All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 21 2005 // Montana’s state-run insurance program for workers injured on the job before July 1990 needs a $14 million infusion or it could run out of money in 10 years, leaving the state responsible for up to twice as much in...
Nov 21 2005 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison approved two new Montana companies that can provide insurance in the captive insurance market. The State Insurance Depart-ment has licensed MHA Worker’s Compen-sation Reciprocal...
Nov 20 2005 // CaliforniaGovernor’s Measures Defeated in Special Election California’s special election battle, the costliest campaign in the state’s history, roared to a close in November, much to the chagrin of Gov....
Nov 1 2005 // Montana State Fund employees will receive a one-time payment for helping the state’s workers’ compensation insurance company end the year on a profitable note.State Fund CEO Lanny Hubbard, already the...
Jul 18 2005 // The sole survivor of a 2004 plane crash that killed three men is demanding the aircraft’s insurer cover more than $46,000 in unpaid medical bills, but the insurance company is resisting.AIG Aviation Inc., the...
Jul 4 2005 // A case before the Montana Workers’ Compensation Court could potentially create a $300 million deficit for the state’s workers’ compensation system.The case before Workers’ Compensation Judge Mike...
Jun 22 2005 // A case before the Montana Workers’ Compensation Court could potentially create a $300 million deficit for the state workers’ compensation insurance system.The case before Workers’ Compensation Judge Mike...
Jun 13 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) has selected Marc Racicot, former governor of Montana, as president of the organization.Racicot joins AIA after serving as chairman of the Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election campaign; in...
May 9 2005 // Mom and pop” retail agencies have always been a vital component of the insurance world, and many of them still exist today. Sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters are able to continue family traditions as...
Apr 28 2005 // New Democratic control of the Montana executive and legislative branches proved challenging for insurers who faced uphill lobbying efforts on several fronts in 2005, according to the American Insurance Association...
Apr 18 2005 // Doctors and hospitals will have more protection from medical malpractice lawsuits beginning July 1 under four bills signed into law March 28 by Gov. Brian Schweitzer.The measures are among nine proposals before the 2005...
Apr 18 2005 // The American Insurance Association applauded the passage of an insurance scoring measure in Montana. This bill will ensure consistent use of personal credit information by insurers, while maintaining a tool that enables...
Apr 14 2005 // The PIA Western Alliance Board of Directors has elected its first set of officers.Formed in October of 2004, the Board of Directors consists of two officers from each of the four affiliate chapters that make up the Western...
Apr 8 2005 // The American Insurance Association applauded the passage of an insurance scoring measure in Montana. This bill will ensure consistent use of personal credit information by insurers, while maintaining a tool that enables...
Mar 30 2005 // Doctors and hospitals will have more protection from medical malpractice lawsuits beginning July 1 under four bills signed into law March 28 by Gov. Brian Schweitzer.The measures are among nine proposals before the 2005...
Dec 23 2004 // A pilot program for rangeland insurance, criticized by some for how it calculated losses, has been revamped and expanded to include more producers in Montana and Wyoming, a federal agriculture official said Dec....
Dec 15 2004 // A Washington state man was ordered Monday to stop selling what officials characterized as phony insurance in Montana.Dr. Rev. Joseph-Michael Gardinier, of Puyallup, Wash., had no certificate of authority from Montana to...
Oct 11 2004 // A former Billings insurance agent pled not guilty to nine counts of forgery, two counts of insurance fraud and one count of theft in a scam that reportedly deprived victims of $587,058, according to the Billings...
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...
Aug 26 2004 // The state auditor has issued a cease and desist order against a man suspected of selling worthless contractor bonds to companies that used them to insure $4 million in public works projects.State Auditor and Insurance...