Delaware News

Developer Alleges Conseco Rigged Sale of N.Y. Building

Billionaire real-estate developer Sheldon H. Solow filed a federal lawsuit last week against insurer Conseco Inc. and one of its subsidiaries, alleging an auction to sell the General Motors Building in Manhattan in 2003 was rigged. In the lawsuit filed …

Delaware Weighs Options as Westfield Insurance Drops 850 Policies

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has issued a bulletin to property insurance companies telling them to better inform property owners of the option of coverage from the residual market, the FAIR Plan. The bulletin came as the result of notice …

New Markets

Retail Carts Nuts & Bolts: General liability, including contractual liability, personal injury and advertising injury liability for retail cart vendors operating concessions and exhibits is available from K&K Insurance Group Inc. This program is specifically tailored for concessionaires, exhibitors and …

New Markets

Retail Shopping Centers Nuts & Bolts: Argonaut Group Inc.’s Select Markets segment is expanding its line of products and services to include the retail shopping center marketplace. Highlights include specialized benefits such as coordinated policies for comprehensive landlord-tenant liability coverage, …

House bill would establish national disaster commission with agent member

Legislation that would establish a bipartisan national commission tasked with recommending policies to help the federal government prepare for and manage disaster response has been introduced in the House of Representatives. H.R. 5891, the Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance Commission …

New Markets

Retail Carts Nuts & Bolts: General liability, including contractual liability, personal injury and advertising injury liability for retail cart vendors operating concessions and exhibits is available from K&K Insurance Group Inc. This program is specifically tailored for concessionaires, exhibitors and …

‘Mom & Pop’ dry cleaning market hangs on environmental issues

While franchises and large company mergers have changed the landscape of businesses across the United States, the “Mom and Pop” structure of most dry cleaning facilities continues to be successful. With approximately 30,000 drycleaners in the United States, dry cleaning …

House bill would establish national disaster commission with agent member

Legislation that would establish a bipartisan national commission tasked with recommending policies to help the federal government prepare for and manage disaster response has been introduced in the House of Representatives. H.R. 5891, the Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance Commission …

Delaware struggles to realize workers comp reform

Virtually everybody involved in Delaware’s workers compensation system agrees the system is broken. The hard part is figuring out how to fix it. Gov. Ruth Ann Minner tried unsuccessfully to ram a reform bill through the legislature last month before …

R.I. Lead Paint Monies Go To Group Linked to DuPont

When the state of Rhode Island dropped DuPont Co. from its sweeping lawsuit against former makers of lead paint last year, one of the terms was that DuPont would donate $9 million to the Children’s Health Forum for clean-up and …