March 5, 2009
Portland, Ore.-based Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is offering commercial fleets in its five-state territory Onboard Advisor, a fleet management product that is designed to help companies improve fleet safety and save on commercial auto insurance …
March 3, 2009
Seattle-based Torrent Technologies Inc. has created a new subsidiary, Torrent Insurance Services LLC, to be based in Kalispell, Mont. In conjunction with TIS, the company has created another subsidiary, Torrent Government Contracting Services LLC, based outside of Washington, D.C. TIS …
February 23, 2009
The widow of a man killed during a cave-in at Revett Minerals’ copper and silver mine in Montana has filed a lawsuit against the company, seeking $18 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Tammy Ivins served the lawsuit in February, …
February 22, 2009
The lawmakers are back, at least in most of the Western states, such as Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. California legislators are back as well, but it appears that they’re present more …
February 22, 2009
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February 19, 2009
Montana State Auditor-elect Monica Lindeen has appointed Laura McGee assistant deputy insurance commissioner in the State Auditor’s Office. McGee, who graduated from Browning High School, is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe. “She shares my commitment to ensuring Montanans …
February 18, 2009
A bill requiring insurance companies to cover autism treatments has been approved by a Montana Senate committee and sent to the Senate floor for debate. Senate Bill 234 passed out of the Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee Monday on …
February 17, 2009
The Montana Senate is supporting a plan to let insurance companies consider gender when setting rates on certain products. The chamber took health insurance out of the proposal after it became clear that failure to do so would crush the …
February 10, 2009
National Contractors Insurance Co. Inc., a risk retention group specializing in general liability insurance for licensed residential and commercial general and artisan contractors, has redomesticated to Montana. NCIC writes the classes of: roofers, foundations, excavators, fire sprinklers, paper general contractors, …
February 10, 2009
Twenty Alaska Natives have joined a lawsuit claiming they were abused by Jesuit priests or those supervised by Jesuits, and a lawyer said the head of the Roman Catholic order has been served with court papers naming him as a …