All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 23 2017 // Delaware Governor John Carney last week 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...
Aug 21 2017 // A woman who was critically injured when an air cannon exploded during a Delaware pumpkin-launching competition has filed a federal lawsuit against event organizers and participants, state officials and Discovery...
Aug 21 2017 // On Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law House Substitute 1 for House Bill 80 (HS 1 for HB 80), a consumer fairness bill that targets unfair discriminatory practices by automobile and...
Aug 17 2017 // Ex-Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick said the lawsuit brought by venture-capital firm Benchmark seeking his ouster from the company’s board should be heard in private arbitration.In a...
Aug 14 2017 // Delaware State Police say more arrests are expected in an investigation involving a Philadelphia woman accused of distributing fraudulent prescriptions for controlled substances.Police said Thursday that 49-year-old...
Aug 3 2017 // A West Texas land baron and oilman is on the verge of pumping 5.4 million gallons of water a day from far under the desert mountains here and piping it 60 miles to the nation’s most bountiful oil field, the Permian...
Aug 2 2017 // On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law House Substitute 1 for House Bill 80 (HS 1 for HB 80), a consumer fairness bill that targets unfair discriminatory practices by automobile and...
Jul 28 2017 // A woman has been hospitalized after falling from a ride at a boardwalk amusement park in Delaware. WXDE reported that the 49-year-old woman suffered lacerations to her head and complained of pain on her left side. The...
Jun 29 2017 // The Delaware State Senate has voted nearly unanimously (24-1) to pass House Substitute 1 for House Bill 80 (HS 1 for HB 80).This measure, a substitute to the Department of Insurance’s original HB 80, targets unfair...
Jun 19 2017 // Delaware Governor John Carney has signed into law legislation that will increase the state’s minimum auto liability insurance limits. The state last adjusted the minimum auto liability insurance limits approximately...
Jun 7 2017 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro has taken steps to streamline the licensing process for insurance adjusters who come to Delaware.The aim of this initiative is to immediately help consumers who have filed a...
Jun 6 2017 // A woman who was driving a car that crashed into a popular Dewey Beach restaurant, igniting a fire that burned the eatery down, has been ordered to pay $241,000 and serve two years of probation. Media outlets report that...
Jun 1 2017 // A judge is meeting with attorneys as the trial date nears for two men charged in the murder-for-hire killings of a Delaware couple.Tuesday’s pretrial conference involved Dominque Benson and Aaron Thompson, who are...
May 16 2017 // Aetna Inc. has informed the Delaware Department of Insurance that it will not participate in the health insurance marketplace in Delaware for 2018.As a main reason for its exit, Aetna cited an approximate $700 million loss...
May 12 2017 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced at The Delaware Captive Insurance Association’s (DCIA) Spring Forum that Steve Kinion will continue his leadership as Captive Bureau Director for another...
May 12 2017 // A judge effectively killed off any practical chance of Anthem Inc merging with Cigna Corp on Thursday as he declined to order Cigna not to terminate the deal.Judge Travis Laster of Delaware’s Court of Chancery denied...
May 8 2017 // Kimberly-Clark Corp. sued its spinoff Halyard Health Inc. claiming it wrongfully refused to pick up the entire tab for a $454 million verdict against the companies over the safety of some of their surgical gowns.The...
Apr 20 2017 // The Delaware Department of Insurance, along with insurance regulators for forty-eight other jurisdictions, have reached a multi-million dollar settlement with Assurant Inc. regarding the company’s writing of...
Apr 7 2017 // Legislation to prevent insurers from using age and credit scores in setting automobile insurance rates has stalled amid opposition from industry groups.The bill, tabled in committee Wednesday, prohibits the use of age,...
Apr 6 2017 // House lawmakers have unanimously approved legislation aimed at ensuring that people struggling with drug addiction get the help they need.Supporters of the bill say denial of insurance coverage for substance abuse...