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Delaware Apartment Fire Displaces 40, Causes $1M in Damage

Mar 10 2021 // More than 40 people have lost their home after a fire destroyed a Delaware apartment complex.The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office says the fire occurred around 4 a.m. Sunday at the Valley Run Apartments in...

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Over Delaware Firefighter Deaths

Jan 8 2021 // A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Wilmington and several former city officials stemming from an arson that left three city firefighters dead and three others injured.A...

China Renews OK of Oceanwide’s Stalled $2.7 Billion Purchase of Genworth

Dec 2 2020 // U.S.-based Genworth Financial Inc. reported that Chinese officials have renewed their approval of China Oceanwide Holdings Group’s acquisition of Genworth’s Delaware-domiciled insurer, allowing the deal to...

COVID-19-Related Data Breach Affects Thousands in Delaware

Nov 24 2020 // Public health officials in Delaware on Sunday disclosed that the personal information of thousands of people who were tested for the coronavirus this summer was mistakenly shared with an unauthorized individual.The...

Cigna’s CEO and Board Sued for ‘Black-Ops-Style’ Tactics to Kill Merger with Anthem

Nov 24 2020 // Cigna Corp.’s chief executive officer and board used “black-ops-style” tactics in a covert campaign to “blow up” a $48 billion merger with rival insurer Anthem Inc., Cigna investors claim in a...

Delaware Elects Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Navarro to Second Term

Nov 5 2020 // Delaware’s incumbent insurance commissioner Trinidad Navarro has been elected to a second term, beating out opponent Dr. Julia Pillsbury with roughly 60% of the votes, according to New York Times data.Pillsbury was...

Two Dead in Industrial Accident in Delaware

Nov 4 2020 // Two men installing an antenna on a water tower in Delaware were killed Monday when a strong wind tipped over the lift that was holding them, authorities said. State police said the men were installing an antenna on a water...

Navarro, Pillsbury Eye Election as Delaware’s Next Insurance Commissioner

Nov 2 2020 // Delaware is set to elect its next insurance commissioner tomorrow.Dr. Julia Pillsbury is the candidate for the Republican party, while current Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro is running for re-election...

Delaware Workers’ Comp Rates Drop for Fourth Year in a Row

Oct 29 2020 // Delaware workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the fourth year in a row, effective December 1, 2020.This comes as the voluntary market is seeing yet another double-digit decrease in loss costs, with...

Narragansett Bay Insurance Expands into Delaware, Maryland

Oct 2 2020 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) began writing property and casualty insurance in Delaware and Maryland, effective Oct. 1, 2020.The two states mark the seventh and eighth states where the company provides...

A.J. Gallagher Alleges Alliant’s Poaching ‘Playbook’ Has Cost It Employees, Clients

Sep 25 2020 // California-based insurance broker Alliant is again being sued over an alleged poaching scam, this time by rival Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.Gallagher claims Alliant, with assistance and capital from its private equity...

Three Injured in Public Transit Bus Crash in Delaware

Sep 17 2020 // Three people were hurt when a public transit bus broke through a fence and a retaining wall, then landed in a parking lot after crashing into at least two other vehicles. The News Journal reports that a DART bus crashed...

Delaware Joins List of States and Localities Suing Big Oil

Sep 14 2020 // Delaware has joined the list of state and local governments that have sued the petroleum industry in an attempt to hold oil producers accountable for costs related to climate change.The attorney general’s office...

McDonald’s Alleges Ex-CEO Duped Directors, Seeks to Claw Back $37 Million Severance

Aug 31 2020 // McDonald’s Corp. told a judge that ex-CEO Steve Easterbrook lied about four alleged sexual relationships with subordinates to dupe directors into letting him leave with stock awards as part of his severance.The fast...

Anbang, Andy Bang, $1 Trillion in Claims. Ritz-Carlton Mystery Gets Its Day in Court.

Aug 24 2020 // When a 26-year-old Uber driver walked into a California deeds office two years ago, it was the real-estate equivalent of a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a tsunami half a world away.Hired by an elderly Chinese...

Weather Service Says Delaware Tornado Set Distance Record

Aug 11 2020 // A single tornado cut a record 29-mile swath of damage through Delaware as Tropical Storm Isaias pelted the mid-Atlantic region with high winds and heavy rains earlier this week, according to the National Weather...

Delaware Issues Insurance Reminders After Tropical Storm Isaias

Aug 7 2020 // Tropical Storm Isaias produced tornado activity, heavy rain and flooding, hail and strong winds throughout Delaware, causing significant destruction in several Delaware communities, according to a press release issued by...

Officials Say Delaware Fire Caused $400K in Damage, Displaced Six

Aug 5 2020 // Authorities are investigating a fire in Delaware that heavily damaged a home and displaced six people. Five adults and one child fled from the home in Wilmington early Sunday morning when the blaze erupted, the State Fire...

Delaware Urges Residents to Prepare for Tropical Storm Isaias

Aug 4 2020 // As Tropical Storm Isaias approaches Delaware, residents are urged to prepare for dangerous winds of more than 55 miles per hour and up to six inches of rain. Storm surges, localized flooding, tree damage, power outages and...

Man Arrested in Connection with Delaware Church Fire Causing $250K in Damages

Jul 29 2020 // A Delaware man has been accused of setting multiple fires inside a church sanctuary.The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office arrested Thomas Loftis III in connection with the blaze that erupted at Reach Church, news...