Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Montana Governor Declares Disaster From August Storms
Sep 8 2014 // Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has issued a disaster declaration for three counties, the town of Ekalaka and the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation after severe weather damaged property and infrastructure. Officials from the...
Insurance Experts: Does It Really Take One to Know One?
Sep 8 2014 // When an insurance agent is sued for professional negligence, a question arises as to whether the breach of the agent’s duty of care requires the testimony of another insurance agent or broker who testifies that the...
Leavitt Group in Montana Taps Macy, Fellows, Schermerhorn
Aug 28 2014 // Brian Macy, Brett Fellows and Wendy Schermerhorn have joined joined Leavitt Great West Insurance Services in Billings, Mont. Macy will focus on commercial insurance for the oil, gas and hospitality industries. Fellows is...
Murphy Joins Leavitt Great West in Montana
Aug 26 2014 // Leavitt Great West Insurance Services has named Kristina Murphy as a commercial account manager in the Choteau, Mont. office. Her experience in the industry started with personal insurance, and she has worked in offices in...
Montana and Arizona Lone States Without Texting Laws, but Does it Matter?
Jul 21 2014 // Arizona and Montana stand out as the only states without some form of texting and driving law, but some studies show there’s no evidence that laws intended to curb cellphone use behind the wheel reduce...
Montana and Arizona Lone States Without Texting Laws, but Does it Matter?
Jul 14 2014 // Arizona and Montana stand out as the only states without some form of texting and driving law, but some studies show there’s no evidence that laws intended to curb cellphone use behind the wheel reduce...
Montana Jury Says Hyundai Owes $240M In Punitive Damages
May 15 2014 // A Montana jury has ordered Hyundai to pay $240 million in punitive damages after finding that a manufacturing defect in a Hyundai vehicle caused a crash that killed two Missoula cousins in July 2011. Lake County jurors...
BNSF Settles Lawsuit with Montana City Over Contamination
May 5 2014 // BNSF Railway has settled a lawsuit filed by landowners living near a former railroad tie treatment plant near Somers, Mont. BNSF spokesman Matt Jones told the Flathead Beacon the settlement reached last month calls for the...
Montana Company Wants to Strike State Cap on Jury Awards
May 5 2014 // An office supply company is asking the Montana Supreme Court to rule that the state’s cap on punitive damage awards is unconstitutional. The constitutional challenge comes after a Butte-Silver Bow district judge...
Montana Company Wants to Strike State Cap On Jury Awards
Apr 21 2014 // An office supply company is asking the Montana Supreme Court to rule that the state’s cap on punitive damage awards is unconstitutional. The constitutional challenge comes after a Butte-Silver Bow district judge...
Montana Governor Wants Disaster Declaration Over Flooding
Apr 16 2014 // Gov. Steve Bullock is asking President Barack Obama to issue a federal disaster declaration for Montana due to widespread flooding and ice jams last month. Bullock’s letter, dated Friday, explains that unusually high...
Montana’s Sen. Tester Awarded Big ‘I’s’ Legislator of the Year 2013
Apr 10 2014 // U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) has been named the Gerald Solomon-IIABA Legislator of the Year for 2013 by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”). The award was presented Tuesday...
March Flooding in Montana to be Evaluated By FEMA
Apr 2 2014 // Federal Emergency Management Agency teams have come to Montana to begin assessing damage from flooding. Ed Tinsley, of Montana Disaster and Emergency Services, told the Independent Record that the teams will be looking at...
Another Montana Couple Files Landslide Lawsuit
Mar 11 2014 // Another couple contending their property is on an active landslide has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a private ski resort and golf community in southwestern Montana. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reportedthat Thomas...
Lundstrom Joins Great West Insurance Services in Montana
Mar 6 2014 // Kevin Lundstrom has joined Leavitt Great West Insurance Services in Montana. Lundstrom has experience in the health care industry. He specializes in providing employee healthcare benefit solutions and will be focusing on...
Former Montana Deputy Sues Over Lack of PTSD Treatment
Mar 5 2014 // A former Gallatin County, Mont. sheriff’s deputy who faces trial in May on charges that he mistreated a prisoner three years ago is suing the county claiming he did not receive adequate treatment for job-related...
Record Hail Damage In 2013: Montana Farmers
Feb 10 2014 // Insurance claims for crop damage due to hail in Montana exceeded $14 million in 2013. The Montana Department of Agriculture told the Great Falls Tribune that’s the most expensive year in the 98-year-history of the...
$52M Awarded by Montana Jury Awards in Bank Lawsuit
Jan 27 2014 // A Montana jury has awarded an office supply manufacturer $52 million in its lawsuit against its former bank. Masters Group International Inc. sued Comerica Inc. after the bank reneged on a November 2008 agreement to delay...
$52M Awarded by Montana Jury in Lawsuit Against Bank
Jan 23 2014 // A Montana jury has awarded an office supply manufacturer $52 million in its lawsuit against its former bank. Masters Group International Inc. sued Comerica Inc. after the bank reneged on a November 2008 agreement to delay...
Leavitt Group, Mountain West Create Montana Agency
Jan 14 2014 // Mountain West Benefits will become part of the Leavitt Group in an affiliation that also includes the Leavitt Group’s two Montana agencies, Taylor-Leavitt Insurance Agency of Billings, and Northern Montana Insurance...
