Delaware News

Delaware City to Appeal $38M Contract Breach Judgment

Newark, Del. officials are anxiously awaiting word from the city’s insurance company on how much of a $38.4 million settlement will be covered, but plan to appeal last week’s judgment by a federal jury in a contract dispute. The City …

Jury Rules Newark, Del Should Pay $38M for Breaching Reservoir Contract

Newark, Del. taxpayers may have to dig into their pockets after a federal jury ordered the city to pay $38 million in damages in a lawsuit involving construction of a new reservoir. “Oh, my God,” Mayor Vance Funk III said …

Declarations

Civil justice “If the criminal system is not going to follow through and make them accountable, the only thing we have left is the civil system.” James Gahan, whose 21-year-old son, Jimmy, died in The Station nightclub fire in Rhode …

Declarations

Civil justice “If the criminal system is not going to follow through and make them accountable, the only thing we have left is the civil system.” James Gahan, whose 21-year-old son, Jimmy, died in The Station nightclub fire in Rhode …

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM – EASTERN STATES ONLY

* Number of Insurance ** Written State Policies In-Force In-Force ($) Premium In-Force Alabama 47,166 7,650,924,800 22,330,614 Connecticut 32,179 6,280,217,200 25,116,027 Delaware 20,491 3,958,905,900 10,529,933 District Columbia 1,498 150,850,700 298,834 Florida 2,065,573 387,068,560,800 767,771,237 Georgia 79,855 16,105,493,100 40,670,998 Kentucky 20,935 …

Delaware River States Agree to Joint Flood Control Study

Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and New Jersey have agreed to share the costs of a $500,000 study to examine the effects of operational changes at major reservoirs throughout the entire Delaware River basin. The state will form a task force …

Brown & Brown Grows Wholesale: Hull Buys DVUA; PRU Acquires Apex

Continuing in its acquisitions mode, insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc., through its subsidiaries Hull & Co. Inc., and Program Management Services Inc., has acquired the assets of a key wholesaler located in the Northeast and a Virginia-based broker that …

Britain’s Royal & Sun Alliance Sells U.S. Business to Management

Britain’s Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group PLC said last week it will sell its U.S. operations to management for 158 million pounds ($298.9 million) and cancel the company’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Royal & Sun said …

New D.C.-Md.-Va. Regional Emergency Facility Officially Dedicated

District of Columbia, regional and federal officials this week introduced a state-of-the-art communications center that will serve as a command post in the event of a regional emergency. The 127,000 square-foot center, five miles east of the U.S Capitol, could …

N.Y. City to Adjust Reservoirs to Lessen Delaware River Flooding

New York City has agreed to periodically lower the water level in three of its upstate reservoirs in an attempt to ease flooding along the Delaware River, according to environmental officials. By leaving the reservoirs below capacity during wet weather, …