All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 7 2009 // The surplus lines industry is taking issue with the Montana insurance department’s takeover of the surplus lines industry’s stamping and fee collection functions.The stamping office had been run by the Montana...
Aug 21 2009 // The surplus lines industry is taking issue with the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance over its decision to take over the collection of stamping fees from the Surplus Lines Stamping Office, previously part of...
Jul 10 2009 // A new study given to lawmakers shows that Montana’s workers’ compensation costs are among the most expensive in the country.The National Council on Compensation Insurance report says that Montana ranked near...
Jun 23 2009 // The City of Bozeman, Mont., decided to abruptly suspend its practice of asking job seekers for the user names and passwords to their Internet social networking and Web groups such as YouTube and Facebook.The city said the...
Jun 22 2009 // Montana’s Department of Insurance is now handling the operations of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office. Under the change, the agency will directly review and process surplus lines submissions, verify that agents are...
May 15 2009 // Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, and the Montana State Chamber of Commerce are offering Montana employers a new workers’ compensation group program with an emphasis on workplace...
Apr 21 2009 // Acting Motor Vehicle Division Administrator Brenda Nordlund said that barring any unforeseen technical difficulties, a new title and registration system for the Motor Vehicle Division will be brought up throughout the...
Mar 30 2009 // Montana legislators recently defeated House Bill 345, “An act revising the law governing the damages that may be awarded because of an insurance company’s violation of certain prohibited insurance claim...
Mar 26 2009 // The Montana Legislature has passed abill designed to strengthen the state’s position as a captive domicile. The bill, HB 160, is expected to be signed into law by Governor Brian Schweitzer before the end of the...
Mar 20 2009 // Montana State Auditor and Commissioner of Securities Monica Lindeen have sent a demand letter to AIG requesting information about the company’s finances and bonuses. Lindeen is asking her Securities Division to look...
Mar 17 2009 // National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (“NCIC”) specializes in general liability insurance for licensed residential and commercial general and artisan contractors. NCIC writes the...
Mar 10 2009 // The Montana legislature will hear bills this week related to auto body repair and what the insurance industry is calling bad faith legislation that could drastically affect the state’s insurance market and insurance...
Mar 3 2009 // Seattle-based Torrent Technologies Inc. has created a new subsidiary, Torrent Insurance Services LLC, to be based in Kalispell, Mont. In conjunction with TIS, the company has created another subsidiary, Torrent Government...
Feb 22 2009 // The lawmakers are back, at least in most of the Western states, such as Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. California legislators are back as well, but it...
Feb 19 2009 // Montana State Auditor-elect Monica Lindeen has appointed Laura McGee assistant deputy insurance commissioner in the State Auditor’s Office. McGee, who graduated from Browning High School, is an enrolled member of the...
Feb 18 2009 // A bill requiring insurance companies to cover autism treatments has been approved by a Montana Senate committee and sent to the Senate floor for debate.Senate Bill 234 passed out of the Business, Labor and Economic Affairs...
Feb 10 2009 // National Contractors Insurance Co. Inc., a risk retention group specializing in general liability insurance for licensed residential and commercial general and artisan contractors, has redomesticated to Montana. NCIC...
Feb 9 2009 // National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (NCIC) specializing in general liability insurance for licensed residential and commercial general and artisan contractors, has redomesticated to...
Feb 8 2009 // The Montana State Fund is bucking a proposal for more legislative oversight of its workers’ compensation insurance program.A state lawmaker says the state is on the hook for financial shortfalls at the quasi-private...
Jan 29 2009 // The insurance industry said it could lower some rates if allowed to consider gender when evaluating risk, advocating yet another attempt to repeal Montana’s unique “unisex” insurance law.Supporters of the...