All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 27 2006 // New York City has agreed to periodically lower the water level in three of its upstate reservoirs in an attempt to ease flooding along the Delaware River, according to environmental officials.By leaving the reservoirs...
Sep 7 2006 // New York City’s thirst for drinking water is clashing with Anthony Harlacher’s desire not to be flooded.Harlacher, who has endured three major floods in two years, is spending tens of thousands of dollars to...
Aug 28 2006 // Residents living near a railroad tanker car that released a hazardous chemical, sickening 23 people, have been allowed to return home, officials said.An evacuation notice for 44 homes had been issued Saturday morning...
Aug 9 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has issued a bulletin to property insurance companies telling them to better inform property owners of the option of coverage from the residual market, the FAIR Plan.The bulletin...
Jul 31 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has tapped William P. White, former director of the captive insurance division for Washington, D.C, to attract captive insurance companies to Delaware as administrator of a new...
Jul 25 2006 // The Delaware General Assembly concluded its 143rd legislative session late on June 30, 2006 without addressing comprehensive reform of the workers’ compensation system.But the Assembly did maintain an exemption for...
Jul 6 2006 // According to Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn, the 2006 Delaware General Assembly session produced some positive accomplishments, but also left some of what he says are his pro-consumer initiatives undone.“There are...
Jun 30 2006 // The Delaware River and other waterways around the nation will be better protected from oil spills under legislation approved Tuesday by Congress, according to one of the measure’s co-sponsors.The Coast Guard and...
Jun 19 2006 // The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that directors of the Walt Disney Co. did not violate their fiduciary duties in the hiring and firing of former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz.In affirming a...
Jun 12 2006 // The Delaware Supreme Court last week upheld a lower court ruling that directors of the Walt Disney Co. did not violate their fiduciary duties in the hiring and firing of former Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz.In...
May 8 2006 // The federal government could learn a thing or two from the Delaware- Maryland-Virginia area poultry industry about how to prepare for an outbreak of avian flu, according to the Delmarva industry officials.In a meeting...
May 8 2006 // News CurrentsThe federal government could learn a thing or two from the Delaware- Maryland-Virginia area poultry industry about how to prepare for an outbreak of avian flu, according to the Delmarva industry officials. In...
Apr 17 2006 // A bill raising the legal hurdle for medical malpractice plaintiffs was clinically dead after a House committee vote last Wednesday, but was quickly revived with some arm-twisting by the House majority leader.After a...
Apr 5 2006 // The Delaware Senate has voted for compromise legislation that will allow insurers to continue to consider credit history information in the underwriting process.Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn’s original bill had...
Mar 17 2006 // A Delaware House committee has tabled a bill that would allow the state to use a portion of the Delaware Blue Cross system’s excess reserves to subsidize malpractice insurance premiums for doctors in high-risk...
Feb 23 2006 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company reported the signing of a definitive agreement under which HRH will buy the stock of Zutz Associates Inc., Delaware’s largest independently-owned insurance agency. Terms of the...
Feb 15 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn asked for additional staff to investigate complaints against insurance companies and agents as well as fund an Internet insurance rate comparison service that would be the only one...
Feb 8 2006 // A lawsuit accusing Delaware Department of Insurance officials of violating the Freedom of Information Act has devolved into a war of words between the owner of a defensive driving school and the judge hearing the...
Feb 5 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has asked Delaware businesses to submit requests for classification changes for workers’ compensation. According to Denn, some business owners have said they have been...
Jan 31 2006 // Three dozen insurance industry representatives walked Delaware’s Legislative Hall of the state capitol last week to meet with state legislators and discuss pending bills on the use of credit history, workers’...