Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Montana Board of Hail Insurance Raises Coverage Limits
May 8 2007 // The Montana Board of Hail Insurance has raised coverage limits after Gov. Brian Schweitzer signed legislation to increase the maximum coverage under the insurance program operated by the Montana Department of...
Montana driver history, vehicle records online
May 7 2007 // Officials with the Montana’s Motor Vehicle Division are providing two online search services that will allow access to vehicle and driver history information online. The Vehicle Search Service allows people to...
Garden Receives Insure Montana Outstanding Agent Award
May 3 2007 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison has recognized Western States Insurance Agent Tim Garden with the Insure Montana Outstanding Agent Award for 2007. Garden was chosen for his outstanding work to help reduce the ranks of...
Insurers Association Voices Concern Over Washington ‘Bad Faith’ Bill
Apr 17 2007 // Following the Washington Senate’s passing of an Insurance Fair Conduct Act, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has issued a statement voicing its concern that the bill will lead trial...
Business Moves
Apr 9 2007 // AXIS Capital, Aon Media/Pro AXIS Capital, a global specialty commercial property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Media/Professional Insurance (Media/Pro), a managing general...
First Montana Company to Offer Workers Comp Coverage Opens
Mar 28 2007 // The first private company based in Montana to offer workers compensation insurance has opened. Victory Insurance Company Inc. held an open house Wednesday, marking the opening of its headquarters on the top floor of the...
The Commissioners: John Morrison
Mar 26 2007 // Montana fights for uninsured, seeks catastrophe fund and captives The hallmarks of John Morrison’s legacy as Montana State Auditor, the Commissioner of Insurance and Securities, is to help provide more affordable...
People
Mar 12 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in Houston added Danny Golden as vice president for its construction niche. Golden will assist in the service of existing and new clients as well as other members of the Gallagher...
Lindeen to runfor Mont. State Auditor
Mar 12 2007 // Former congressional candidate Monica Lindeen has announced she will be running for Montana state auditor in 2008. Lindeen was the Democratic nominee last year for Montana’s sole U.S. House seat and lost to...
Federal Jury Exonerates Montana Ski Area in Injury Lawsuit
Mar 6 2007 // A northwestern Montana ski resort was not negligent in an accident that injured a 6-year-old boy, a U.S. District Court jury decided. The seven-member jury’s unanimous verdict means that Paul and Deb Stamey will...
Montana’s John Morrison Working for the Uninsured
Mar 2 2007 // The hallmarks of John Morrison’s legacy as Montana State Auditor, the Commissioner of Insurance and Securities, is to help provide more affordable coverage. For example, the state is one of the leading captive...
LWCC Announces New Business Unit Manager of Small Accounts
Mar 2 2007 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it has hired Bernie Hewitt as business unit manager for the small accounts team. Hewitt joins LWCC from the Montana State Fund, where he was the operation...
PIA Montana and Independent Agents of Montana Agree to Joint Meeting
Feb 26 2007 // The PIA Montana and Independent Insurance Agent’s Association of Montana announced they will be working together on a number of projects to mutually benefit both associations. For example, the groups will jointly...
Lindeen to Run for Mont. State Auditor
Feb 21 2007 // Former congressional candidate Monica Lindeen has announced she is running for Montana state auditor in 2008. Lindeen, 44, was the Democratic nominee last year for Montana’s sole U.S. House seat and lost to...
Mont. Blocks Military Financial Servcies Protection Act
Feb 16 2007 // A Montana state bill (H.B. 542) modeled after the federal “Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act” (S. 418) was tabled in the Montana House Business and Labor Committee, chaired by Rep. Scott...
One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
Montana – John Morrison
Feb 11 2007 // The hallmarks of John Morrison’s legacy as Montana State Auditor, the Commissioner of Insurance and Securities, is to help provide more affordable coverage. For example, the state is one of the leading captive...
Farmers Insurance Introduces Annual Auto Policy in Montana
Jan 26 2007 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, including Farmers Insurance Exchange and Mid-Century Insurance Company, is launching a full-year auto policy term to new customers in Montana, along with a six-month policy term...
Report: More Insurance Costs Being Shifted to Montana Workers
Jan 12 2007 // The number of businesses in Montana that offer health insurance to their workers is roughly unchanged since 2003, but higher costs are increasingly being shifted to employees, a new report shows. According to the report,...
Billings, Mont. Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Jan 5 2007 // A Billings, Mont., insurance agent who pleaded guilty to fraud was sentenced to three years in prison. Michael D. Hutton, 59, was also ordered to pay $185,000 in restitution. U.S. District Judge Jack Shanstrom said Hutton...
