Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Poolman Orders Arizona Company to Stop Doing Business in N.D.
Dec 28 2006 // Commissioner Jim Poolman today issued a Cease and Desist Order against Global Net Health Care, an Arizona-based medical discount plan company. Poolman said that the company has recently advertised in North Dakota in...
North Dakotans Spend Least on Auto Insurance Study Says
Dec 7 2006 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman announced today that according to a recent report, North Dakota ranked the lowest in the country for combined average auto insurance expenditures. The report, which is issued by the...
N.D. Blues to Issue Refunds of $26 Million on Regulators’ Approval
Sep 14 2006 // Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota says its directors have voted to refund more than $26 million to policyholders if regulators approve. The refunds would go to policyholders enrolled through a bank depositor, a...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Director Denies Involvement in Ohio Scandal
Sep 5 2006 // North Dakota’s workers compensation director said he was unaware a man he formerly supervised in Ohio was taking payoffs to steer state investment contracts to people he favored. “I find it a disgrace anybody...
N.D. Poolman Says Blues Have Enough Reserves for Premium Break
Aug 23 2006 // Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, the state’s largest insurer, has more than $222 million in reserves, enough to offer its members a break, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman says. The Blues’...
N.D. Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Bogus Malpractice Insurance
Aug 17 2006 // A man who sold bogus medical malpractice insurance to Fargo’s Red River Women’s Clinic and other abortion providers has pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Agency Wants Records on Delinquent Employers
Aug 10 2006 // North Dakota’s workers compensation agency wants permission to publish a list of employers who haven’t paid their insurance premiums. Members of the Workforce Safety and Insurance agency’s board have...
Study Shows Decline in Number of N.D. Children Without Insurance
Aug 10 2006 // North Dakota has made progress in reducing the number of children without health insurance, a new report says. The state saw one of the biggest declines in the percentage of uninsured children since the start of the State...
N.D. Poolman Cautions Against Medicare Scams
Jul 5 2006 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman warned seniors and other Medicare recipients to be on the look out for telephone scams. Callers, posing as representatives of fictitious companies such as Pharma Corp.,...
Women Wanted: Securian Financial of N.D. Seeks Female Advisors
Jun 13 2006 // Flexibility, unlimited earnings potential and the opportunity to positively affect lives make financial advising a great career for women. Securian Financial Services of North Dakota is out to spread the word about this...
N.D. Blues President Allowed to Keep Job, Undergoing Alcohol Treatment
May 11 2006 // The president of North Dakota’s largest health insurance provider will be allowed to keep his job under certain conditions, after pleading guilty to drunken driving, the insurer’s board chairman says. Michael...
Lawsuit Seeks Contested Elections for N.D.’s Nodak Mutual Board
May 4 2006 // Fargo, N.D.-based Nodak Mutual Insurance Co.’s directors have ignored appeals to allow contested elections for the company’s board, according to a lawsuit that seeks to overhaul how its directors are chosen....
N.D. Commissioner Warns: Time to Check Flood Insurance Coverage
Mar 17 2006 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman is reminding residents that based upon the National Weather Service spring flood forecast, it is likely that some areas along the Red River and some of its tributaries will...
N.D. Supreme Court Ruling Backs Insurance Company, Poolman Position
Feb 24 2006 // Nodak Mutual Insurance Co. isn’t required to hold contested elections for its board of directors, nor is Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman obliged to force the company to do so, the North Dakota state Supreme Court...
N.D. Employers to Receive $46M in Workers’ Compensation Premiums
Jan 13 2006 // For the 2005-06 premium year, North Dakota employers are reportedly enjoying the benefits of an estimated $46 million in premium dividend credits from Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI), the state’s...
Western States Pay Average Auto Premiums, NAIC Reports
Nov 21 2005 // Drivers in most of the 13 states that comprise the Western region enjoy about average auto insurance premiums, according to the most recent study produced by the National Association of Insurance Commis-sioners (NAIC). In...
Western States Pay Average Auto Premiums, NAIC Reports
Nov 20 2005 // Drivers in most of the 13 states that comprise the Western region enjoy about average auto insurance premiums, according to the most recent study produced by the National Association of Insurance Commis-sioners (NAIC). In...
N.D., S.D., Iowa Drivers Enjoy Lowest Auto Premiums: NAIC Report
Oct 17 2005 // Drivers in most of the 12 states that comprise the Midwest region enjoy lower average auto insurance premiums than their counterparts in other regions of the country, according to the most recent study produced by the...
As Insured Acres Increase, Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres, and coverage has increased by $12.2...
As Insured Acres Increase, Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // With Katrina’s impact yet to be felt, farmers in low loss-ratio states may have to pick up the slack for the hard-hit Gulf Coast farmers in months and years to come. If anything, the aftermath of Katrina underlines...
