All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Mar 5 2007 // Arrowpoint Capital Corp. has completed the acquisition of all Royal & SunAlliance USA businesses formerly owned by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc of London. Arrowpoint Capital Corp. was formed in June...
Mar 2 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn and legislators on Friday unveiled legislation to ban all use of credit scores in setting auto and homeowner insurance rates.Denn was joined by the prime sponsors of the bill...
Feb 27 2007 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker specializing in serving architects, engineers and law firms, has hired Robert G. Hughes as a vice president with responsibility for business in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and...
Feb 26 2007 // A group of Kent County, Delaware doctors has decided to form a risk retention group to provide malpractice coverage.According to Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn, the group is tapping the state’s Medical...
Feb 25 2007 // Royal & SunA state hearing officer recommended Delaware’s insurance commissioner approve the proposed management buyout and eventual dissolution of Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S. operations....
Feb 21 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn has conditionally approved a management buyout of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S. operations, even while chastising the company’s British parent for...
Feb 12 2007 // A state hearing officer recommended that Delaware’s insurance commissioner approve the proposed management buyout and eventual dissolution of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S. operations....
Feb 11 2007 // Royal & Sun management buyout approval expectedA state hearing officer recommended that Delaware’s insurance commissioner approve the proposed management buyout and eventual dissolution of Royal & Sun...
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Feb 7 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn urged General Assembly budget writers to fund the creation of a health insurance pool that could cover 10,000 Delawareans.He also reported that a group of Kent County doctors has...
Feb 5 2007 // A state hearing officer recommended Friday that Delaware’s insurance commissioner approve the proposed management buyout and eventual dissolution of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S....