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Denn Wins Delaware Democratic Insurance Primary

Sep 13 2004 // Matt Denn defeated Karen Weldin Stewart on Sept. 11 in the Democratic primary race for Delaware insurance commissioner.Denn, who resigned as counsel to Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to seek the $93,200-a-year job, Denn won 58...

Delaware’s Race for Insurance Commissioner Pits Advocate Denn Vs. Conciliator Ennis

Sep 7 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...

The Race For Delaware Insurance Commissioner: The Advocate Vs. The Conciliator

Sep 7 2004 // INSURANCE JOURNAL PUTS CANDIDATES DENN AND ENNIS ON THE RECORD, ON THE ISSUESSeptember 7, 2004–Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel...

On the Record: The Race for Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner

Sep 6 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...

NAMIC Launches Web Site for State Election News

Sep 1 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has launched a new Web site, www.stateelections2004.com, to help provide insurance professionals with information about this fall’s state elections.The...

Del. Sessions Ends in Status-Quo for Insurers

Aug 2 2004 // Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has signed a number of bills of interest to the property/casualty industry since the 2003-2004 legislative session ended July 1, most recently the personal injury protection legislation and a...

Del. Lowers Drunk Driving Threshold

Jul 12 2004 // Delaware lawmakers recently agreed to join the rest of the nation by lowering the blood-alcohol threshold for drunken driving.Lawmakers voted to lower the blood-alcohol concentration considered prima facie evidence that a...

First State Delaware Last on .08 Blood-Alcohol Drunken Driving Law

Jul 5 2004 // Lighting up a cigarette in a bar in Georgetown, Delaware is unlawful, but you can get more drunk in Delaware than anywhere in the nation and still be allowed to get behind the wheel.“Delaware’s got so many laws...

Candidates for Delaware Insurance Commissioner and Governor Kick-Off Campaigns

May 12 2004 // A Republican long-shot for governor and a Democratic favorite for insurance commissioner kicked off their campaigns this week with traditional stops in all three counties in Delaware.Gov. Ruth Ann Minner and U.S. Sen....

Del. Commissioner Notes 2003 Financial Support for State Fire, Rescue and Ambulance Organizations

Apr 2 2004 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Donna Lee Williams announced the totals of this year’s State financial support of Delaware fire companies. The State’s disbursements come from taxes paid by insurers based on...

Delaware Mulls Dissolving CareFirst Affiliation with Blue Cross

Mar 12 2004 // Delaware’s insurance commissioner moved a step closer to dissolving the existing affiliation between CareFirst and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware.Commissioner Donna Lee Williams presided over a hearing to...

DEL. COMM. WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION:

Feb 9 2004 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Donna Lee Williams has announced that she will not seek re-election to a fourth term. Williams has decided to devote more time to her family. A Republican first elected in 1992, Williams is...

Michael L. Browne New Harleysville CEO; William W. Scranton III Named Chairman

Feb 6 2004 // The boards of directors of Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company and Harleysville Group Inc. announced that Michael L. Browne has been elected chief executive officer and president of Harleysville Mutual and chief...

Peter M. Ross Joins Penn Treaty Board

Dec 24 2003 // Penn Treaty American Corporation announced the addition of Peter M. Ross to its Board of Directors.“Mr. Ross, 63, will fill the remaining term of Michael F. Grill, the Company’s treasurer, and will be nominated...

Del. Defeats Ban on Scores; Takes First Step Toward Medical Liability Reform

Jul 28 2003 // In a legislative session reportedly dominated by budget issues, Delaware lawmakers rejected a ban on the use of credit-based insurance scores and took a compromise approach toward medical liability reform. The Legislature...

Del. Becomes First State to Implement InsureNet’s Vehicle Insurance Verification System

Jun 11 2003 // Technology provider InsureNet USA Inc. announced that Delaware has become the first state in the U.S. to adopt the company’s InsureNet System, an accurate vehicle insurance status system.The system, which operates in...

Alliance Calls New DE Credit Scoring Regulation a ‘Fair Compromise’

Jun 2 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers has issued an announcement indicating that a final Delaware Department of Insurance regulation governing property/casualty insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores that will go...

NAII Seeks Changes to Proposed Insurance Scoring Regulations in Delaware

Apr 24 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers announced that representatives had appeared at a public hearing held yesterday in Delaware to ensure that the effectiveness of credit-based insurance scoring was not...

Alliance Calls for Changes in DE Credit Scoring Regulation

Jan 14 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers characterized the Delaware Department of Insurance current regulatory proposals on Credit scoring as “a good starting point for addressing the issue,” but indicated that they...

Pa. Independent Agent Associations Merge

Dec 5 2002 // Members of two Pennsylvania independent agent associations, The Independent Insurance Agents of Pennsylvania (IIAP) and the Pennsylvania members of Professional Insurance Agents Association (PIA) of Pennsylvania, Maryland...