Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cap on Fines Against Insurance Agents Rises in North Dakota
Jan 4 2010 // Possible insurance department fines against insurance agents who violate North Dakota laws governing their conduct are increasing from a maximum of $1,000 to $10,000 per incident. Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm said the...
North Dakota Insurance Agent’s License Revoked
Dec 31 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the insurance license of Patricia Howard, a Dunn Center, N.D., insurance agent who the insurance department says engaged in deceitful and dishonest practices...
North Dakota Alleges Agent Fraud in Farm, Homeowners Insurance Sales
Dec 28 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has issued a cease and desist order against Patricia Howard, a Dunn Center insurance agent, who is alleged to have engaged in deceitful and dishonest practices against her...
Lawyer Says North Dakota Teller Deserves Workers’ Comp Benefits
Dec 21 2009 // A bank teller from a small North Dakota town says she’s scared and can no longer work after she was held up at gunpoint and left handcuffed on the floor. Now she’s getting robbed by the state workers’...
Auditors to Review Denied Workers’ Comp Claims in North Dakota
Nov 30 2009 // Auditors will take a new look at denied workers’ compensation claims in North Dakota and also will study the laws defining eligibility for certain benefits. The performance audit of Workforce Safety and Insurance...
North Dakota State Senator Wants Insurance Premium Tax Cut
Nov 17 2009 // A Bismarck state senator says North Dakota’s insurance premium tax on nonprofit health insurance companies should be abolished. Democrat Tracy Potter is drafting the proposal for the Legislature’s interim...
Flood Damage in Cavalier County, N.D., Nearly $3M
Nov 9 2009 // Officials in North Dakota’s Cavalier County estimate nearly $3 million worth of damage in their county from last spring’s flooding. Cavalier County Highway Supervisor Terry Johnston says the damage is spread...
North Dakota Flood Plans Make People North of Fargo Uneasy
Oct 23 2009 // Talk in Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., of billion-dollar flood protection projects has some officials to the north a bit uneasy. “I think there’s going to be water coming at us like we don’t know what,”...
Former North Dakota Work Comp Director Appeals Conviction
Oct 22 2009 // North Dakota’s Supreme Court is reviewing the appeal of a former state workers’ compensation director who was convicted of misspending more than $26,000 in agency funds. Sandy Blunt was convicted of a single...
Fargo, North Dakota, to Cease Self-Insuring for Liability
Oct 6 2009 // Fargo’s finance director says the city likely will switch from its self-insured liability plan to the North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund by next year. Finance Director Kent Costin said moving away from the...
Health Insurer Under Fire From North Dakota Insurance Department
Sep 10 2009 // An audit by the North Dakota Department of Insurance found that Noridian Mutual Insurance Company, doing business as Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBS), racked up tens of thousands of dollars in excessive...
Failure to Notify Leads to Revocation of North Dakota Agent’s License
Aug 31 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm recently served an order to revoke the insurance license of Julia Beth Lutgen, a Fargo insurance agent who failed to notify the Insurance Department of an April 2009 criminal...
South Dakota Insurance Agent Told to Stop Operating in North Dakota
Aug 18 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has issued a cease and desist order to Floyd Sheridan, a Baltic, S.D., insurance agent who is alleged to have sold, solicited or negotiated insurance to a Barnes County, N.D....
Survey: Midwest Economy Improving
Aug 4 2009 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Earthquake Monitors Placed in North Dakota
Jul 29 2009 // North Dakota, known for blizzards and floods, is getting sensors to check for earthquakes as part of a national project listening to what happens underground. The possibility of a big quake damaging the state is remote:...
North Dakota Employers’ Workers’ Comp Bills Likely to Rise
Jul 6 2009 // Eight months after North Dakota voters gave Gov. John Hoeven the final word on state workers’ compensation rates, employers’ insurance bills are likely to rise due to the recent bleak market for...
North Dakota Wants Change to Forage Insurance
Jun 24 2009 // North Dakota’s top agriculture official is asking the federal government to consider adding another wrinkle to a new insurance program that pays ranchers based on rainfall or the greenness of their pastures. The Risk...
North Dakota Employers’ Workers’ Comp Bills Likely to Rise
Jun 23 2009 // Eight months after North Dakota voters gave Gov. John Hoeven the final word on state workers’ compensation rates, employers’ insurance bills are likely to rise as a consequence of the recent bleak market for...
North Dakota Commissioner Revokes Insurance Agent’s License
May 19 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the license of Rex Graves, a Jamestown insurance agent who the insurance department says engaged in deceitful and dishonest practices involving his insurance...
North Dakota to Focus on Seat Belts
May 18 2009 // North Dakota law enforcement officers the next few weeks will be cracking down on seat belt violations. The state Transportation Department says the number of law enforcement agencies participating in this year’s...
