All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 12 2022 // Insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired KT&D, Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. KT&D provides multi-line insurance services, including medical malpractice,...
Aug 12 2022 // MEMIC Names Hoff Vice President of Loss Control and SafetyThe MEMIC Group has named Maryann Hoff, a 17-year insurance industry veteran, its new vice president of loss control and safety. Hoff comes to MEMIC from Safety...
Jul 25 2022 // Delaware gun rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction against recently passed gun control legislation.The Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on...
Jul 14 2022 // A Delaware Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state’s Democratic attorney general against agricultural giant Monsanto Co. over environmental damage from now-banned toxic chemicals known...
Jul 8 2022 // Home services firm Porch Group announced the expansion of its homeowners insurance services, Homeowners of America (HOA), to Delaware, its 19th state.Porch Group is a Seattle-based, technology platform that provides...
Jun 9 2022 // A bid to override Democratic Gov. John Carney’s veto of a bill legalizing possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by adults for recreational use failed Tuesday in the state House, likely ending efforts this year...
May 26 2022 // Delaware Gov. John Carney on Tuesday vetoed a bill to legalize possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by adults for recreational use, drawing the wrath of fellow Democrats who have fought for years to make weed...
May 19 2022 // Delaware Governor John Carney has signed legislation creating a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance program.Under the new law, eligible Delaware workers can get up to 12 weeks of paid leave to address a...
May 16 2022 // Delaware’s state Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a bill legalizing possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by adults for recreational use.The legislation cleared the Democrat-led Senate on a 13-7 party...
Apr 22 2022 // Insurers are applauding a decision by the chief judge for the U.S. District Court in Delaware to require parties to disclose whether a litigation funder has an interest in any cases brought before him.The standing order...
Apr 5 2022 // A Delaware man has been arrested and charged drunken driving for the 10th time, state police said.Authorities said 54-year old Charles Smith of Millsboro was arrested for a 10th-offense DUI following a crash Thursday...
Mar 30 2022 // A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by a Delaware prison inmate who claimed he was deprived of his constitutional rights by being placed into solitary confinement because of his mental...
Mar 22 2022 // The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that solar panel manufacturer First Solar, which faced two securities class actions, is not entitled to have its insurance policies cover both because the later-issued of its policies...
Mar 11 2022 // The Democrat-led state Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to approve legislation forcing private-sector businesses in Delaware to provide 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave.The bill requires businesses employing...
Mar 3 2022 // The Delaware Insurance Department has issued a report critical of the use of gender in auto insurance rating and concluding that the state should end the practice as six other states have done.The report found that several...
Feb 23 2022 // A commercial poultry farm in Delaware with 1.2 million birds has been hit by a highly lethal form of bird flu, the state said on Wednesday, significantly expanding an outbreak that has killed U.S. chickens and turkeys.The...
Feb 23 2022 // Residents living near an Air National Guard base in northern Delaware have average blood levels of certain toxic manmade chemicals that are significantly higher than the national average, according to a report by federal...
Feb 3 2022 // A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling that police in a small southern Delaware town had no constitutional duty to rescue a teenager who drowned after he was handcuffed and tried to escape.The court on...
Feb 2 2022 // The family of a Delaware man who was fatally shot by local police two years ago while he was armed with a knife has sued the city and officers that fired at him, seeking monetary damages.The wrongful death lawsuit, filed...
Jan 28 2022 // A Democrat-led House committee voted mostly along party lines Wednesday to release a bill legalizing recreational marijuana use by adults in Delaware.A lone Republican joined Democrats on the Health and Human Development...