All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 1 2008 // One of the three Democrats vying for the party’s nomination for the Delaware insurance commissioner post formally launched her campaign with just three weeks before the Sept. 9 primary.Karen Weldin Stewart promised...
Aug 20 2008 // With just three weeks until Democrats choose their nominee for insurance commissioner, one of the three candidates vying for the nomination has formally launched her campaign.Karen Weldin Stewart made her campaign...
Aug 19 2008 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn is ordering a 11.57 percent across-the-board cut in average workers compensation premium rates effective October 1, 2008.Denn also said that he will consider making additional...
Aug 15 2008 // The leading candidate in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for state insurance commissioner is defending himself from attacks from his rivals about his campaign contributions. During a debate Wednesday...
Aug 12 2008 // Delaware officials say the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington will be closed through at least Wednesday after sustaining what is described as major damage during a powerful storm.Zoo Director Nancy Falasco says the animals are...
Aug 7 2008 // Police in Delaware issued 840 speeding citations, including nearly 200 in one week, in the first month of a statewide crackdown on speeding.The state highway safety department is promoting the initiative, which also led to...
Jul 16 2008 // Delaware fire investigators say a fire at a vacant home in Sussex County earlier this week was intentionally set, the ninth arson at a vacant home in the area over two months.This Monday’s fire was reported around...
Jul 8 2008 // TAPCO Underwriters, Inc., a Burlington, North Carolina-based excess and surplus lines managing general agency, is now offering its products and proprietary quoting and binding process to retail agents in Delaware and New...
Jul 7 2008 // Stepping Up and Out“The boards of directors of these companies are basically having to step up and be more anticipatory, and take steps to show their shareholders and show regulators that they mean business, and that...
Jul 3 2008 // Republican House attorney John Brady has resigned from his General Assembly position to prepare for his campaign for state insurance commissioner.Brady stepped down so to avoid any conflict of interest or concerns about...
Jun 24 2008 // The Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Association says it is looking into the safety of patient compartments in ambulances.Executive secretary Jim Cubbage says questions first surfaced after a January accident that...
Jun 23 2008 // Democrat Gene Reed has formally entered the race for state insurance commissioner.Reed is a longtime employee of the insurance department and currently serves as the manager of insurance consumer protection enforcement....
Jun 20 2008 // Delware lawmakers on Tuesday blasted Gov. Ruth Ann Minner’s administration for withholding cancer data from the public, unanimously passing a bill directing state officials to provide more information.Cancer...
Jun 19 2008 // Fire investigators say a piece of farm equipment sparked a fire in Middletown, Delaware that destroyed a barn and caused about $1 million in damage.The fire broke out Monday afternoon in the 1000 block of Jamison Corner...
Jun 16 2008 // Delaware’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the owners of the Delaware City oil refinery in an insurance lawsuit involving the deaths of two workers.Premcor Refining Group and Valero Energy sought permission...
May 30 2008 // Legislation pending in the Delaware state Senate addresses the shortage of doctors at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Elsmere. The bill would let retired doctors practice again and keep their malpractice insurance...
May 30 2008 // Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are touring the Delaware coast to evaluate damage from recent flooding.There is no timetable for a possible disaster designation. According to representatives of...
May 20 2008 // Wilmington (Delaware) City Council President Ted Blunt has suspended his campaign for lieutenant governor.Blunt issued a statement saying it was important for the Democratic Party to unite. The move clears the way for...
May 19 2008 // Insurance companies in Delaware would be banned from raising the auto insurance rates of policyholders or dropping their policies because they are volunteer firefighters and ambulance company members a under proposed...
May 5 2008 // At the request of Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, New York City has agreed to release more water from its reservoirs in the Catskills in an effort to reduce the danger of flooding in communities downstream along the Delaware...