakers convene in a special legislative session this week. But Speaker...
States, federal agencies try to keep up with wildfires
Sep 3 2007 // The National Interagency Fire Center has raised the national wildfire preparedness level to its highest degree to free up help from cooperating firefighting agencies at home and abroad in places such as Canada. Meanwhile,...
States, federal agencies try to keep up with wildfires
Sep 3 2007 // With major fires burning in more than a dozen states and officials on high alert for more, authorities are scrambling to contain the blazes and keep new ones from igniting, despite unfavorable weather and strained...
Crews Subduing Mont. Wildfire; Calif. Fire Shows No Signs of Slowing
Aug 22 2007 // A wildfire that destroyed two homes was no longer threatening a residential area Tuesday and authorities were ready to let evacuees return, a fire chief said. Residents had been ordered to leave the Emerald Hills...
