Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Case Watch
May 9 2005 // Editor’s note: This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLP and edited by insurance lawyer...
CONSUMER GROUP LAUDS POOLMAN
May 9 2005 // The Austin, Texas-based Center for Economic Justice, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, released a statement lauding North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman for his efforts on behalf of insurance...
Consumer Group Praises N.D. Commissioner Poolman
Apr 28 2005 // The Austin, Texas-based Center for Economic Justice, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, released a statement lauding North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman for his efforts on behalf of insurance...
NAMIC: North Dakota Rate Reform Bill Would Be ‘of Great Benefit’
Jan 20 2005 // A bill to modernize North Dakota’s rate and rate filing standards “will be of great benefit to North Dakota insurance markets” and “would send a strong message to Congress that states can improve...
Santa Claus Opts for N.D.’s All-States Comp Cover, Says State Agency
Dec 23 2004 // For the third year in a row, Santa Claus is being issued a special workers’ compensation certificate by North Dakota’s Workforce Safety & Insurance to operate on Christmas Eve and Day, the agency said in a...
N.D. Comp Board Adopts 5% Discount in Calculating Reserve Fund
Nov 22 2004 // The board of directors of North Dakota’s monopoly workers’ compensation provider, Workforce Safety and Insurance, voted to adopt a 5 percent discount in calculating the WSI reserve fund. The board also...
Workers’ Comp
Nov 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Workforce Safety and Ins. (WSI) announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ comp policy to cover their employees who work temporarily outside the state. In partnership with...
Workers’ Compensation
Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Workforce Safety and Insurance announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ compensation policy to cover their employees who work temporarily outside the state. In partnership...
Comp Cover Now Available for N.D.’s Interstate Workers
Oct 4 2004 // At a news conference last week, Workforce Safety & Insurance CEO Sandy Blunt announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ compensation policy to cover their employees who work temporarily...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne Sahakian Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
North Dakota Man Fined $40,000 for Comp Fraud
Jun 9 2004 // A Mandan, N.D., man was ordered to pay over $40,000 in back premium and penalties to the Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) after pleading guilty to a charge of failure to secure workers’ compensation coverage for...
N.D. Shoots for 4% Comp Rate Hike
Mar 22 2004 // To counteract the steep rise in medical and prescription drug costs, the North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance’s (WSI) board of directors authorized the agency to go forward with a proposal for a slight premium...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Farmers Cuts N.D. Homeowners Rates Up to 15%
Feb 26 2004 // Captive agency carrier the Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. announced the introduction of the new home/life discount for its North Dakota homeowners customers. Customers who have both a life insurance policy and a...
Poolman Launches N.D. Fraud Unit, Awareness Ad Campaign
Feb 12 2004 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman announced that a new fraud unit and insurance fraud awareness media campaign are starting statewide. The new unit, which will serve to investigate and deter insurance fraud,...
North Dakota Man Must Pay $55,000 Restitution for Comp Fraud
Jan 26 2004 // A Mandan, N.D., man was ordered to pay $54,679 in restitution to Workforce Safety & Insurance after pleading guilty to fraud in South Central District Court Dec. 16, according to a statement released by the North...
N. Dak. WSI Issues Santa Claus Special Workers Comp Coverage
Dec 23 2003 // In a special bulletin from Bismarck, North Dakota the state’s Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI) office confirmed that, “In response to a request postmarked from the North Pole, it has granted Santa Claus...
N.D. Commissioner Elected NAIC VP
Dec 15 2003 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman has been elected by his peers to serve as vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for 2004. The vote, by members of the NAIC, was held Dec. 7,...
Csiszar Named NAIC President for 2004
Dec 8 2003 // During the Winter National Meeting in Anaheim, members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected regulators from South Carolina, North Dakota and Oregon to serve as the association’s 2004...
