All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Montana at 902,195. Approximately 87 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 24 percent had...
Jul 19 2004 // In recent months, Montana lawmakers have been discussing the state’s workers’ comp system, primarily the existence and function of the Montana State Fund. There has been talk of privatizing the Fund, or selling...
Jul 16 2004 // Insurance companies covering former Montana Power Co. directors and officers have offered to pay $67 million to settle a shareholders’ lawsuit over the sale of the utility’s assets, attorney Frank Morrison Jr....
Jul 5 2004 // Few areas of insurance law practice are as sensitive as the audit of a defense counsel’s bills or case file. Insurance companies and defense attorneys alike dread these necessary but often divisive processes.Two...
Jul 5 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Montana will hold its 73rd Annual Convention and Young Agents Conference from July 24-27, 2004 at the Rock Creek Resort in Red Lodge, Mont. Highlights of the event include breakfast with...
Jun 23 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Montana will hold its 73rd Annual Convention and Young Agents Conference from July 24-27, 2004 at the Rock Creek Resort in Red Lodge, Mont. Highlights of the event include breakfast with...
May 17 2004 // The state of Montana may have to pay up to $584,000 in workers’ comp claims because the 2003 Legislature, in an effort to balance the 2004-2005 state budget, diverted $18 million from Montana State Fund. When the...
Apr 28 2004 // Reed Group announced that Montana State Fund (MSF) has adopted “The Medical Disability Advisor” (MDA), for use in their claims management processes. The MSF’s medical and non-medical staff will use the...
Apr 19 2004 // The Montana State Fund Board authorized a dividend payment to qualifying policyholders. At their meeting, the Board approved a $2 million dividend distribution. This will be the sixth consecutive year MSF has rewarded...
Apr 16 2004 // After three years of steep increases, homeowner insurance rates in Montana appear to have leveled off as the economic condition of the industry has improved, state Insurance Commissioner John Morrison said April...
Apr 9 2004 // Changes in federal crop insurance regulations will prevent farmers in the region from collecting two full losses for crops planted on the same ground in a single crop year, a federal agriculture official said.The changes...
Apr 5 2004 // The Montana State Fund Board authorized a dividend payment to qualifying policyholders. At their March 26 meeting, the Board approved a $2 million dividend distribution. This will be the sixth consecutive year MSF has...
Apr 2 2004 // Safeco auto insurance customers who were injured by uninsured or underinsured motorists or who filed medical claims during the last eight years may be able to collect additional compensation under a court settlement...
Mar 29 2004 // A special committee’s recommendation against privatizing the Montana’s main workers’ compensation program is a combination of good news and bad news for the people involved.The State Fund’s 265...
Mar 15 2004 // The insurance regulatory organization from Montana received Accreditation awards under the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Financial Regulation Standards and Accreditation Program. The honor...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Feb 18 2004 // Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Tye Fortuna, 31 of Big Fork, Montana was sentenced recently by Judge Michael R. Griffin in the Carson City District Courthouse after pleading guilty to felony insurance...
Jan 27 2004 // Copart Inc. announced that it has opened a new salvage facility in Helena, Montana. With the addition of this 22-acre location Copart now has 105 locations in the United States and Canada. “We added the Helena...
Dec 8 2003 // Hull & Company (Montana) Inc. has acquired the insurance business of Service Office of Montana Inc. in Kalispell, Mont. The staff at Service Office have become full time employees at Hull. “Combining the...
Jul 7 2003 // The Annual Western States Surplus Lines Conference meets July 9-12 in Big Sky, Montana, drawing hundreds of industry professionals and their families to the open country for three days of fun, relaxation, and of course,...