All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 30 2016 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) of Longwood, Florida, has acquired Thomas J. Hornung & Associates, an independent insurance agency in the Wilmington, Delaware area. Thomas J. Hornung, who founded the agency in 1997,...
Jun 30 2016 // A federal judge this week blasted Delaware’s practice of collecting abandoned property, issuing a ruling that could have dire budget consequences for the state.U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Sleet said...
Jun 10 2016 // Be careful with that thing. It could put someone’s eye out.That’s the upshot from a Sussex County, Delaware, judge’s ruling that State Farm doesn’t have to indemnify a policyholder in a paintball...
Jun 3 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced Thursday that she has received rate request filings from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, Aetna Inc. and Aetna Life for individual and small group...
May 23 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has fined insurance companies a total of $83,300 during the first quarter of 2016 for violating state insurance regulations.Fines generally result from a market conduct...
May 6 2016 // Delaware Gov. Jack Markell is pledging his support for a bill to toughen penalties for texting or otherwise using a handheld phone while driving.After experiencing a virtual reality demonstration May 3 of the potentially...
Apr 29 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has fined insurance companies a total of $83,300 during the first quarter of 2016 for violating state insurance regulations.Fines generally result from a market conduct...
Apr 8 2016 // The Delaware Department of Insurance said several consumers have recently contacted the department’s Consumer Services Division regarding a letter they received in the mail from “Aetna, Treasury Services –...
Mar 29 2016 // A former Iowa firefighter pleaded guilty to insurance fraud related to a string of cases spanning Buchanan, Clayton and Delaware counties, the Iowa Department of Insurance reported.Terry Russell Groth, a former Strawberry...
Mar 28 2016 // Insurance companies in Delaware will be prohibited from limiting health care coverage for transgender individuals.The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, reports that Delaware has become the 15th state in the country to...
Mar 21 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart is advising consumers to beware of unscrupulous tax preparers this tax-filing season.Stewart said that the Department of Insurance has received reports of tax preparers...
Mar 14 2016 // Organizers have announced that Punkin Chunkin, a popular festival in which teams compete to fling pumpkins, will return to Sussex County in Delaware after a two-year absence.News outlets report that the event will be held...
Mar 11 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart is advising consumers to beware of unscrupulous tax preparers this tax-filing season.Stewart said Thursday that the Department of Insurance has received reports of tax...
Mar 1 2016 // The Delaware Department of Insurance said the department last year recovered more than $1.9 million for policyholders, and helped business owners save nearly $9.3 million in workers’ compensation insurance costs.The...
Feb 22 2016 // Farmers Insurance Group said it recently notified some 50 21st Century Insurance employees in Wilmington, Delaware, that their positions would be eliminated.The move comes as Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance continues...
Feb 22 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart said 2015 marked another record year of captive insurance formations in Delaware.Stewart said Delaware last year licensed 74 pure captive insurers, three special purpose...
Feb 12 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart said 2015 marked another record year of captive insurance formations in Delaware. Stewart said Delaware last year licensed 74 pure captive insurers, three special...
Feb 10 2016 // Farmers Insurance Group said it recently notified some 50 21st Century Insurance employees in Wilmington, Delaware, that their positions would be eliminated.The move comes as Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance continues...
Feb 5 2016 // Delaware officials are still awaiting final numbers from the federal government, but say enrollment on Delaware’s health insurance exchange appears to be increasing. Sunday was the deadline to sign up for exchange...
Jan 12 2016 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced she has fined Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware $383,000 for violations, including failure to pay health insurance policyholder claims in a timely...