Latest North Dakota Headlines

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Indiana Records $20M in Insurance Recoveries for 2009; N.D. Nearly $7.6M

Feb 10 2010 // The Indiana Department of Insurance says it recovered more than $20 million for insurance consumers in 2009, a record for the state.In North Dakota, the insurance department reported $7,578,230.11 was recovered or saved...

Blue Cross Competitor Sanford Gets OK to Sell Insurance in ND

Feb 5 2010 // North Dakota regulators have given approval to Sanford Health Plan to sell health insurance in the state, likely setting up competition with the company that has dominated the North Dakota market for decades but has drawn...

North Dakota’s Pomeroy Says He’d Decline Insurance Lobbying Post

Feb 1 2010 // North Dakota Rep. Earl Pomeroy, who has been mentioned as a potential president of a Washington organization that represents life insurance companies, said he would not accept the position.“If they offered me the...

Former N.D. Regulator Possibly a Candidate to Lead Insurance Lobby

Jan 19 2010 // U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota is not seeking the presidency of a Washington lobbying group for life insurers, a spokeswoman said, although an industry representative called the North Dakota Democrat a...

North Dakota Has 3rd Lowest Auto Insurance Rates, Commissioner Says

Jan 8 2010 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says drivers in his state are still paying among the lowest auto insurance premiums in the nation, according to the “Auto Insurance Database Report 2006/2007”...

Cap on Fines Against Insurance Agents Rises in North Dakota

Jan 4 2010 // Possible insurance department fines against insurance agents who violate North Dakota laws governing their conduct are increasing from a maximum of $1,000 to $10,000 per incident.Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm said the...

North Dakota Insurance Agent’s License Revoked

Dec 31 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the insurance license of Patricia Howard, a Dunn Center, N.D., insurance agent who the insurance department says engaged in deceitful and dishonest practices...

North Dakota Alleges Agent Fraud in Farm, Homeowners Insurance Sales

Dec 28 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has issued a cease and desist order against Patricia Howard, a Dunn Center insurance agent, who is alleged to have engaged in deceitful and dishonest practices against her...

Lawyer Says North Dakota Teller Deserves Workers’ Comp Benefits

Dec 21 2009 // A bank teller from a small North Dakota town says she’s scared and can no longer work after she was held up at gunpoint and left handcuffed on the floor. Now she’s getting robbed by the state workers’...

Auditors to Review Denied Workers’ Comp Claims in North Dakota

Nov 30 2009 // Auditors will take a new look at denied workers’ compensation claims in North Dakota and also will study the laws defining eligibility for certain benefits.The performance audit of Workforce Safety and Insurance will...

North Dakota State Senator Wants Insurance Premium Tax Cut

Nov 17 2009 // A Bismarck state senator says North Dakota’s insurance premium tax on nonprofit health insurance companies should be abolished. Democrat Tracy Potter is drafting the proposal for the Legislature’s interim...

Flood Damage in Cavalier County, N.D., Nearly $3M

Nov 9 2009 // Officials in North Dakota’s Cavalier County estimate nearly $3 million worth of damage in their county from last spring’s flooding.Cavalier County Highway Supervisor Terry Johnston says the damage is spread...

North Dakota Flood Plans Make People North of Fargo Uneasy

Oct 23 2009 // Talk in Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., of billion-dollar flood protection projects has some officials to the north a bit uneasy.“I think there’s going to be water coming at us like we don’t know what,”...

Former North Dakota Work Comp Director Appeals Conviction

Oct 22 2009 // North Dakota’s Supreme Court is reviewing the appeal of a former state workers’ compensation director who was convicted of misspending more than $26,000 in agency funds.Sandy Blunt was convicted of a single...

Fargo, North Dakota, to Cease Self-Insuring for Liability

Oct 6 2009 // Fargo’s finance director says the city likely will switch from its self-insured liability plan to the North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund by next year.Finance Director Kent Costin said moving away from the...

Health Insurer Under Fire From North Dakota Insurance Department

Sep 10 2009 // An audit by the North Dakota Department of Insurance found that Noridian Mutual Insurance Company, doing business as Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBS), racked up tens of thousands of dollars in excessive...

Failure to Notify Leads to Revocation of North Dakota Agent’s License

Aug 31 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm recently served an order to revoke the insurance license of Julia Beth Lutgen, a Fargo insurance agent who failed to notify the Insurance Department of an April 2009 criminal...

South Dakota Insurance Agent Told to Stop Operating in North Dakota

Aug 18 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has issued a cease and desist order to Floyd Sheridan, a Baltic, S.D., insurance agent who is alleged to have sold, solicited or negotiated insurance to a Barnes County, N.D....

Survey: Midwest Economy Improving

Aug 4 2009 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions.The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...

Earthquake Monitors Placed in North Dakota

Jul 29 2009 // North Dakota, known for blizzards and floods, is getting sensors to check for earthquakes as part of a national project listening to what happens underground.The possibility of a big quake damaging the state is remote:...