Latest North Dakota Headlines

All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Editor’s Note: Rearview Mirror

Jun 20 2005 // There are no second acts in American life,” F. Scott Fitzgerald famously noted. True, he never wrote another novel as wonderful as The Great Gatsby, but generally speaking he was wrong. Second, third and fourth...

Think Moderation on Loss History Reports Regulation

Jun 20 2005 // Homeownership is considered the centerpiece of the American dream. Homeowners insurance enables individuals and families to protect what is likely to be their single largest asset. Before finalizing their purchase, most...

North Dakota’s SB 2186 Should Be a Template for NAIC Model

Jun 20 2005 // Thanks to the leadership of Commissioner Jim Poolman, North Dakota insurance consumers now have common sense protections against unfair underwriting and rating actions by insurers because of information in loss history...

Think Moderation on Loss History Reports Regulation

Jun 6 2005 // Homeownership is considered the centerpiece of the American dream. Homeowners insurance enables individuals and families to protect what is likely to be their single largest asset. Before finalizing their purchase, most...

Think Moderation on Loss History Reports Regulation

Jun 6 2005 // Homeownership is considered the centerpiece of the American dream. Homeowners insurance enables individuals and families to protect what is likely to be their single largest asset. Before finalizing their purchase, most...

Case Watch

May 9 2005 // Editor’s note: This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLP and edited by insurance lawyer...

CONSUMER GROUP LAUDS POOLMAN

May 9 2005 // The Austin, Texas-based Center for Economic Justice, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, released a statement lauding North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman for his efforts on behalf of insurance...

Consumer Group Praises N.D. Commissioner Poolman

Apr 28 2005 // The Austin, Texas-based Center for Economic Justice, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, released a statement lauding North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman for his efforts on behalf of insurance...

NAMIC: North Dakota Rate Reform Bill Would Be ‘of Great Benefit’

Jan 20 2005 // A bill to modernize North Dakota’s rate and rate filing standards “will be of great benefit to North Dakota insurance markets” and “would send a strong message to Congress that states can improve...

Santa Claus Opts for N.D.’s All-States Comp Cover, Says State Agency

Dec 23 2004 // For the third year in a row, Santa Claus is being issued a special workers’ compensation certificate by North Dakota’s Workforce Safety & Insurance to operate on Christmas Eve and Day, the agency said in a...

N.D. Comp Board Adopts 5% Discount in Calculating Reserve Fund

Nov 22 2004 // The board of directors of North Dakota’s monopoly workers’ compensation provider, Workforce Safety and Insurance, voted to adopt a 5 percent discount in calculating the WSI reserve fund. The board also...

Workers’ Comp

Nov 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Workforce Safety and Ins. (WSI) announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ comp policy to cover their employees who work temporarily outside the state. In partnership with...

Workers’ Compensation

Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Workforce Safety and Insurance announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ compensation policy to cover their employees who work temporarily outside the state. In partnership...

Comp Cover Now Available for N.D.’s Interstate Workers

Oct 4 2004 // At a news conference last week, Workforce Safety & Insurance CEO Sandy Blunt announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ compensation policy to cover their employees who work temporarily...

The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net

Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne SahakianProperty/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty...

The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net

Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...

North Dakota Man Fined $40,000 for Comp Fraud

Jun 9 2004 // A Mandan, N.D., man was ordered to pay over $40,000 in back premium and penalties to the Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) after pleading guilty to a charge of failure to secure workers’ compensation coverage for...

N.D. Shoots for 4% Comp Rate Hike

Mar 22 2004 // To counteract the steep rise in medical and prescription drug costs, the North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance’s (WSI) board of directors authorized the agency to go forward with a proposal for a slight premium...

Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out

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...

Farmers Cuts N.D. Homeowners Rates Up to 15%

Feb 26 2004 // Captive agency carrier the Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. announced the introduction of the new home/life discount for its North Dakota homeowners customers. Customers who have both a life insurance policy and a...