Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro News

Delaware Workers’ Compensation Rates to Fall 7% and 11% in December

Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that Delaware’s workers’ compensation rates will decrease for the seventh year in a row, effective December 1, 2023. The voluntary market is expected to decrease 7.24%, while the residual market will see a reduction of …

Delaware Takes Fight Against IRS Over Captive Insurers’ Data to Supreme Court

The state of Delaware is going to the Supreme Court in its fight with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over the release of information on captive insurers. This fight has placed Delaware’s state regulation of insurance and its authority to …

Delaware Regulator Urges Ban on Gender-Based Auto Insurance Rating

The Delaware Insurance Department has issued a report critical of the use of gender in auto insurance rating and concluding that the state should end the practice as six other states have done. The report found that several of the …

Multiple Delaware Residents Indicted for Auto Insurance Fraud

Late last month in New Castle County, Delaware, a grand jury indicted multiple residents for insurance fraud. The indictments stem from Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention Bureau investigations, in partnership with the Delaware Department of Justice. They allege that following …

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Issues Alert About Recalled Respiratory Machines

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro has released a consumer alert for users of respiratory devices manufactured by Philips. An estimated four million Philips Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP or BiLevel PAP) devices, as well …

Navarro, Pillsbury Eye Election as Delaware’s Next Insurance Commissioner

Delaware is set to elect its next insurance commissioner tomorrow. Dr. Julia Pillsbury is the candidate for the Republican party, while current Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro is running for re-election with the Democratic party. Navarro was elected to his …

Delaware Issues Insurance Reminders After Tropical Storm Isaias

Tropical Storm Isaias produced tornado activity, heavy rain and flooding, hail and strong winds throughout Delaware, causing significant destruction in several Delaware communities, according to a press release issued by the Delaware Insurance Department. Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro visited residents …

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Shares Reopening Reminders

The Delaware Department of Insurance is sharing reminders with business owners regarding important measures to take as phased reopenings begin and providing resources to enhance worker and customer safety. Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro has recommended that businesses revisit their insurance …

Delaware Insurance Department Officials Accused of Racial, Sexual Harassment

A federal lawsuit has accused top Delaware insurance department officials of workplace sexual and racial harassment. The Delaware News Journal reports an insurance department employee announced the suit Wednesday accusing Commissioner Trinidad Navarro of inappropriately touching her cornrows and making …

Delaware Announces Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro has announced that there will be a decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates, effective December 1, 2017. “This insurance rate decrease has a direct impact on Delaware’s employers, enabling them to lower their costs and …