All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 26 2007 // The Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group held its annual meeting Oct. 17, marking a year that included the inception of the Delaware Association of Insurance Agents & Brokers Inc. into its organization.The...
Sep 19 2007 // The leader of an arson ring that collected more than $400,000 in fraudulent insurance claims for fires in three New York counties is scheduled to surrender Sept. 18 to serve a 10-year federal prison sentence, according to...
Aug 15 2007 // The growing number of year-round residents in Delaware’s southern coastal communities has state officials concerned about evacuation plans for hurricanes and other natural disasters.Officials previously have...
Aug 9 2007 // A Navy doctor who was awarded $41 million in a civil lawsuit against a pedophile priest has filed a second lawsuit against Roman Catholic officials.Attorneys for Cmdr. Kenneth Whitwell, 39, of Quantico, Va., filed the...
Aug 2 2007 // Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has signed legislation restricting the use of credit information in setting auto and homeowner insurance rates, making Delaware’s credit scoring law one of the toughest in the country...
Jul 13 2007 // The ink is barely dry on a new Delaware law aimed at protecting the legal rights of victims of child sexual abuse, but it’s already being tested.Gov. Ruth Ann Minner signed a law Tuesday that abolishes...
Jul 12 2007 // A Delaware oil refinery worker injured in a practical joke by his co-workers may be allowed to sue them, the state Supreme Court has ruled.Stephen Grabowski was injured in October 2000 when three co-workers grabbed him in...
Jul 8 2007 // A year after a flood heavily damaged the borough of Portland, Pa., the last of the downtown businesses reopened.Duane Smith, the owner of the Portland Market, reopened his business last Friday. Smith said it took so long...
Jun 13 2007 // Steve White has been named director of the Bureau of Company Examination, Regulation and Guaranty (BERG) in the Delaware Department of Insurance, Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn announced.A 13-year employee of the...
May 29 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has unveiled an online homeowner insurance tool that compares rates from 50 insurers and complements an auto insurance rate comparison that has been available since November.Denn...
May 29 2007 // Aetna Inc. in Hartfors, Con. has agreed to buy a Phoenix-based company that manages health care for Medicaid plans and administers employers’ self-funded health plans.The Hartford-based insurer announced Thursday...
May 22 2007 // Judges in Delaware’s famed business court are keeping a close eye on legal issues cropping up amid the recent wave of private equity buyouts of public corporations.In recent rulings, Court of Chancery judges have...
May 11 2007 // The Delaware Senate this week approved legislation that allows insurance companies to continue using credit-based insurance scores while putting in place additional consumer safeguards.Senate Bill 31 as originally...
May 7 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities.House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,...
May 7 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities.House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,...
Apr 23 2007 // Delaware agent groups on verge of mergerThe boards of directors for the Insurance Agents & Brokers of Delaware (IA&B of DE) and the Independent Insurance Agents of Delaware Inc. (IIAD) have unanimously voted to...
Apr 20 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the massive reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities.House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New...
Apr 10 2007 // The Delaware Senate this week unanimously approved a bill allowing victims of child sexual abuse more time to file civil lawsuits against their alleged abusers.Senators approved the bill on a 19-0 vote after 31/2 hours of...
Apr 5 2007 // The boards of directors for the Insurance Agents & Brokers of Delaware (IA&B of DE) and the Independent Insurance Agents of Delaware, Inc. (IIAD) have unanimously voted to approve the plan for merger of their...
Apr 3 2007 // A Delaware jury has awarded $41 million to a Navy officer who said a Roman Catholic priest sexually abused him hundreds of times as a teen.Jurors awarded Cmdr. Kenneth Whitwell $6 million in compensatory damages and $35...