Yearly Archives: 2005

HAMPTON TAKES OVER:

Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams appointed Thomas Hampton as the Acting Commissioner of D.C.’s Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking,...

DWI CASES THROWN OUT:

A Fairfax County judge who believes Virginia’s drunken driving laws are unconstitutional has resumed his practice of dismissing all DWI...

SEDANS LOSE APPEAL:

The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund has prevailed over a challenge to its most recent 52.8 percent increase in rate for...

COMMISSIONER REDMER EXITS:

Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer has left his job to become chief executive officer of Coventry Health Care, a...

BETTER MEDICAL MARKET:

Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell said that his state has turned the corner on improving its medical malpractice insurance market thanks...

PREMIUM SUBSIDIES FOR PHYSICIANS:

The first checks from the state to help high risk New Jersey doctors pay malpractice insurance premiums have been sent....

ONLINE AUTO RATES:

The consumer advocacy group, New York Public Interest Research Group, has called upon the insurance department to compile rate information...

NO TO GAY STANDING:

A New York Appeals Court has ruled that the same sex partner of a man who died after surgery related...

LEAD PAINT TRIAL:

Jury selection began in the retrial of Rhode Island’s landmark lawsuit against former manufacturers of lead paint. The trial, the...

JOB CREATION:

A recent report on the Connecticut economy noted that while the state remains tops in per capita income, there has...