All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 20 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says he’s revoked the license of Bruce Hager, a Fargo insurance agent who pleaded guilty to selling unregistered securities and acting as an unregistered securities...
Jan 20 2009 // A North Dakota state agency is the only entity that can legally sell workers compensation insurance to businesses in the state.But Minot state Rep. Dan Ruby says it’s about time the Workforce Safety and Insurance...
Jan 14 2009 // North Dakota Rep. Lawrence Klemin recalls the driver who pulled alongside him at a stoplight recently, eyes down, thumbs frantically working a tiny keyboard that was propped on the steering wheel.“When the stoplight...
Jan 11 2009 // In late December, North Dakota’s former workers’ compensation director was convicted on the more serious of two felony charges that he misspent public funds. It carries a possible 10-year prison term.Sandy...
Jan 5 2009 // North Dakota lawmakers strongly support toughening state laws that govern teenage drivers, and many favor raising the state’s 14-year-old minimum driving age, an Associated Press survey shows.Insurance Commissioner...
Dec 22 2008 // A timeline of events in the felony case against former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt:April 2004 Charles “Sandy” Blunt, a former Ohio workers compensation administrator, is hired as the...
Dec 22 2008 // North Dakota’s former workers compensation director has been convicted on the more serious of two felony charges that he misspent public funds. It carries a possible 10-year prison term.Sandy Blunt’s attorney,...
Dec 19 2008 // Attorneys are preparing their final arguments in the felony trial of former North Dakota workers’ compensation director Sandy Blunt.Prosecutors finished presenting their case with testimony from the top attorney at...
Dec 16 2008 // During the last two years, former North Dakota workers’ compensation Director Sandy Blunt has been the focus of criticism from auditors, legislators and advocates for injured workers.Starting this week, a group of 12...
Dec 12 2008 // Court officials say jury selection is under way in the trial of former North Dakota workers’ compensation Director Sandy Blunt. Blunt is accused in Burleigh County of misspending Workforce Safety and Insurance funds...
Dec 8 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently announced that two state departments — the Illinois Division of Insurance within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the...
Dec 3 2008 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has extended until Dec. 12 the deadline for people to apply for four open seats on the board of directors. The agency says it received only six applications, and was...
Dec 1 2008 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency says a national study has found it has the lowest premiums in the country.Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) says the study undertaken every two years by the Oregon...
Nov 20 2008 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has not correctly figured its fund’s surplus, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says. He says the agency should include all its assets in the calculations and...
Nov 18 2008 // North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has declined to resolve an argument about whether North Dakota’s former workers’ compensation director was entitled to almost $128,000 worth of severance...
Nov 5 2008 // In a tight race that was not officially called until early today, Nov. 5, incumbent Republican Adam Hamm has been elected North Dakota insurance commissioner.He narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Fargo state...
Nov 4 2008 // The race for the commissioner’s spot in North Dakota has been a lively exchange from the beginning. Incumbent Adam Hamm, a Republican, is running for his first four-year term as insurance commissioner. He was...
Oct 30 2008 // A former North Dakota workers’ compensation director is asking a judge to move his criminal trial from Bismarck to Fargo.Sandy Blunt faces two felony charges that accuse him of misspending Workforce Safety and...
Oct 24 2008 // A legislative committee is demanding records from North Dakota’s state auditor involving the prosecution of the state’s former workers’ compensation director.The Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review...
Oct 22 2008 // North Dakota’s insurance commissioner is proposing new restrictions on teenage drivers, saying it should reduce youth car crashes and deaths and cut drivers’ auto insurance bills.Adam Hamm’s proposal...