All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 23 2006 // The Coast Guard has concluded that a lost anchor in the Delaware River was the main cause of a November 2004 oil spill now ranked among the worst in the mid-Atlantic region.Investigators have cleared the shipper and pilots...
Jan 20 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has asked Delaware businesses to submit requests for classification changes under the workers’ compensation insurance system if they believe that changes would make more...
Jan 9 2006 // The Delaware General Assembly will have a full plate of insurance issues on its agenda when it reconvenes on Jan. 10, according to Richard Stokes, regional manager for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Dec 5 2005 // GAB Robins, the international claims services firm, announced that Edward G. Troy has been named president and chief executive officer of the GAB Robins Group of Companies.Before joining GAB Robins, Troy served as...
Dec 4 2005 // GAB Robins, the international claims services firm, announced that Edward G. Troy has been named president and chief executive officer of the GAB Robins Group of Companies.Before joining GAB Robins, Troy served as...
Nov 8 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn said today he would not approve a proposed 10 percent increase in the workers’ compensation insurance rates, telling insurance companies that he would however approve a lower...
Nov 1 2005 // Insurers are challenging a Delaware regulation that limits their ability to base homeowners insurance underwriting decisions on insureds’ past claims history.The American Insurance Association and the Property...
Oct 26 2005 // The First State’s Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn is today holding what he thinks may be the state’s first true public hearing on workers’ compensation rates.The subject of today’s hearing will...
Oct 24 2005 // In July, James Fry of Dagsboro, e-mailed Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn about an increase in his homeowner insurance premium that he knew couldn’t be right.Fry asked for an explanation of a proposed annual...
Sep 28 2005 // Wilmington Trust, a provider of specialized management and fiduciary services to corporations worldwide, is expanding the reach of its captive insurance management services.Wilmington Trust entered the growing captive...
Sep 15 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn and the Department of Insurance are seeking applicants for the position of director of the department’s newly-revised captive insurance company division. Under a law enacted...
Aug 25 2005 // At a ceremonial bill signing held earlier in the week, the Delaware Captive Insurance Association (DCIA) commended the Delaware General Assembly and Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner for the recent passage of House Bill 218,...
Aug 8 2005 // The 143rd Delaware General Assembly wrapped up its 2005 biennial session with the passage of the budget bill on June 30 and without the passage of legislation that would have negatively impacted insurers according to the...
Aug 8 2005 // NationalPoll Reveals Americans’ Views on Aging: A poll by the MetLife Mature Market Institute conducted by Zogby International shows that 60 percent of Americans believe “old” is age 71 and over, but that...
Aug 7 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn wants to restrict insurers from canceling homeowners’ insurance policies because they have made a few claims and require insurers to more fully disclose to insureds...
Jul 29 2005 // Delaware’s new system to track the results of medical malpractice claims is up and running, with the goal of lowering medical costs by proving to insurance companies that Delaware is a favorable place to insure...
Jul 21 2005 // Delawareans would be able to evaluate insurance companies based on the number and kinds of valid complaints made against them by their customers under a new system proposed by Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew...
May 11 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn announced that State Farm Insurance, the state’s largest insurer of homes and second largest insurer of automobiles, would cut its automobile and homeowners insurance rates...
Apr 18 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn and a bi-partisan group of legislative leaders, physicians, and civic leaders announced a five-part plan to address medical malpractice insurance rates: A high-profile recruitment...
Apr 11 2005 // The grim task of damage assessment continued last week as officials in nine Pennsylvania counties took note of houses, businesses, roads and bridges stricken by flooding from rains last weekend.Thousands of structures up...