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Man Convicted of Murder-for-Hire Scheme in Delaware

Feb 5 2018 // A man has been convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme in Delaware.The state’s justice department says a jury has convicted Ryan Shover of York, Penn., of first-degree murder and other charges in the 2013 slaying of...

Former Genitrix Board Members, Investors Not Liable Under Mass. Wage Act

Feb 5 2018 // The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) has ruled two former board members and investors in a limited liability company are not liable for failing to pay the LLC’s former president, in a case that the SJC...

Delaware Deputy Insurance Commissioner Crane to Leave State Service

Jan 23 2018 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro has announced that Deputy Commissioner Mitch Crane will end his service to the state of Delaware on February 16, 2018.Crane has served as Commissioner Navarro’s deputy...

Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic

Jan 22 2018 // Delaware on Friday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing corporations of helping fuel the national opioid epidemic, suing a wide range of companies involved in making, distributing and selling prescription...

Former Genitrix Board Members, Investors Not Liable Under Mass. Wage Act

Jan 8 2018 // The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) has ruled that two former board members and investors in a limited liability company are not liable for failing to pay the LLC’s former president, in a case that the...

Multiple Homes Damaged in Delaware Fire

Dec 27 2017 // Multiple homes have been severely damaged by fire in Delaware.News outlets report a Monday night fire in Slaughter Beach left at least two houses destroyed, and caused damage to multiple others. An assistant state fire...

Delaware Panel Continues Talks on Legalized Pot

Dec 5 2017 // A state panel formed to consider issues surrounding the legalization of recreational marijuana is resuming its work this week. Wednesday’s meeting of the task force will focus on public safety and criminal justice...

Terminix Fined $9.2M for Pesticide Use that Poisoned Delaware Family

Nov 29 2017 // A pest control company will pay more than $9 million in criminal fines tied to the use of a banned pesticide that sickened a Delaware family on vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2015.The News Journal of Wilmington...

Insurers Asked to Pay $90 Million to Settle Shareholder Claims Over Fox News Sexual Harassment

Nov 21 2017 // Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. has reached a $90 million settlement of shareholder claims arising from the sexual harassment scandal at its Fox News Channel, which cost the jobs of longtime news chief Roger Ailes and anchor...

Delaware Woman Faces Sentencing in $6M Fraud Case

Nov 16 2017 // Federal prosecutors say a Delaware woman charged with transferring more than $6 million from the operating account of the financial services company where she worked into her own bank accounts over several years deserves...

Delaware Announces Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease

Oct 19 2017 // 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...

The Hilb Group Acquires Delaware’s CNC Insurance Associates Inc.

Oct 18 2017 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG), a property and casualty insurance and employee benefits broker, has acquired CNC Insurance Associates Inc. (CNC). The transaction became effective October 1, 2017.CNC is THG’s 38th...

Tanker Truck Wreck Forces Closing of Main Delaware Highway

Oct 13 2017 // A tanker truck wreck forced the closing of Delaware’s main north-south highway in both directions Wednesday as crews worked to clean up thousands of gallons of spilled gasoline, authorities said.State police said the...

Delaware Panel Continues to Eye Details of Legalizing Pot

Oct 4 2017 // A state task force is continuing to examine issues surrounding legalized recreational use of marijuana. While eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational use of marijuana, each has done so through...

Unlicensed Health Insurance Companies Targeting Delaware Seniors

Sep 21 2017 // Senior citizens are being warned to be on the lookout for unlicensed health insurance companies in Delaware. The companies have been marketing and selling plans to residents of long-term care and nursing home facilities in...

Delaware Updates Law to Address Advances in Cyber Threats

Sep 18 2017 // Delaware Governor John Carney has signed into law House Substitute 1 for House Bill 180, legislation that provides the first updates in Delaware law to address advances in cyber threats in more than a decade.The...

South Dakota Beats Delaware as Best Legal Climate for Businesses

Sep 12 2017 // For the first time in 15 years Delaware’s court system has lost the top spot in a key business survey, ceding its place to South Dakota, according to a Monday poll conducted by an arm of the U.S. Chamber of...

Insurance Agents & Brokers Announces Directors and Officers Elections

Sep 8 2017 // Membership of the independent insurance agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania recently held elections for volunteer and leadership positions, with terms that began Sept. 1.Larry Wilson of S.T....

Two Delaware Residents Indicted After Insurance Fraud Investigation

Aug 30 2017 // After an investigation by the Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention Bureau, two Wilmington, Del., residents were indicted on Monday, August 7, 2017, by a New Castle County grand jury.Lisa Mitchell and Robert Jones were...

Trial Nears for Final Defendant in Delaware Murder-For-Hire Case

Aug 29 2017 // A judge is holding a final case review for the last of four defendants charged in the murder-for-hire killings of a Delaware couple.Monday’s court proceeding comes as a trial looms for Dominique Benson in the 2013...