North Dakota’s candidates for insurance commissioner will be competing for undecided voters in the campaign’s final weeks. In a poll commissioned by The Forum newspaper, 43 percent of the people surveyed said they haven’t made up their minds whether to …
For the second straight year, data gathered by State Farm Insurance shows that vehicles are most likely to collide with deer in West Virginia — a one in 45 chance. That’s up from a year ago when the odds were …
Midwestern reaction to a proposed bail out of insurance giant American International Group (AIG) has been varied. In Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is not happy about the Federal Reserve Bank’s decision to provide an $85 million bailout of AIG. Daley …
North Dakota’s Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm was appointed to fill the vacancy left by a popular Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman, who left 17 months early to take a job in the private sector. Amid the flack from Poolman’s early departure, …
Federal vs. state—AIG “This argument is fundamentally flawed because it is based on a totally inaccurate assumption of facts. First and foremost, AIG is not an insurance company; it is a federally-regulated holding company under the jurisdiction of a federal …
A Fargo insurance agent has pleaded not guilty to stealing more than $5 million from clients. Larry Atkins is charged with 78 felony counts, including engaging in fraudulent practices and selling unregistered securities. Prosecutors say there are more than 30 …
State insurance commissioners have lashed out at members of Congress who are blaming state regulation for the problems of American International Group (AIG) and using the AIG crisis to bolster their advocacy for federal regulation. The state regulators spoke out …
The interim chief executive of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency say he’s pleased with a new consultant’s report that found no evidence Workforce Safety and Insurance wrongly denied injured workers claims. Interim CEO Bruce Furness says the report is worth …
A lawmaker and Democratic candidate for North Dakota insurance commissioner says a commissioner should not be focusing on another job in the industry while holding office. Rep. Jasper Schneider, D-Fargo, is proposing to bar any state insurance commissioner who resigns …
State insurance commissioners have lashed out at members of Congress who are blaming state regulation for the problems of American International Group (AIG) and using the AIG crisis to bolster their advocacy for federal regulation. The state regulators spoke out …
